Raphael <3

[SKRIBE]

Just got my snake the other day, im new here and new to owning snakes i have no idea if my snake is a boy or girl but their name is Raphael and he/she is most friendly. Used to be held at childrens parties at the reptile centre i purchased him/her from. amazing temperament.

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[StillBP]

Niec snake

[Slim]

Welcome to BP.net! Great looking ball python. Congratulations!

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can any of you identify if it is male or female?

[Slim]

BPs can't be sexed visually. You'll need an experienced keeper with a probe kit to help you out.
You'll hear about a method called popping, but that usually works better with juvenile snakes.

EDIT: Just looked at your photos again. Your snake might not be to old for the popping method after all. But you'll still want an experienced BP keeper to do it for you.

[SKRIBE]

i have been looking around the forum for a while. there is such a vast amount of information to do with snakes in general it amazes me. quite the information overload.
I had the same problem as many new owners here. who got the snake took it home and then got nervous about picking it up. so i came here looked at everyones responses and just went for it. He still curls up in a ball in my hand for a good couple of minutes then he will start squirming about a bit more.

its a good place to be here by the looks and sounds of it, glad i found it

[MidSouthMorphs]

Welcome to the forums! Beautiful little snake you have there.

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thank you!!!

Infact i have another question its feeding day today, i have a little pair of tweezers to feed with about 15cm long is this suitable? i know about the 48 hour after feeding handling rule

[Caspian]

Mine are still babies - but my tweezers are about a foot long. Haven't been bitten by a BP yet, but at only 15 cm long, that's not very much room for making sure a missed food strike doesn't find live hand-prey.