Hello from a small and rainy European country 😂

[Ripley]

Hi!

I joined because I just became a snake-mom!
She's my very first ball python, and though I did a ton of research, I found this forum to have the most useful and quality information.

I've always been intrigued by critters of the coldblooded variety, and as a child I nagged my parents for a pet snake until it drove them nuts, but sadly to no avail.

So, "adult" (hahaha nope. Just pretending, ya know.), and with my own house it was finally possible for me to get the pet I so long desired.

I spent approximately the equivalent of a Skyrim playthrough thinking about if I wanted a wild color, or one of those spiffy morphs.

I ended up with a lesser het desert ghost female, purchased from a local breeder, and named her Ripley. (Yes, I'm one of thise users that uses their actual pet's name as a username :') ).

I picked her up yesterday, to find she was going into shed at the breeder, so I hope (like a worried parent does) it goes okay! It's good that I get to inmediately see this pricess and learn how to handle it, but I hope she's not too stressed by the move and shed state combined.

Here she is!





Furthermore I'm just some nerd pretending to know how to adult. Big fan of Bioware games (and before anyone gets smart, I KNOW Skyrim isn't a Bioware game :p), motorcycle enthusiast, devourer of all things Star Wars or scifi related.

So yay, there it is!

[DLena]

Ridley is a beautiful girl, congratulations, and welcome to the forum. I'm a big fan of Star Trek, Firefly, and Slither.io. I, too, had to wait to indulge my passion for snakes, but I'm sure making up for lost time!

[Ripley]

Thank you!

Ah, a fellow Trekkie/Browncoat I see

And yes, making up for lost time is what I'm planning too. When she's grown up, I will move her to a larger enclosure and get, perhaps, a male... possible babies! Who knows. First I need to learn all the things haha

[BR8080]

She's gorgeous.

I'm new to the forum, and snake ownership, as well and find the knowledge contained by the members is amazing, helpful, and comments are done without a judgmental attitude.

Good luck with your first shed, how exciting!!!

[Reinz]

Welcome to the forum Ridley, and congrats on your pretty girl!

[Zincubus]

Welcome ... to the newbies

[Zincubus]

Thank you!

Ah, a fellow Trekkie/Browncoat I see

And yes, making up for lost time is what I'm planning too. When she's grown up, I will move her to a larger enclosure and get, perhaps, a male... possible babies! Who knows. First I need to learn all the things haha

I may have missed it , where are you from ??

England ?? ( wet and windy )

[Sandi1961]

Welcome! Ripley is a very pretty girl!

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[Meerna]

Nothing quite like that first snake feeling ^_^ though honestly I still get excited with every new snake.

[ladywhipple02]

HUGE fan of both the Mass Effect games and the Dragon Age games, so I'm happy to see another Bioware fan! I'm dying for Andromeda to come out next year, but hugely, exceedingly excited that there is another Dragon Age rumored to be in the works. The Origins is still probably my favorite game of all time.

I also just recently purchased the remastered Skyrim for PS4 (sadly I do not have a gaming computer, or a computer at all right now...).

Nice looking scale-kid as well!