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First time BP owner after 7 years of research!
Hi all,
just wanted to introduce myself and Buttons. She is a female normal(I think), she is almost a year and a half old and weighs 533grams.. I took her in as her previous owner was traveling too much to take care of her. She seems happy and took the first meal I offered her (medium f/t rat), just 16 hours after bringing her home!
here are some pics
 
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Congratulations and good on you for taking the time to do research and wait until the time was right to get a BP. Thank you for adopting a girl in need of a good home as well! It's a great sign she ate for you so soon.
Oh my goodness, I had one look at that first photo of her and immediately fell in love! What a beautiful girl and illustrious climber she is  Can't wait to see more of her, keep us posted!
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Welcome to the forum. 
Congrats on your beautiful Ball. I love the sharp golden color contrasts.
The one thing I found that you can count on about Balls is that they are consistent about their inconsistentcy.
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Props to you for doing research and good luck with your BP. She has an awesome pattern.
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Re: First time BP owner after 7 years of research!
Looking good! Props on doing your research first!
One observation. A medium rat (90-150G or so) is probably too big for a 500G BP.
I would be feeding weaned rats for now.
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She's a beautiful girl. I hope you have many happy years ahead with her!
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No one can accuse you of rushing into snake-ownership  & you've got a beautiful companion there... Welcome!
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Re: First time BP owner after 7 years of research!
 Originally Posted by dakski
Looking good! Props on doing your research first!
One observation. A medium rat (90-150G or so) is probably too big for a 500G BP.
I would be feeding weaned rats for now.
awesome thanks for letting me know, I just went off of what the previous owner was feeding.. she didn't struggle what soever with eating the medium on Saturday, what would the tell tale signs be for a meal being too large if you don't mind me asking?
I will have to wait for this covid lockdown to end in my country (south africa) before I can get different size rats as my biggest pet store does not have any mice or rats left 
Thanks for the assistance!
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Re: First time BP owner after 7 years of research!
Very nice BP. Congratulations on the new addition and the first successful feeding. I agree that medium rats are a pretty big meal for a 500 BP but if she can get them down with no issues I'd just space out the feedings to every 10-14 days. If you get some small rats you could probably feed those weekly. Best wishes with your new critter.
Last edited by EL-Ziggy; 04-15-2020 at 01:07 AM.
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Re: First time BP owner after 7 years of research!
Her first shed with me!! Very excited to have caught her in the act
 
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