What a nice feeling. Thought I would share.

[Mike Cavanaugh]

I have been breeding ball pythons for a couple years now, and selling the extra babies I make mostly locally. I also run a small reptile rescue out of the house where I take in rescues, care for them till they are free of issues and eating regularly, then I re-home them.

I am pretty selective of who I sell my babies to, and even more selective when re-homing rescues. I go out of the way to make sure the person buying or adopting has their basic husbandry items set up and ready to go before taking possession of the animal. I delay the sale / adoption a little just to make sure they aren't acquiring the animal on a whim. I also provide every single customer with emailed links to the various sections important to newbies on ball-pythons.net so they can teach themselves the basics and then move on to the advanced stuff.

Anyway, enough about me. Here is an email I just got from one of my customers about a baby that I bred and sold. It made me feel really good inside to see that my efforts are actually making a real difference in peoples (and snakes) lives. I thought I would share it with the form that taught me most of what I know.

Hi Mike,



I just wanted to give you an update on the Ball that you sold us.



Everything is going great! We’ve had him a month now and he seems to be happy or at least well-adjusted. He gets a lot of attention from our three daughters and he is handled at least every other day. He has eaten 4 adult mice, and has shed once. We all handle him gently and he is responsive. He has relaxed a lot (he would go into a ball the first few times we took him out of his hide) and is now a part of the family.



All and all, we are very happy. Thank you.



Take care,

P.

[wilomn]

Your name is very familiar.

Didn't you used to be a member here?

Good job with the snake thing, it's always good to hear the nice stuff.

[mpkeelee]

thats awesome. i hope i get emails like that someday. i sent garrick over at royal constrictor designs a couple emails about a pastel i bought off him about a year ago. hes getting ready to shed but when hes done im gonna send him an updated pic and everything. congrats!!

[steveboos]

Good to hear things like this!!! I love rescuing animals and finding them good homes. Gives me a sense of accomplishment and lets you know that you ARE making a difference.

Good job!!

[JLC]

That's very nice Mike! And thanks for the props to BP.net!

[Mike Cavanaugh]

Your name is very familiar.

Didn't you used to be a member here?

Good job with the snake thing, it's always good to hear the nice stuff.

LOL, yeah I have been a bit busy selling the last of my 2010 hatchlings, and taking in new rescues. Haven't had much time to log in to the forums. For some reason, this is a busy time of the year for rescue take ins.

Mike