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Re: Mistakes we've all made...
 Originally Posted by Mike Cavanaugh
Thinking it was possible to have just 1 pet ball python.
I got you on that one. Bought one male normal BP and stuck with that and it's been 4 years. I did buy 4 boas though.
Back on topic, my biggest mistake was buying a Ranco instead of a Herpstat pro up front.
0.1.0 RTB (Kona)
0.1.0 RTB Anery 66% PH Albino
1.0.0 RTB Hypo Het Anery 50% PH Albino
1.0.0 BP (King Julian)
0.1.0 BRB (Tiki)
Andrew Geibel
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Re: Mistakes we've all made...
Originally Posted by kitedemon
Buying a really poor quality T-stat (zoo med 500r)
Yep.
Reach for the stars, and if you don't grab them at least you'll fall on top of the world.
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Thinking I'd be fine without a thermostat.
And thinking that 10" tongs would be fine to feed both my Ball and semi-adult BCI. 
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1.0 Husband
0.1 Colombian BCI (Satin)
0.1 Spider BP (Loki), R.I.P...  We will never forget you...
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Spend our money on equipment we cant enjoy and stay broke for weeks on end.
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Good thread op!
My first mistake was pretty big, I used the cheap dial type thermometers, and once I purchased an infrared, I realized the temp inside her hot side hide was 118deg and her cold side was about 90deg (where she stayed).
-Karl
0.1 Wild type Bp (Eve)
1.0 Pastel Bp (Aeries)
0.1 Russian Ratsnake (Vasilisa)
0.0.1 Bairds Ratsnake (Romeo)
http://www.iherp.com/maixx
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Originally Posted by xFenrir
Thinking I'd be fine without a thermostat.
And thinking that 10" tongs would be fine to feed both my Ball and semi-adult BCI.
O.o I use a 6" hemostat LOL
And honestly I don't feel I have made any Big mistakes... Yet
Well, not securing the lids on my lid (the lid has 2 smaller lids) well enough
However I was lurking and posting here like 6 months prior to buying mine
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Re: Mistakes we've all made...
My worst mistake was believing that it was sufficient to feed a baby ball pinkies for an entire [I]year[I], let alone at all. That's how I got my first BP kiss - she was so darn hungry and gave me a "FEED ME DARN IT!" kiss.
ANDREA
1.1 Normal Ball Pythons - Charlie and Lucy
1.1 Red Tail Boa - Arcadia and Hades
0.1 Blood Python - Allison
1.0 Diamond x Jungle Carpet Python - Diomedes
3.0 Cats - Rhett, Diesel and Nabisco
1.0 Gerbil - Moo
1.0 Field Mouse - Waddles
RIP Rainie Girl. I'll see you at the Rainbow Bridge. 
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." ~ Immanual Kant
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Buying husbandry the same day without knowing or purchasing everything I needed. It was an impulse buy so I told myself I'd finish getting everything I needed a few days later when I had more money. I also bought a heatpad with no tstat  . Funny how things have changed since I've learned so much.
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Starting my first bp in too large of an enclosure (that was sparcely furnished) causing him to fast often as a young snake due to feeling insecure.
Also, not using a thermostat for my first 8 years of keeping snakes (I got my first snake at age 8). Luckily, I never had any snakes suffer burns from the heat pads!
Brittany Davis
0.1 Snow BCI- Isis
1.0 Hypo Motley het Albino BCI- Rupert
Ball pythons
1.0 Champagne, 1.0 Albino Spider, 1.0 Savannah, 0.2 Normal, 0.1 Het Toffee, 0.1 Black Butter,
0.1 Spider, 0.2 Pastel, 0.1 Enchi, 0.1 Albino
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Letting a family member look after my Piebald...I came back and they both dissapeared 
I made other mistakes but this one was the biggest smh
Last edited by SnowmanTG; 11-21-2011 at 04:02 PM.
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