Why do some people return their ball pythons?

[hihit]

I bought my Ball from a family that bought it for their kid. Their kid quickly lost interest so they sold it. I think many times people buy a snake for the cool factor and think it is going to be something more than it is. They buy it and then realize they bought a pet rock that likes to hide most of the time during regular human hours.

So as long as you do not mind a pet that is not excited to see you and hides from you most of the time you should be alright.

Honestly given that I'm usually pretty busy during normal human hours and that I'm a bit of a night owl myself, I see this as one of the reasons why a ball python would be a good pet for me.

It is not a bad idea to buy the setup and get it all squared away before you get a snake. Anytime I have a new setup I try to give it a few days to get it dialed in. Then you can just add the snake when you get it.

I would definitely get the setup ready beforehand if possible, especially since I want to go for a bioactive setup and I'd need to give the plants time to get their roots secure so the snake doesn't plow them over as easily. Luckily I have years of plant dad experience and an entire childhood collecting bugs (I think I even kept a tub of backyard isopods once) to help me with the non-snake aspects of that kind of setup.