Hello All.

My name is Bryce and I'm in Bowie, MD. I've been lurking for quite some time, but decided it was time to come out of the dark and into the light known as BP.Net. I'm a big Ball Python fan, though I've never owned one. I was always interested, but as a child my parents would dare not let me have a snake in the house as they are deftly afraid. Just a little about myself, I'm 32 yrs old and married (my anniversary is July 7!). I work as a Web Developer for the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacist. I'm buying a Ball Python very, very soon from BP.Net's own Adam Wysocki. Adam is the GREATEST and lives sooooooooooooo close to me! Bowie and Laurel are neighboring towns here in Maryland. He has been such a valuable source of information and believe you me, I've picked his brain a great deal and even spoke with him once on the phone. Great guy and class act! Thanks for everything Adam. I'll be buying a Normal Female from Adam in a month or 2 and will name the little girl A'Kashja (After the character Akasha from Queen of the Damned). I'm currently purchasing my husbandry needs and recently sent a list to Adam to look over. For those interested here are the things I settled on.

Cage: Animal Plastics T3 w/Sliding Glass Doors, Belly Heat, and Sliding Door Locks. Per Adam's suggestion, I will keep the top solid and also add a Pro Products Radiant Heat Panel. I know this is a very large cage for a Hatchling but will be purchasing 6-8 hides along with using Adam's crumpled newspaper suggestion. Until acclimated, I'll use Newspaper as a substrate and then either switch to Cage Carpet or Aspen Bedding (still undecided).

Temperature Tools: ProExotics PE-2 Tempgun w/Case, Acu-Rite Thermo/Hygrometer, and a Spyder Robotics HerpStat. I've already purchased the Tempgun and the Acurite along with 12'' Hemostats which should be here this week. I also plan to feed f/t (starting hopefully with rat pups) from RodentPro. For a water bowl, I was going to pick up a 5 inch ceramic water bowl from reptiletubs. Is that a good size water bowl?

Well as you can see I'm long winded and love to talk about Ball Pythons! I'm very much looking forward to being an active member here and also keeping everyone involved in A'kashja's rearing (it takes a village to raise a child!) LOL.

Thank you all!

Bryce