I'm so tired of hearing about people getting into breeding balls

[JMD]

I believe the OP was just trying to say that there hasn't been any posts not related to breeding recently...could be wrong though. I don't think anybody has anything against people breeding ball pythons.

[AaronP]

I think everyone should get off her case. Most of you people took a post with barely 1 sentence and turned it into a 3-4 paragraph rant.

That's uncalled for to say the least.

Nice snakes Mindibun.

[coldblooded]

Gorgeous pictures! I love the one where the two are periscoping.

[ballpythonluvr]

Your snakes are just beautiful!

[The Hedgehog]

I think everyone should get off her case. Most of you people took a post with barely 1 sentence and turned it into a 3-4 paragraph rant.

That's uncalled for to say the least.

Nice snakes Mindibun.

THIS. I'm pretty sure OP was just making a fun title, and eveyrone got their underwear in a twist.

OP - Great photos, you know how I know you're in Florida? Those damn ducks! They are the most annoying type of ducks in the entire world. LOL Love the pics though! And great looking normals.

[Serpent_Nirvana]

Nice Muscovies! (Those are Muscovies, aren't they?)

And for those jumping on the OP -- I can see how new breeders in particular might take offense at her post title and that lone sentence may seem a bit self-righteous out of context, but I highly highly doubt that that was her intention. It seems to me as though she was just showing off her snakes in a purely "pet" context, without any underpinnings of their future potential as baby-factories.* For me, this is actually a great thing to hear as I think a future ball python market depends on keeping our "base market" -- the PET owners -- vibrant, interested and enthusiastic and not making them feel "left out" because they aren't in on the breeding game.

Go pet owners! Thank you OP for posting pictures of your happy pet snakes (and their poultry buddies).


* Note: This is meant as a tongue-in-cheek statement ... Did I mention that all the animals I post pictures of are future breeders?

[Valentine Pirate]

I understand the frustration with every other person asking things like "What's a ball under $100 that I can buy that will make me money next year?!?!?!" and the illusions of money making with the price of hets vs. visuals and whatnot. However, I do take offense to the title of the thread. As someone who's trying to get into breeding, I'm doing it for fun, and to make morphs that I otherwise wouldn't be able to afford, and having someone say something like that makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong or distasteful.

If the topic comes up elsewhere on the forum (Quarantine Room...) I'll probably have more to say, but I wanted to explain somewhat why some people might react to this negatively. It is not a "fun" title, and pics are unrelated, so I can't really believe that the OP didn't expect angry responses. There's nothing wrong with keeping BPs as pets! But it isn't a bad thing to breed them for pleasure either

[smoffler]

OP - Great photos, you know how I know you're in Florida? Those damn ducks! They are the most annoying type of ducks in the entire world. LOL Love the pics though! And great looking normals.

Second that they are everywhere!!!!


sent by two homing pigeons!!

[Jsh]

sent by two homing pigeons!!

[joe23]

man- i bet the ts wasnt expecting this...lol