I've been lurking for a couple weeks but thought I should introduce myself.
My name is Norm, I'm from Parkersburg, WV. I had a ball python 20 years ago until my mom and dad got a male and wanted to try and breed them. They never returned her and she died about a year ago after her mate did. They had clutches but my dad never incubated them properly so no babies.
Anyway, my wife, Becky, adopted one of our friend Shannon's BPs (a boy named Sidney) and she now has caught the bug. Sid was given to our friend from a pet store as a non-eater, took him home and got him eating. Becky and I help on feeding days at Shannon's house and was the first to git Sid to eat something besides a pinky and fell in love with the little guy. We took him home a few weeks ago and since he's eaten a rat pup every 5 days for us and last night I gave him a fuzzy afterward because he was looking for more. He seems eager to make up for lost time.
We also have a female Pinstripe named Ziva we bought at the All-Ohio Reptile expo last weekend. Got an amazing deal on a beautiful animal. We're going to try and feed her this evening.
We also have a pastel male delivered today from a Ben Siegel auction (I got a hypo male boa) and I bought an enchi male from Ben too as a Christmas present for Becky. None of the new guys have names yet. I'm picking them up at Shannon's house (where they were delivered) after work.
I also have a jungle carpet python named jerome who has shed for me but has yet to eat. Every collection has a problem child I suppose and Jerome is mine.
We're interested in breeding BPs someday but by buying juvies we're going about it slowly. My plan is to buy single morphs that we like the look of and will enjoy as pets in their own right rather than worry too much about possible combinations. When the time comes we'll make some more decisions. One thing I don't want to do is produce a bunch of snakes that there is no market for. I insist on doing everything the right way and it being about the animals, not just breeding two snakes because we can.
Anyway I look forward to participating here and of course, learning all I can. Thanks for having me.
Norm
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