Wild caught bps

[Maddumpling]

Is it a good idea to get a wild caught adult female ball python?

[Rat160]

If I had a chance to get a female adult that I knew for a fact was wild caught, I would jump at the chance.

[Mike41793]

If I had a chance to get a female adult that I knew for a fact was wild caught, I would jump at the chance.

Why?

[Rat160]

always had an interest in wild caught snakes, plus sometimes you may find a hidden gene or something. Sure its probably rare but I still think wild caught snakes tend to have cooler patterns and such. If you think about it all the morphs we have today all stemmed from wild caught snakes.

[Meltdown Morphs]

Getting a wild caught BP requires some skill and a lot of patience.
For one depending on where and who you got the snake from it may need to be treated for parasites.
Also being wild caught and being as ball pythons typically are, they are bound to not eat for you for you several weeks since they have just been snatched out for their natural habitat and gone thru who knows what stresses to get to you.
they are also likely to be far more snappy since encountering people was not at all part of their former daily lives.

I myself have had 3 WC females in the past { thats 1 of them in my avatar} and after about 2 months of trying to get them to adjust the person I bought then from graciously took them back as I had gotten in over my head with them. I later on got a LTC (Long term Captive) male, which is still a W.C. but they have been in captivity for at least a year prior. I still have him to this day and he still proves to be my most finiky eater but he sure does like to breed lol. if only the females would take -_-

[iCandiBallPythons]

If you dont have previous experience with them I wouldnt suggest it

[Rat160]

Getting a wild caught BP requires some skill and a lot of patience.
For one depending on where and who you got the snake from it will need to be treated for parasites.
Also being wild caught and being as ball pythons typically are, they are bound to not eat for you for you several weeks since they have just been snatched out for their natural habitat and gone thru who knows what stresses to get to you.
they are also likely to be far more snappy since encountering people was not at all part of their former daily lives.

I myself have had 3 WC females in the past { thats 1 of them in my avatar} and after about 2 months of trying to get them to adjust the person I bought then from graciously took them back as I had gotten in over my head with them. I later on got a LTC (Long term Captive) male, which is still a W.C. but they have been in captivity for at least a year prior. I still have him to this day and he still proves to be my most finiky eater but he sure does like to breed lol. if only the females would take -_-

ANd the snake in your picture is AMAZING!!! I would seriouy take a WC in a heartbeat. I only wish I could import.

FYI Importing Wild Caught snakes is how the GHI ball was discovered!

[Meltdown Morphs]

I know thats where the GHI came from, the GHI is drool worthy with what it does in combos and I'm hoping to land my own 'special something' one day with my CH, its really hard to find WC now a days, I know outback reptiles sell a few they had a WC spotnose they were selling last year.
but I'm fine with going after those weird /interesting CH babies that stand out. Sure it's after all the big names have rummaged thru them but you never know what awesomeness might have slipped thru the cracks.

[Rat160]

I know thats where the GHI came from, the GHI is drool worthy with what it does in combos and I'm hoping to land my own 'special something' one day with my CH, its really hard to find WC now a days, I know outback reptiles sell a few they had a WC spotnose they were selling last year.
but I'm fine with going after those weird /interesting CH babies that stand out. Sure it's after all the big names have rummaged thru them but you never know what awesomeness might have slipped thru the cracks.

I havent heard good things about Outback and probably wouldnt buy from them though. Still I have a few projects up my sleeve. I have a couple snakes that are a little more than just Dinkers...

Have at least two that no one can tell me what they are...

[Meltdown Morphs]

not good things about outback?, I just bought an awesome CH baby from them last year, no problems on my end, I wonder whats been happening over there

Oh and you have any pics of the 'little more than dinkers' that I could see *wink wink *