wow!!?? (graphic?)

[Skymall007]

I shall def. ask =) I would so love to learn!

I think the photo isn't photoshopped, but as mentioned earlier it does happen and I found out people don't like ball pythons from this thread

[TexanLady]

We TOTALLY hijack everything!

And sorraia, I can't believe how expensive it is to live in other places! I'm closing on my house hopefully next week (crossing fingers! the family is waiting for their son to graduate high school to move) and I'm paying just a bit over 130. It's about 17 years old, five bedroom, three and a half bath, pool, with four and half acres. Foundation is great, electric is great, plumbing is great, has a new water heater, new AC/Heat units, new wood and tile floors, redone kitchen, and a freshly paved driveway to replace the gravel one. It's 1,970 sq feet. It's about 40 minutes outside of Dallas. The acreage is rough though. Hasn't been cultivated, but I'm planning on tackling that over the coming years. Lots of trees and brush to cut down, but once that's done I'll be able to keep my horses at my place. Not in that big of a rush with my parents ten minutes away. And I'm seriously considering putting up a temporary fence and buying some goats to do most of the brush clearing. Long story short, my house? Not the exception. That is simply the housing market here. You can buy a brand new house with everything I mentioned for around 200-250.

All I can say is ... GOD BLESS TEXAS!

[fishdip]

I shall def. ask =) I would so love to learn!

I think the photo isn't photoshopped, but as mentioned earlier it does happen and I found out people don't like ball pythons from this thread

Come on now I like them as a nice set of cowboy boots

[satomi325]

I don't think its Photoshopped. But like I said before, I'm pretty sure its already dead. I've seen dead BPs with that expression, but never live ones.

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[DooLittle]

I don't think its Photoshopped. But like I said before, I'm pretty sure its already dead. I've seen dead BPs with that expression, but never live ones.

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Yeah, I thought if it wasn't, it would be coiled or defensive. Not just getting eaten.

[Badgemash]

TexanLady - I'd love to buy some acreage, but it's stupid expensive. Phoenix has so much urban sprawl that the suburbs have all hit the boundaries of the various reservations (which obviously one cannot buy) which has seriously driven up the cost of land. Even in the midst of the housing crash you'd still be looking at 500,000+ for enough land to keep horses at home, now it's back past 1,000,000, unless I want to have an hour and a half commute each way, and even then there's no water to grow any pasture. When my brother passed away he left me a good chunk of money, which I decided to invest in my husband by sending him to helicopter pilot school (he was an airplane mechanic before, always wanted to fly but never had the chance). He's finally earning a good wage now flying in the gulf, but trust me that money every month still hurts, it's a (depressingly) large percentage of my earnings. But I made a promise to my bro (really to myself) when we buried him, that I was going to live boldly and passionately, because that's how he did things and I felt it was the best way to honor his memory. There is no other feeling in the world like being #%^* scared in front of a big fence (ok, not that big really, but big enough when you've reached the age where hitting the ground HURTS) and doing it anyway, and it's just made that much better when you see that big furry head come over the door at the sound of your voice. I am addicted to a horrendously expensive sport that I have zero innate talent for, luckily I have an understanding spouse.

So I guess this is my long rambling way of saying life is too short, if you love something, love it fully, don't hold back, and luxuriate in every second of it that you can. If I get hit by a bus tomorrow I don't want to be laying there thinking of all the things I wish I'd done, better to think 'I'm so glad I got to do that.'

[angllady2]

It is upsetting to us as ball python people, even though I am positive that ball is dead. But, honestly now, is it any different to a person who loves rats and has them as pets when someone posts pictures and video of them being eaten? And I've seen some graphic pictures of rats being hunted and eaten. Truthfully, it's all relative. Or what about someone who owns and loves and raises rabbits, and sees pictures of a retic hunting and eating a rabbit that looks just like one of their pets?

We love to preach to people about how everything has to eat, and thereby excuse our feeding of rats and mice and such. Well, as upsetting as it is to most of us, it's no different in this case than any other.

Gale

[blackonblack]

The other day I went in to a small family owned reptile show. I told the guys I was new to bp's. We started talking about a california king snake for sale. He said you could feed a young ball python to it in a pinch. Not shocked at this picture although VERY SAD

[AlexisFitzy]

It is upsetting to us as ball python people, even though I am positive that ball is dead. But, honestly now, is it any different to a person who loves rats and has them as pets when someone posts pictures and video of them being eaten? And I've seen some graphic pictures of rats being hunted and eaten. Truthfully, it's all relative. Or what about someone who owns and loves and raises rabbits, and sees pictures of a retic hunting and eating a rabbit that looks just like one of their pets?

We love to preach to people about how everything has to eat, and thereby excuse our feeding of rats and mice and such. Well, as upsetting as it is to most of us, it's no different in this case than any other.

Gale

This is exactly how I feel about this. I was pretty confused when people were saying "it looks dead" like that made a difference. It does make a difference when it comes to it suffering of course, but not to the emotional shock factor. Just as she said, seeing a rat, rabbit, dog, cat, or snake anything that you cherish being eaten by something else just makes you sad. We all know that everything has to eat but still it doesn't mean that it's not sad. Or makes it any less shocking to see.


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[MonkeyShuttle]

some people think burmese and retics are better snakes because they take more discipline but its really a matter of what you like better snakes are snakes. personally i like balls better cause there the size and temperament. if you think your a real man(or women) cause you own something that could kill you and has children then your an idiot and a tool. probably the guys that took these pics. no offense to big snake owners if your intentions are right