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    First ball python.

    How long should I wait till holding my ball python for the first time?

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    Re: First ball python.

    Quote Originally Posted by frosolone View Post
    How long should I wait till holding my ball python for the first time?


    Wait from 3-6 days in order for it to aclimate to its enclosure or else it won't eat and Itl stress out

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    How old is it and how long have you had it?

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    Re: First ball python.

    Quote Originally Posted by bcr229 View Post
    How old is it and how long have you had it?
    I dont know, I got it from petsmart and they guessed 3 months

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    Re: First ball python.

    3 months should be closer to 2 feet and will eat small adult mice

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    Re: First ball python.

    Its eating fuzzys, i think its closer to a foot and a bit

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    Re: First ball python.

    Quote Originally Posted by frosolone View Post
    Its eating fuzzys, i think its closer to a foot and a bit


    Then I would guess a month and a. Half , pics?

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    Re: First ball python.

    Quote Originally Posted by shadowherps View Post
    3 months should be closer to 2 feet and will eat small adult mice
    I got it saturday afternoon, so is now too soon to hold him?

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    Re: First ball python.

    Quote Originally Posted by frosolone View Post
    I got it saturday afternoon, so is now too soon to hold him?


    Yeah you can definatley hold it
    just don't reach right infront of his face lol touch his sides and let him know you're gonna handle it or else Itl want to strike at you
    Last edited by shadowherps; 10-14-2014 at 12:09 AM.

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    Re: First ball python.

    Quote Originally Posted by shadowherps View Post
    Yeah you can definatley hold it
    just don't reach right infront of his face lol touch his sides and let him know you're gonna handle it or else Itl want to strike at you

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