Quote Originally Posted by AliceE View Post
Hi everyone

I no longer have the snake. We called up my cousin this morning, the one I mentioned in the first post who used to have a ball python (I guess still has some of them). He is a few hours out but he agreed to come down and take a look after school so he met me at my house. He said it is a normal ball python and looked decent and is probably young but he said the breathing sounded bad and he would need a vet visit, and that was why he was probably put outside beause he is sick. Mom did not want to pay to take him to the vet so my cousin offered to take him and give him a home, he has a few others and said he would be brought to the vet and kept separate from the other snakes until he is better. He said he has most of the necessary things but will pick up what else he needs from the pet store on his way home.

He showed me some pictures of his snakes, he has gotten a few more since I remember last. he says they are all ball pythons but he called one a clown snake? It was really pretty. He has three total, four including the new one. I wont lie I am a little bit sad, I am afraid of snakes but I kind of liked him he was very curious and I was kind of warming up to him, I even petted him goodbye a little bit before they left.

Thank you for your help anyways, though. Maybe I will stick around and learn some more and get one of my own some day.
Haha yeah, ball pythons can easily live well into their thirties or longer if they're well taken care of. Does not surprise me your cousin still has his, sounds like he's taking pretty good care of them. Even has a quarantine practice in place, good on him! You're more than welcome to hang out here and ask any questions you'd like. I hope this positive experience helped you warm up to snakes a little. who knows, maybe you'll get a nice healthy one for your own pet some day.