Why are ball pythons (and other snakes/reptiles) so addictive?

[Kira]

I didn't believe it at first when people said that snakes are addictive. But now that I've had my ball python for a few weeks I'm thinking about how cool it would be to have another morph or perhaps a brazilian rainbow boa...

[JodanOrNoDan]

The addiction strikes again. Just pulled the trigger on three breeders from Garrick. Reasoning was simply three more won't hurt. Same logic I used to apply to smoking.

And besides i need to catch up to Ax who it seems has been bringing in snakes like there won't be any tomorrow.

[cletus]

lol What did you get?

[JodanOrNoDan]

lol What did you get?

Picked up a Fire on the recommendation of a couple people here since I don't have one and to breed with my Phantom Enchi Pin.

Got a Special to fill out my BEL stuff. Will probably put her with my Super Mojave if he makes nice babies this year to make some Crystals.

Got a Normal het albino since my Albino project is dragging butt.

The girls look good to me but I'm really trusting Garrick on this stuff since I have never worked with Fire or Special and wouldn't trust my own opinion on quality of them.

All of them are proven so hopefully I won't run into the same issues I have had with my albinos this year.

Not a super expensive purchase by any means but I am a big believer in single gene females for breeding.

[Zincubus]

The addiction strikes again. Just pulled the trigger on three breeders from Garrick. Reasoning was simply three more won't hurt. Same logic I used to apply to smoking.

And besides i need to catch up to Ax who it seems has been bringing in snakes like there won't be any tomorrow.

I seem to go in waves of buying snakes although I guess it's down to availability ... I went a while with no purchases before falling for the Anerythristic Sand boa that's coming in a few days and yet just minutes ago I've agreed in principal to buy a hatchling TransPeco Ratsnake ..... probably arriving next Sunday .... that will be numbers 21 and 22 incoming ... I've been waiting about 9 months for the TransPeco though .


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[JodanOrNoDan]

I seem to go in waves of buying snakes although I guess it's down to availability ... I went a while with no purchases before falling for the Anerythristic Sand boa that's coming in a few days and yet just minutes ago I've agreed in principal to buy a hatchling TransPeco Ratsnake ..... probably arriving next Sunday .... that will be numbers 21 and 22 incoming ... I've been waiting about 9 months for the TransPeco though .

I usually set myself a budget and buy at the same time every year so that I don't have to keep my quarantine rack running all year. There are exceptions though. I have certain stuff I am looking for that would significantly reduce my project timelines and that I will buy when they pop up.

[cletus]

Jodan bought 3 snakes in the middle of an Addiction thread. That's like taking a bottle of Jager to an AA meeting. lol

[Craiga 01453]

Jodan bought 3 snakes in the middle of an Addiction thread. That's like taking a bottle of Jager to an AA meeting. lol

Hahahahahahaha!!!!!

[Craiga 01453]

I think the ease of care is a huge draw. And like somebody already said, it's nice to be able to still have a snake (or a few) to hang out with when the other(s) are all in shed or have just eaten. I have 4 snakes now, and it seems there's always at least two who are in shed or have just eaten. And I love what Zina said about snakes being living "works of art". There are so many beautiful morphs and such an amazing number of species to suit everybody. I love having a variety to watch and study and be fascinated by. They are all alike in some ways, but yet so drastically different.
My wishlist includes at least 3 more, but I can definitely see myself stopping at 10 (or 12...or 13...).

[redshepherd]

Snakes are hands down the easiest, lowest-maintenance pet I have ever owned (provided good, prior research to getting each species).

Add that to the fact that I LOVE THEM SO MUCH, and you start adding up! LOL

I think the max for me to maintain it as a fun hobby is 8~9 snakes! Like Ant said, there's a different line for different people between where it feels "just right" or starts becoming a chore.

Different species also require different maintenance. Green tree pythons feel like even lower maintenance than ball pythons, in my opinion. So I could easily add another GTP, and it wouldn't feel any different.