Intro

[MedusasOwl]

Thanks for the warm welcome, all! /(^v^)\

I always do my research first, and really wish more people would. It works out best for everyone all around. I've been reading everything I can get my hands on, and am very appreciative of all the information right here already!

From what I understand, < I went the other direction.....BP first, & now a corn for my FD for Christmas > corns & bp's are very similar. Corns a little more forgiving as to temp, but for the most part, they're the same for care.

That's what I hear, that the big differences are in temp and humidity care wise. I read that corns are more forgiving and a great starter snake, so we went there first We're really excited about a BP! We're hoping they're a bit less spazzy than corns too

I know of a breeder in Tucson (pretty close to you) but he won't have anything ready until about the '08-09 breeding season.

Hey neighbor! You live in the same town as my in-laws, lol. That might be a bit too long to wait though... Drat! So close and yet so far.

If you go to Kingsnake.com they have a listing of all the shows around the country on their home page. That's how I keep up with what's up-coming.
Also, many breeders will ship and will send you pictures so that you can hand pick your baby that way. Be careful at a show that you aren't picking a baby from a tank of wild caught or captive hatched babies.

Oooh, Kingsnake! That would be extremely helpful, because it's impossible to keep track of anything in Phoenix. Thank you!
And yes, that's what we did with Falkor and we may do it again with the BP but we'd really like to get to hold them and experience them in person this time. We really do only want a captive bred baby though, so we'll be careful either way!

Before you spend a ton on housing (pet stores are so way overpriced) have a good look through the threads. My husband and I were amazed when we first got into this hobby at how little we would end up purchasing at our local pet store and how much WalMart, Lowe's, the dollar store, Home Depot became our new best friends LOL.

I need to do more browsing in there! I didn't see anything I really liked hide-wise at Lowe's, but haven't been in Home Depo yet. I had a lot of fun decorating Falkor's critter cage, and found e-bay and target helpful too Not that Falkor cares, but we like it. We don't have anything set up yet really, so lots of options!

A lovely captive born male ball python from a top notch breeder is always a good bet. Nothing like a well started baby to make the whole thing so much easier! The breeders often have spare normal "wild type" males for very reasonable prices and you are ahead of the game going that route in my opinion.

That's the plan! /(^v^)\ It's why I really hope we can find a local breeder... but we may go online in if there isn't anywhere really reputable nearby.

Your little corn is such a beaut! And I love your avatar! A fellow artist I presume.

Thank you twice! Yes, I am Complete with a pretty useless degree in animation. Hence, I do a webcomic instead, lol.