Quote Originally Posted by bjthomps
My wife (TheAudOne) and I have been posting here for a short time about the 2 BPs we recently acquired. We got them from a lady that was taking horrible care of them and didn't want them anymore. She bought them both (very young) 2 years ago from a pet store. Today we took them to get them probed. With all the posts I have been seeing recently about how hard it is to get your hands on a female at a reasonable price - and considering how we got these - I was sure we had 2 males.



I was WRONG! The smaller snake (the one we gave a female name, probably because he was smaller so we thought girl) is a 2 year old male. The larger one (which we gave a male name - so we will be changing both names) is a 2 year old FEMALE - weighing in at 1,147 grams!! We couldn't believe our luck!



As we were getting the news, in walked 2 college-aged guys. Each was carrying a ball python - they were there to get them sexed as well. Their 2 were very similar to ours - one was shorter and smaller and the other was considerably longer and quite plump. As the lady was probing them, the guys noticed my wife and I had two balls and said "want 2 more"? They apparantly wanted to get rid of theirs. We were considering it....and then the lady finished her probe. Their smaller snake was a male (they weren't sure how old) and the larger of the 2 (they thought around 4-5 years old) was a FEMALE! We asked them what they wanted for the snakes...and they didn't want much. We bought both the male and the female, as well as a 40 gallon breeder from them for $180!



So, we went in to get both of our 2 year olds probed - and found that one was a female. Then we left with 2 additional BPs, a small male of unknown age, and a 4-5 year old female weighing in at 1,508 grams!! (We spent the next few hours running around town getting proper habitats for everyone!)



Quite a day for our little family. I am sure my wife will post some pictures for everyone later on....I just had to write about our awesome day!



-BT
Congratulations! Now you need to get two more enclosures so they can all have their own enclosures and you'll be set! (I remember your first two you're housing together, right?).