My first experience with a ball python was my friends rescue, knowing how much can be spent on just vets if something went wrong. I spent a lot of time researching and looking up information on the web. By the time I had gotten all the information I thought I needed, I couldn't find a snake for sale in pet stores.

Bobo is my baby. I love him, and handle him daily except for when he is shedding or after eating. I've had him years with no intention of breeding. I've done a lot of 'teaching' friends about ball pythons and quite a few of them have told me their interest in getting one. After doing research on breeding, i got an incubator, another tank. and made the mistake of buying a W/C gravid female... taking a short cut in the hopes of learning more about taking care of eggs in incubation, and than being able to breed my male with the female another year.

I'm learning the hard way about those vet costs again, it's going to cost me 50$ just for an exam on my female, and has cost me 40$ in tick treatment. And if something is wrong with her, that's more money I will be spending. I may not have had her as long as i have had Bobo, but she is a beautiful snake that doesn't deserve to be treated like a 'project' that may cost too much. I don't have the money for another snake right now but I am looking forward to breeding in the future.

I have a list of 10 friends who would love to have a 'normal' ball python as long as it was the offspring were from my Bobo because they all love him so much. The money is also a draw, but I realize a lot more has to go in and taking a loss for a few years before I could even hope to 'get rich' on the luck of nature.

My snakes are pets, any snake I get after this even for breeding purpose will be pets. I'm proud of my snakes and I thrill to feel him snaked around my arm. When i can handle Hadiya more, I will be glad to have her hang out around my arm and draped around my shoulders. They are displayed proudly, and any time someone asks about them, i could go on for hours.