wow!! thanks so much for your in-depth responses!Originally Posted by frankykeno
I don't know if you are aware Chris that every October there is a top snake show held in Tinley. My husband and I plan to attend it this year. It features some of the premiere breeders in the ball python world and since you will be moving so close to Tinley (which I believe is a suburb of Chicago) you may want to attend. Be prepared to drool and become hopelessly addicted to ball pythons.
It's really reassuring that multiple members have kept BDs and BPs in the same area without problems, that was one of my big concerns. I do keep a little bottle of odorless hand sanitizer by my pet enclosures, so long as i remember to always sanitize between rat handling and BP care it sounds like I really wont have much of a problem.
I'm well aware that any animal can (and most likely will) bite, my BD is a feisty (but very well bred) sandfire X orange short-snout male that really loves to take a nice chomp once and a while. It sounds to me like a BD bite is actually more painful than a ball strike, since it's basically a blood blister compared to a couple punctures. That's more why i asked about what ages snakes could start to do real damage. I'm well prepared for a few tags here and there.
thank you SO much for the link you sent me!! I also did some google-ing and found that the dupage fairgrounds has a monthly-ish exotic pet gathering that also has some descent-looking ball breeders. do you have any experience with that venue at all?
Because I'm really going for a good starter snake here I think what I'm going to do is ask breeders for their best-tempered male. I don't have the space or finances to start breeding balls at this point, so I think the best thing to do is go for a cost effective snake that's more about personality than markings.
... of course seeing the extreme morphs on sites like this doesn't help at all. i often catch myself figuring out how to budget a multi-thousand dollar ball!!
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