Super-Strikey

[Salem Purrs]

It sounds like she needs to brush up on her husbandry. Did you refer her here?

I tried...

[simplechamp]

Unfortunately, it will probably take something drastic, like a sick/dying/dead BP, before she's ready to put her ego aside and take some advice from the many knowledgeable members here.

Maybe just "casually" leave the BP.net caresheet on her table the next time you're over at her house?

[ohyeahnow]

from a baby?

No never from a baby. When I was young and had two retics, the baby bit, it hurt but not to bad. When they got bigger the bites could be bad. Nasty bite from a very large Black snake. Any small snake or baby snake bite has never felt like more than a few pin pricks.

[Salem Purrs]

Unfortunately, it will probably take something drastic, like a sick/dying/dead BP, before she's ready to put her ego aside and take some advice from the many knowledgeable members here.

Maybe just "casually" leave the BP.net caresheet on her table the next time you're over at her house?

I dunno, I've bought her three books already that she supposedly has read, but anything I say makes her mad.

and she already had her yearling normal get burned pretty bad when she had only had him for a couple months... only thing she's changed since then was taping pillowcases to the inside bottoms of the tanks.

No never from a baby. When I was young and had two retics, the baby bit, it hurt but not to bad. When they got bigger the bites could be bad. Nasty bite from a very large Black snake. Any small snake or baby snake bite has never felt like more than a few pin pricks.

she's mostly afraid of her new baby because her other baby pastel already bit her once, and it freaked her out.

[Muze]

Wish I could say the same, LOL. Have had a few nasty bites that I did not receive even close to feeding time.

Lol...I seem to be bumping into all the posts about snake bites as I nurse my newly acquired BP chomp. I can't imagine that baby bites hurt much at all after being bit by an adult female (feed strike).

[sg1trogdor]

Ah he will be fine let him settle in and get a few feeding in and then try handling for short periods. Then he will be a little darling like they all are.

[HaleBug]

weird, I can't believe she's so stubborn. Shouldn't have pets, is what it is. *hmph*

[wilwarin712]

weird, I can't believe she's so stubborn. Shouldn't have pets, is what it is. *hmph*

Hey now, that's a bit harsh. Some of us girls are just very prideful and stubborn. For my part, before I got my little bp girl, I had a guy friend of mine babysit my baby beardie while i was on vacation. He has never owned a beardie or even taken care of one before, and I've read 3 books plus been on forums since I brought her home, so I left him very detailed instructions. He proceeded to try to tell me that I was doing certain things wrong, and I just told him to do things the way I asked because I didn't feel like explaining to him why I do things a little differently than he may have read.

About the books you got her, I can say from experience that I bought one book on ball pythons and immediately returned it because all the information in it was blatantly wrong compared to what I was hearing from my friend who has over 13 snakes and from the people on this forum. It's possible the books you bought her are only covering basics or just aren't accurate anymore. I get the feeling ball pythons are a fairly new hobby and it's going to take time before we perfect things.

As for dealing with your girlfriend, I don't really know what to tell you. I'm a fairly stubborn person and I have to make decisions on my own. Maybe if you guys have a friend who has had ball pythons longer you could get them to talk to her? I usually only get defensive when the advice is from a person who's been in the hobby less time than me. Also, just keep a watch on your tone of voice or how you're approaching her about it. It may take a round about way to get her to listen to you on this. Try just asking her how the snakes are doing, maybe if she's had any progress and maybe just slip in something like "so have you tried such-and-such? I've heard from a lot of people that it really helps". Hope some of this helps, and good luck!