Quote Originally Posted by HaleBug View Post
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!