i just recently got myself a 2-6 month old Ball Python, not yet sure of the sex, but i hope its a male and i hope the one jenns getting is a female so we can later on breed them
me having a snake caused alotof issues in my house that we soon worked out and now aloud to have him
his name is Sam and he is super friendly loves to be handled
heres pics

 

Nice, cool new friend

 

very..uhh unique? heh

 

gross!! i hateeeee snakes!!!!
...glad you like it tho

 

^me too......Yuck

 

thats so cool, I have always wanted one, how often do you have to feed it

 

do you feed it live animals!??!

 

just like your dog, im scared shitless by that thing lol but it is really cool

 

Thanks. they are freakin cool!

very unique eh lol

Why do you hate them?
i stumped so many people yesterday when they told me they hate them, no one had a reason to..
i know when i was younger i loved to go hunt for snakes and then as i got older and didnt do it no more i was creeped out by snakes lol untill oneday i was at the pet store and asked if i could see the snakes they said sure and let me hold a python that was alot bigger then mine and from then on i was like i want one bad!
my dad is scared shitless of them and hes gotten over his fear of it and has had it aroundhis neck on his arm and everything

i wanted one for a long long time as well and now i fnnaly got one.
right now as a baby you feed him once a week, right now hes feeding on rat pinkies, and prob about a months time he will be feeding off adult mice.

not yet, i only had him sense saturday, your suppose to wait a week before you feed them when they come to a new home so they are not longer stressed.
i just found out that i shouldnt be handeling him as much as i have been.. sense he just moved.

i dont have my dog no more.
my mom took it

Today i went with a gut feeling that Sam was comfterble in his new surounding and he was hungry so i went to the pet store with a photo of him looking for a pinkie to feed him. when feeding a snake you have the choice to feed him either alive or dead i picked alive to see if i could handel it, so yea i went to get a pinkie they said they have none that are alive they are all frozen so i said no never mind, i showed the snake guy a photo of Sam and he said he should be able to take a small adult mouse so thats what i tried.
now i tell you what i was right about him being hungry! i laid sam in the tub and got the mouse out put it in the tub too sam watched it for about 30 seconds and then attacked, when he attacked it was so fast and so sudden it scared the **** out of me so i was unable to get a pic but heres pics of him feeding











I also went out and bought a new infered light today the 50 watt one wasnt getting the home hot enough, a snake nees the temp to be at 90 degrees rightnow its at 80 degrees on the hot side and the cold side is at 70 degrees

Snakes are by far the coolest pet ever!
people who are affraid of them i highly recomend going to a pet store and ask them if their python or boas are friendly and if they say yes ask to hold one, and you will get over your fear i promise you!

 

you suck....i hate you too, lol. Nice snake chris

 

sweet. I love all animals EXCEPT for insects. Insects are just ******* annoying. I do derive enjoyment out of squishing them though

 

hahah nice feeding pics. Sam was just like nomnomnomnomnom

are ball pythons always friendly? or do they sometimes feel like taking a chunk out of a person?

 

I just found out yesterday a friend of mine has 2 snakes that he feeds RABBITS!! and has 4 40 pound rocks on top of the lid to the god damn cage!! Why do people want that!! thats just terrifying!


Oh ya, nice snake!

 

man i love snakes. i used to have two that i kept in a nice big cage. it was awesome. when ever i had friends over that didn't like snakes. i'ld go answer the door with one wrapped around my hand and wrist haha

 

im going to barf. those pics are gross. wish i didnt come back to this!
and i hate them because alot are deadly and bite and they are just gross imo.

 

i wanna get a ball python sooo bad. i love the way they look. i think a snake would be a perfect pet for me cuz im in college and need something thats clean, not too high of maintenance, and can stay in an apartment. how many gallons is your terrarium and how much did it cost? im trying to get an idea of how much everything i need will cost me.

 

only snake i like is the cobra..and yes im talking about the car...snakes just creep me out..im afraid ill get bit..lol

 

OMG!! that poor mousey,that mouse is 100 times cuter then that snake, i would rather have that mousey for a pet...lol

 

i've been bitten a few times before. its really not that bad. kinda cool feeling actually. granted it was a garder snake but its was about 18" long and had a jaw width of about .75"

 

mice are only good for snake food. :P

 

No ***** are not always friendly.
you will occassonaly get the mean one but if you can deal with it stricking at you you can turn that ball friendly as well.
but when they do bite they dont bite you so you bleed. witch is good i guess.
but 90% of the pythons you will come across are friendly and i dont mean just Ball Pythons, i mean Bloods, Burmese, Green, and so on.

he prob has burmesse pythons
or dewarf pythons (baby anaconda)

Mine is 90x45x45 thats cms i think its about 45-55 gallons, i dont think the 90 gallon was much bigger.
but when it comes to buying a terrarium what the best recommend is take the snakes overall length and devide that in half and thats the size tank you need. like ***** grow to 5-6 feet so get a 3ft ong tank.
my tank was one sale for 229.75 CND
all said and done for everything was $450CND and your very right about being low maintance.
the beding you only need to change 2 times ayear if that. all you gotta do is clean their poop up. change the UVB light every 6 months, change the infered light when the light burns out, change their water once a week, and feed them once a week.

my buddy told me about him getting bitten by his burmesse because the sent of rabbit was on his fingers and the snake went took his fingers and wraped its body aroundhis arm and sholder almost brakin his sholder took 3 people to get the snake off him, but then again his was 12' long lol

oh and for the guy looking to get a snake visit www.exo-terra.com and you can buy pretty much everything right there!

 

I remember when i was in the field of Suffield doing range clean up. We found 2 huge rattle snakes...boys were pissing it off to hear the rattle and it started crawling to where we were about to start a fire and it burnt its rattle...fun times.

 

Nice snake. I have a feeling that there are going to be stricter laws when it comes to exotic animals. With the recent chimp attack i for see it happening sooner than later.

 

so that must be a constrictor??? crushes it's prey before it eats it??

 

Constrictor is a boa. also known as Boa Constrictor