Introducing "Kink" The Spider Ball Python

KSTAR · 04-26-12, 09:07 PM

What's up to all on the forum and the ball python family...I would like to Introduce My baby spider ball python named "Kink"....He Was Born in August I believe and I got him The night before thanksgiving and He was born with a kink in his tail and no one seemed to want him but I took him : ) he's been doing great and growing nice and the heart on his head is pretty cool....I haven't weighted him yet but when I do I'll update you all...this was him thanksgiving day....

And this is him just about 2 weeks ago....

alessia55 · 04-26-12, 09:14 PM

He's mad cute. What a handsome, handsome spider BP. It's too bad that kink is where it is... Make sure his vent there doesn't get dry.

KSTAR · 04-26-12, 09:39 PM

Thank You for The Reply and Comment He says thank you Aswell...And yes i check his vent at least twice a day....

jaleely · 04-26-12, 09:57 PM

aww poor thing. He has such an adorable face. So his kink is right where his vent is? Weird. He poos okay and everything?

KSTAR · 04-26-12, 09:59 PM

Yea he eats and poops and urinates just like any other snake will no negative effect on him at all....

Trent · 04-27-12, 12:30 AM

nice pics!!

KSTAR · 04-27-12, 12:34 AM

Thanks!! I appreciate it well we appreciate it

mykee · 04-27-12, 09:05 AM

I can't believe a breeder sold you that animal!
You may hate to hear it, but that animal should have been tossed in the freezer right out of the egg. No one can say that that animal won't be bred and pass on inferior genetics.

KSTAR · 04-27-12, 09:13 AM

It was given to me by him when I had bought a normal from him I didn't purchase him...do
You think he's in pain or etc as he lives?

mykee · 04-27-12, 09:35 AM

Pain? Who knows. But the original breeder cannot guarantee that this genetically "defective" (twice) isn't going to be bred. Absolutely disgusting.

KSTAR · 04-27-12, 09:42 AM

I don't care about him not breeding I just think it was worth a shot to give him a better shot instead of the breeder disposing him if he couldn't find no one to take him and I came along and did so and he's been great ever since

mykee · 04-27-12, 09:48 AM

No, you misunderstand me. My concern isn't that he won't breed, my concern is that he CAN breed and will be bred, if not by you, the next owner, or the next owner, or the next owner passing on two genetic defects. That is why I am surprised that the breeder didn't freeze him right out of the the egg.

exwizard · 04-27-12, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by mykee

I can't believe a breeder sold you that animal!
You may hate to hear it, but that animal should have been tossed in the freezer right out of the egg. No one can say that that animal won't be bred and pass on inferior genetics.

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Originally Posted by KSTAR

It was given to me by him when I had bought a normal from him I didn't purchase him...do
You think he's in pain or etc as he lives?

Quote:

Originally Posted by mykee

Pain? Who knows. But the original breeder cannot guarantee that this genetically "defective" (twice) isn't going to be bred. Absolutely disgusting.

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Originally Posted by KSTAR

I don't care about him not breeding I just think it was worth a shot to give him a better shot instead of the breeder disposing him if he couldn't find no one to take him and I came along and did so and he's been great ever since

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Originally Posted by mykee

No, you misunderstand me. My concern isn't that he won't breed, my concern is that he CAN breed and will be bred, if not by you, the next owner, or the next owner, or the next owner passing on two genetic defects. That is why I am surprised that the breeder didn't freeze him right out of the the egg.

I think this snake can and will live a full life right with you. I dont see you passing him on to somebody else, then him getting passed to somebody else and so on and so on. I commend you for giving him a chance to live.

Its not all about breeding anyway.

**Aaron_S** · 04-27-12, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by exwizard

I think this snake can and will live a full life right with you. I dont see you passing him on to somebody else, then him getting passed to somebody else and so on and so on. I commend you for giving him a chance to live.

Its not all about breeding anyway.

You're right it's not all about breeding but I follow enough classifieds to see "die hard for life keepers" up and sell their collection for nothing just to get rid of it when the tranmission goes on the car. Some bill collector is calling, a divorce, etc. Noone can assure me that that snake will be with this person for the next 20 years.

alessia55 · 04-28-12, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Aaron_S

You're right it's not all about breeding but I follow enough classifieds to see "die hard for life keepers" up and sell their collection for nothing just to get rid of it when the tranmission goes on the car. Some bill collector is calling, a divorce, etc. Noone can assure me that that snake will be with this person for the next 20 years.

But this spider with a wobble and a kink isn't worth much at all (monetarily speaking). And it's his only snake. It would do him any good to try and sell it for when his transmission goes out, or to help pay a bill. KSTAR will probably keep it strictly as a pet for as long as possible. It's unclear whether snakes with kinks are in pain or have any reduced quality of life. As far as I see it, Kink is much like my Kaybe... a pet that won't ever breed, and that will be kept for the entirety of his life.