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Chase from eastern washington here
Just recently I have rekindled my kinship with snakes, as a kid I fell in love with them. I recently got back into them, because a 3-4 foot long 'bull' snake wandered into my house and started exploring the place. Kinda creeped me the hell out, but until he left a few hours later, I was reminded of how much I love snakes.
So the other day on a whim I went to a general pet store, not looking to buy anything, just to look. I asked for the large reptile section, just so I could see a few snakes, after washing my hands off I handled a tiny ball python. I could tell the snake wasn't happy, for two reasons. One he was about to shed, and two It sounded like had an RI infection (From what I learned later). The people at the pet store even said the smaller ones (... kept in the same tank as the bigger ones) had a URI infection.
Hindsight is 20/20.. but after washing my hands again, I tried handling one of the bigger approx 4~ foot long ball pythons, decided to buy him/her, i had lamps, heat gauges, a proper tank, stuff to make hides with. So I decided why not.
For a few days I was super happy with my new snake, and my new snake was seemingly very happy too. Then he started getting sick... I made a thread with all the details but it's pending to be put up, don't feel like explaining it again.
Looking forward to my time here learning more about other peoples experiences with other snakes. Anyway, that's my introduction.
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