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10-21-13, 08:35 PM
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Trying this again, new here!
I wrote up a pretty long post in here last night but can't seem to find it anywhere. It basically just said I'm a beginner and am excited to have my first pet snake, an adult Ball Python. I am 30 years old and have two daughters aged 10 and 5, my wife, 2 dogs, 3 fish and 2 pet mice.
We have decided to name him Pickle ( 5 year old daughter came up with that) He is very mild mannered and my little girl just loves to hold him. He is a little over 3 1/2 feet long I'd guess.
He was always fed 2 live mice weekly for at least the last 4 months in a tub outside of his tank. That's as long as the guy has worked there for so that's all the info he could really give me on this particular snake - other than that he is handled often and has a great personality. Since we have actual PET mice I figured I would give the frozen/thawed rat (after all he is big enough he should be eating rats from what I have researched) a shot rather than live feeding...Yeah I know it's kind of like eating the cheeseburger but not wanting to hurt the cow! Overall I feel it is safer for the snake though, too. I was just worried he wouldn't take to it since he was used to live.
Well I am happy to say that he ate down the pre-killed rat and it just made my day - because the guy said the snake had not eaten for the last two weeks, so I was naturally a bit worried about my new guy...but then again he may have just been stressed in the pet shop environment.
I was really wanting to get a younger snake, or try to adopt one from online somewhere, but I had this guy around my neck for about an hour in the shop and I just can't explain it but I felt instantly attached to him. I hope all continues to go well, with a resource like this forum I will be prepared, thanks!
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10-21-13, 09:04 PM
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Re: Trying this again, new here!
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10-21-13, 09:51 PM
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Re: Trying this again, new here!
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Boas: 1.0 Pastel, 2.2 Brazilian Rainbows Pythons: 0.1 Lesser Royal, The Carpets 2.0 Jungle, 1.0 Jungle x Jag, 0.1 Tiger Jag, 0.1 Coastal Cheers Chuck
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10-22-13, 11:32 AM
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Re: Trying this again, new here!
Hello and welcome
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1.1 Corns (Anery Stripe, Amel) 1.0 Rootbeer 0.2 Jungle Carpet Python 0.1 Caramel Coastal Carpet Python 1.0 Zebra Jungle Carpet Python 1.0 50% Diamond Zebra Carpet Python
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10-22-13, 11:41 AM
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Re: Trying this again, new here!
Hello and welcome. 
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3.3 BI Cloud, sunglow Nymeria, ghost Tirel, anery motley Crona, ghost Howl, jungle Dominika - 0.1 retic Riverrun - RIP (Guin, Morzan, Sanji, and Homura - BRBs, Bud - bp, Draco and Demigod - garters)
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10-22-13, 11:42 AM
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Re: Trying this again, new here!
Hi and welcome.
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10-22-13, 12:00 PM
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Re: Trying this again, new here!
Hey and welcome.
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0.1 Mexican Black King Snake (Medusa) | 1.0 Black Milk Snake (Darth) | 1.0 Desert King Snake (Tut)
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10-22-13, 12:53 PM
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Re: Trying this again, new here!
Hello, welcome!
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0.2 Leopard Gecko(Zadna & Allister) | 0.1 Mexican Black Kingsnake(Ammit) | 0.1 Albino Checkered Garter Snake(Mrs. Buttercup) |1.0 Betta (Alfred) |0.0.1 Green Sunfish| 1.0 Green Terror Cichlid
-Kyle
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10-22-13, 02:23 PM
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Re: Trying this again, new here!
Welcome to the forum and congrats on your new guy! Its always so satisfying when they eat for me too especially so when they perhaps have skipped a meal due to shed etc. I think its great to convert them if you can, personally I like them to be accustome to both fresh killed as well as froozen so no matter what is available my snakes will eat. I no longer feed live unless its a pup or pinkie as I found that even small or weanling rats can scratch or bite young snakes and I hate to see any imperfections on my babies, let alone risk infection.
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10-22-13, 07:03 PM
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Re: Trying this again, new here!
Thanks for all the warm welcomes!
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