If you get a juvenile ball python, you'll be fine for at least a year or 2 bro.......they are not the most active snakes but are super docile (enough so that you can sit and watch t.v............or surf MFK W/ the snake around your neck, when it gets a little bigger!!!!)........An adult would be comfortable in a 40G breeder (lenght and width, not height is important)........ biggest i've seen bp wise is like 5' give or take
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If you get a juvenile ball python, you'll be fine for at least a year or 2 bro.......they are not the most active snakes but are super docile (enough so that you can sit and watch t.v............or surf MFK W/ the snake around your neck, when it gets a little bigger!!!!)........An adult would be comfortable in a 40G breeder (lenght and width, not height is important)........ biggest i've seen bp wise is like 5' give or take
My first 2 snakes of many were a hypo brooksi (fl kingsnake) and a mexian blk (kingsnake)..........they were great although require a little more care than a bp......I am now into arboreal boas......
A good ol ball python are great for beginners.........not too big ........not too small.......and not agressive at all (cbb.....cant vouch for wc)!!! good luck........
Yeah, a ball python would be cool. I kept one for some time, and it was super laid back and real easy to care for. I'd try to get cbb though if you get one. I hear wild caught (which most of them are - especially pet shop ones) can be tricky to get eating. They won't get too big either. For females, 4'ish would be pretty big, with males staying a little smaller. 20L would hold it for some time. 40 breeder would be ok for life.
LOL. They almost never make you bleed and if you handle them everyday they stop biting (eventually, I think they get frustrated and give up), they still bark at you though.Tokay Geckoes are the spawn of satan!!!!!!!!!!
..........A good ol ball python are great for beginners.........not too big ........not too small.......and not agressive at all (cbb.....cant vouch for wc)!!! good luck........
They should not be kept with other lizards, insects, frogs, small snakes, birds, or mice. They are very good for teaching small children to ask before touching, heheh.
ok i think i'm gonna go with a ball python..........they seem really cool and relatively easy to take care of..........a 40gal. breeder was about as big as i wanted to go too so that works out great..........thanks for all the info everybody..............
Ball pythons get get up to 5 ft. Way to big for a 20 gal.
Snakes are definitely easy herps to keep.
I don't know how much you want to spend, but some really cool smaller snakes are children's python, spotted python, sand boas, misc. milk snakes.............
I think that a pair of sand boas would be cool, they usually hide (not a good display animal), but if you keep them together and take good care of them, you are almost certain to get babies. They give live birth to 7-12 once a year...very easy, just leave them alone.
Snakes are definitely easy herps to keep.
I don't know how much you want to spend, but some really cool smaller snakes are children's python, spotted python, sand boas, misc. milk snakes.............
I think that a pair of sand boas would be cool, they usually hide (not a good display animal), but if you keep them together and take good care of them, you are almost certain to get babies. They give live birth to 7-12 once a year...very easy, just leave them alone.
A ball could live in a 20 long for awhile with no problems. How ever ask if they have been eating well, if possible ask to see them eat then leave them there with a deposit until its digested (to avoid a regurged mouse, that stinks to high hell).
The biggest female ball i've ever seen was well over five foot, she was nine years old and ate anything (including fish). Great pets, just try for cbb like someone suggested, most babies are farmed and are still occasionally buggers to get to eat (working on one right now).
I'd avoid the whole snake around the neck thing, drapin over a shoulder is tolerable no point taking chances around the neck, and adult ball is a remarkably strong snake if it puts its mind to it. I used to work in a reptile store and there not point taking risks, that is just my opinion though.
Best of luck with the ball
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jason
The biggest female ball i've ever seen was well over five foot, she was nine years old and ate anything (including fish). Great pets, just try for cbb like someone suggested, most babies are farmed and are still occasionally buggers to get to eat (working on one right now).
I'd avoid the whole snake around the neck thing, drapin over a shoulder is tolerable no point taking chances around the neck, and adult ball is a remarkably strong snake if it puts its mind to it. I used to work in a reptile store and there not point taking risks, that is just my opinion though.
Best of luck with the ball
.jason
