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Hey! Do you know if domesticated Ball Pythons would be a good pet for me? I am 11.
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i just got a new ball python on Christmas eve and i'm 11 they r really good just have to be carful
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Nice! I actually just got a ball python too.. her name is Paysha
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4 to 5 feet, five is a stretch
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I. Love. Snakes.
More specifically, I love ball pythons.
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Thats SOO Adorable Snake Are The Best! Im getting a Royal Python Some time this year too!
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Such a beauty! I hope to get my first one soon.
~Sherri-San
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Oh what a sweetheart, I 
Mine did that once, but never got a picture.
What a sweetheart, mine is my baby too.
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Lol no, it's actually just ink from a marker! I had been coloring earlier that evening. Honestly, while I've been bitten by boas, never once have I been so much as bluffed at by a ball python. They're like the pacifists of the snake world!
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It's such a natural blend of red and orange and the way it's smeared... Markers play tricks on me. 
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Knowing my art I was probably coloring blood anyway, lol!
I have 23 ball pythons, and even though some of them are a bit timid when handled, I would be honestly, fully, and truly surprised if any of them ever bit me. They're SO sweet and gentle, it blows me away!
That's awesome that you're betting a little ball python, they're just the best pets!
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23? That's fantastic! You're a true snake lover. Do you breed them?
Let me ask you, when you go to take them out of the cage to be handled, how do you do it? I've handled two other kinds of snakes (smaller) and they just allowed me to reach in and, gently, pick them out. If it involves a cage and a small creature, I, usually, ask. But since reptiles are different from hamsters and ferrets... When I lived with her, I loathed cleaning out the cages to my cousin's hamsters and ferrets... I'd get attacked. =_= Each and every time. It's like those kind of creatures have something against me.
Anyway, since you seem to know a great deal about snakes and have way more experience with them, I hope you'll let me come to you with any questions, when I get mine?
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I do, this upcoming year should be our first year producing ball pythons. We actually have a redtail boa and a Brazilian Rainbow that are *hopefully* due soon!
As for handling ball pythons, as long as they haven't eaten too recently, or are due to eat, I let them know I'm there, and then just pick them up. We let them have 72 hours to digest after eating, and the babies eat weekly, so there're only a few days a week that we CAN handle them freely, without fear of them regurgitating or having tummy problems.
But basically, I slide their tub out of the rack, and very gently take the hide out and let them "wake up" a bit, and realize that I'm there. THEN I calmly and slowly reach in and gently pick them up. They might ball up at first, but as long as you're not startling or scaring them, they typically unball and start exploring and interacting with you in just a few minutes.
We have one ball python in particular, Tigger, my little pastel, that just senses me coming. Anytime I walk into the reptile room, he's out of his hide and itching to come out. If you slide his tub out, he'll slither right out immediately up your arm and sit on your shoulder, he's SO COOL! He's totally ready for anything, lol!
I'm always on, so if you have any questions at all, don't hesitate! I love snakes, they're totally one of the best pets you can have!
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I gots a little baby ball python. He has no name yet though 
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It's soooooo cute!
I don't envy you. At all. *coughcough*
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i absoloutaly adore your python... *steals* i want!!
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No stealie Lizard! He's my baaayyybeeee!
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but.... ahhh ok. its yours. ill get my own >.>
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I totally understand that adoration. I'm obsessed with my python. That's a sweet picture capturing the true nature of ball pythons.
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Thanks so much! I'm completely head over heals for ball pythons. We're up to nine now, plus one little lone incubating egg! It's almost a full house!
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it's so adorable 
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i had no idea that they were same well maybe because the other one was smaller....
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Thanks! I love it when places will let you handle the animals, that way you know they've all gotten a good amount of interaction.
I've always liked the term Royal Python a little better than ball python, it's so odd that there're two different names for them!
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OMG he is so unbelievably adorable!! I so can't wait till I get mine!
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Everybody needs a little ball python, I always say! I'm probably going to get another one soon, hopefully a het-albino female.
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BABY!!!!!!!!!!! I'm a sucker for baby snakes.. and elephants.. and tigers.. I think ball pythons are sweet hearts, might not be everyone's choice of phrase to describe them but I think they're sweet. It's so cool how each pattern on their bodies are like fingerprints. I mean, it's the same for all animals, but it's more distinctive on ball pythons.
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They're very sweet, so shy and little! He's a very pleasant little snake, absolutely snuggly!
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Oh, I am well aware of the snuggly-ness. My dad's friend, Tony, had a pet ball python who was about the same size as the one in the picture. He let me hold him, but the poor thing got real scared of me at first so I had to give him back to Tony, and it was so funny, he wrapped around his hand like, "OMG, daddy! Hold me! Save me!" He got used to me though 
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Aww that's adorable! <3 Hee hee, my boa does that, gets all shy when I let other people handle her...
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Personally, I find ball pythons to have the most personality outta all the python species. There's a pitbull next door to me that's also like this. Funny dog, always gets loose and has that "very bad idea" attitude afterwards. But keeps on escaping. I love dogs but sometimes they're complete idiots.
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