ball python

[SandBoa]

how do i get my mom to like ball pythons so i can get one

 

[misfitsfiend]

Tell her that they are not much bigger than corns at all, just bulky. And that If you have the room they are just as easy to keep. They are calmer than corns for the most part. Its not offten you see ball pythons exploring like corns do. and they dont try to get out as much as some corns. ... Thats all i can think of.

 

[eksong]

Tell her it's either that or getting your nosed pierced.


Ball pythons rarely bite (for the most part).

 

[SandBoa]

this is so annoying

ill have to wait till im older to get one...dang parents, ruining everything

 

[WhyTeDraGon]

hey, better than your parents not letting you have anything at all.
And trust me, it can become quite a "chore" once you have too many animals, so consider it as them doing you a favor until your old enough to decide for yourself.

~Crystal

 

[SandBoa]

true

thats true

 

[SandBoa]

now im trying to convince her to let me get a RTB (she thinks ball pythons are scary, any other snake doesent bother her) weird?

 

[JeffG]

RTB are great snakes, but they do get quite larger.

 

[SandBoa]

yep

yeah they do

 

[Washout]

Your ready to have a snake that in two or 3 years will be eating whole rabbits and chickens? Go for a corn snake or a smaller python. Show her some of the cool color morphs. Just because corn snakes don't get huge, they still have better color than almost any other snake.

Edit: Although after seeing rainbow boas, thats the only snake I would ever get. But they still get 4-6 feet long. Thats small rabbit territory.

 

[WhyTeDraGon]

chicks, maybe...but not adult chickens or rabbits. The most my 4 1/2ft ball python can eat is a medium rat.

~Crystal

 

[SandBoa]

i qalready have a corn, guess ill get another one, lol and im a he not a she

 

[da_illest]

Ball pythons rarely bite (for the most part).

you'd be suprised... lol.. at one point i had around 30 and you wouldn't believe how many were pissy, hissed, and struck all the time... then again, they were neonates...

 

[Washout]

chicks, maybe...but not adult chickens or rabbits. The most my 4 1/2ft ball python can eat is a medium rat.

~Crystal

No he was saying that his mom woulden't let him get a ball so he was thinking of going to a Red Tailed Boa instead.. Those can get 8ft long and weigh 50-80lbs...

 

[WhyTeDraGon]

ah, my bad..sorry. I misunderstood. :?

~Crystal

 

[monkeyman13]

what snakes do you have (or have had) that your parents have been okay with? you can always use a comparison to what you have.

 

[SandBoa]

nvm

my mom is thinking about the ball python, today at the pet store she held one (good sign.) she wants to wait till around chirstmas before she decides. so i might be getting one. yay!

 

[SandBoa]

only a few

ive kept wild caught garter snakes and stuff like that in the past. right now i am currently housing 2 corn snakes 1 water snake and a kenyan sand boa

 

[monkeyman13]

well i thnk someone said this before but corns usually get longer than ball pythons, but ball pythons get bulkier. i think if your parents let you have a corn then they should let you have a ball python. but im not your parents. another thing that works is just tell them the length not that its bulkier and im not telling you to lie either, then you will become like him -------> :liar:

 

[SandBoa]

oh so true

i like your train of thought.