I've had a snake for fourteen years, but it's only recently that I've become interested in breeding. The same as you, I've got fourteen years of experience...but I was five when I started! I've learned more in the last year or two about ball pythons than I learned my first 12.

I work at a petstore, with the reptiles. I can't count how many people who come in to get feeders reply to my question "So what kind of snake do you have?" with "I'm not sure...I think it's a python." A guy came in talking about his recently purchased 8 foot snake, and couldn't tell me what species it was, just that it needed large rats. It's downright depressing, and that's what's giving me the biggest pause about breeding - I could, but where would the babies go, and would they have the same good home I've been giving my snakes?

My favorite question when people want to buy a snake:

"Does that snake bite?"

Same answer, everytime:

"Anything with a mouth bites."

Hey, it's what my mom taught me, and I happen to know from experience it's very true.



~jenny

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