There are a lot of opportunities for new people to get into ball pythons. Here's how I got into them.

As a kid, I loved herps. I caught all kinds of native animals, and even kept a few exotics. As I got older, I moved around a lot, and did not have the time to dedicate to keeping anymore. I gave the last of my animals away shortly after high school.

When I got older and settled down (enough to buy my own home anyway), I decided to get back into keeping herps. I started with things that I had only seen in library books as a kid - a carpet python, a green tree python, etc. As my collection grew, I started looking at animals outside my local area, on the Internet. This is when I discovered the incredible variety of ball python morphs that were being produced. As soon as I saw a piebald, I knew I had to have one. The first ball pythons I bought were het piebalds, and others have followed. Ball pythons now make up the majority of my herp collection.

I also know quite a few other people that have gotten into snakes heavily as adults. Some because they loved herps as a kid, and some because their kids convinced them to let them bring home a snake of their own.

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