I'm a big king/corn person, and nearly all of my snakes died in a terrible accident involving a space heater and a failed thermostat. So it's just me, my Mex. black king (literally the nicest, hardiest snake you'll ever meet), and enough room to hold 10 snakes. I had to get SOMETHING, right?



The petstore had BP babies, which they usually don't. Plus, barring something expensive (I'm a poor man), a BP is one of the only pythons that will live in roughly the same size tanks as my king(s) (there will be more).



After kings, corns, and *shudder* garters, I must say that I can understand the appeal of the boid world. Very mellow (well, my friend downstairs has a JCP, so maybe not always mellow), very enjoyable snakes to work with.



This was just 3 days ago As commonplace as it is to all of you, I had/have year-old kings unable to eat adult mice, and my BP (Isabella) just wolfed down a f/t rat pup. I'm amazed.



So I guess what got me into BP's was a bunch of empty tubs and a sale at the petstore...



After reading about how... badly some BP's are produced, with funky diseased exports and people passing off non-eating babies because you can't really tell, etc., I was scared at first. But I do trust this petstore (the owner's a family friend), and lo and behold, Isabella's nice, active, and eats just fine.

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