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bazmonkey
at Thu Jun 19 12:25:19 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bazmonkey ]
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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- How did everyone here get into BPs? - MightyPython, Thu Jun 19 07:36:23 2003
- I Went In The Pet Store Just To Get Some Parrot Food..... - AdiHoile, Thu Jun 19 07:59:22 2003
- RE: How did everyone here get into BPs? - Naara, Thu Jun 19 09:10:20 2003
- RE: How did everyone here get into BPs? - snakelady114, Thu Jun 19 09:17:28 2003
- RE: How did everyone here get into BPs? - Larryskeepers, Thu Jun 19 11:37:09 2003

RE: How did everyone here get into BPs? - bazmonkey, Thu Jun 19 12:25:19 2003
- it's a long story, but... - maxwells, Thu Jun 19 12:32:50 2003
- RE: How did everyone here get into BPs? - brandon1685, Thu Jun 19 13:40:03 2003
- RE: How did everyone here get into BPs? - pythonregius03, Thu Jun 19 13:43:39 2003
- RE: How did everyone here get into BPs? - Turtlegirl, Thu Jun 19 14:35:49 2003

- RE: How did everyone here get into BPs? - sparke303, Thu Jun 19 17:45:54 2003
- RE: How did everyone here get into BPs? - rrr, Thu Jun 19 18:24:54 2003
- RE: How did everyone here get into BPs? - Sonya, Thu Jun 19 19:57:24 2003
- RE: How did everyone here get into BPs? - ProtaZoey, Thu Jun 19 22:36:15 2003
- RE: How did everyone here get into BPs? - VoodooDragon, Fri Jun 20 07:25:05 2003
- RE: How did everyone here get into BPs? - ballboutique, Fri Jun 20 16:18:29 2003

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- RE: How did everyone here get into BPs? - Kikai, Tue Jun 24 15:04:06 2003
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