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I have a male normal. I want to get another one but i want a different version. I was wondering if there were any breeders in the Rochester, MN area that had any ideas. i take my snake to head start classes to teach them about different animals and some day wish to have two instead of one to show.

Don't restrain the head, they don't like that for obvious reasons.

that was my husband and we dont usally do it we were trying to get a pic the showed how long he was

you could have let him crawl against a flat object like a wall or box and had a tape measure next to him. There are many safer ways to go about measuring your animals.

I agree, I have a few snakes and my BP hates his head being touched most of all.

In terms of other versions, if you want to spend a little bit of money, look for a female pastel or spider ball python, both are dominant traits, meaning half the babies will show the trait when bred to a normal. They're also affordable morphs compared to lots of others.

On the other hand, if you aren't breeding just get another male. They're less expensive than females. Or you could get something totally different but similar like a children's or spotted python, rosy boa, hognose, corn/kingsnake, etc.

Whether you get another ball python or another species, I would not house the snakes together for many reasons. If you look up the subject there's a lot of info on it.
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Danne
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1.0 '07 BRB (Monroe)
1.0 '08 BRB 66% het Anery (Ace)
1.0 '08 Pastel BP (Sebastian)
1.0 Dumbo rats (Wilbur)
0.4 cats (Cupcake, Smokey, Thelma & Emelia)
1.2 family members who can't wait until I move "the zoo" into my own place!
1.0 supportive boyfriend
1.0 '08 neutered grey sugar glider (Acco)
0.1 '08 whiteface sugar glider (Malina)

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