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ahh blood pythons
I got Daphne...um...it'll be a year ago on September 13th...the first time I actually paid for a snake (I got my corn snake and ball python from people who didn't want them anymore) and I was like "wow she's beautiful"

and now I'm all like "woohoo blood pythons!"
whenever I go to Wal-Mart or Target, I carefully eye the Rubbermaid section and think of ways I could convert those big home-entertainment shelves into a funky snake cage

and now I'm looking through the classifieds for another blood

I just called my mom in here a few minutes ago and she screamed at me, "No! I don't want to see any more blood pythons!"
I said, "It's not a blood python...."
so she came in here
I said, "It's a Borneo short-tailed python."
she didn't seem amused

and I must say, I think I've been pretty lucky with Daphne. I went to that reptile show last year, I planned on getting another softshell turtle. At the first table I visited, I saw several cups of beautiful blood pythons, and at a price that shocked me: $59
so I spent about an hour and a half subtly trying to convince my mom to let me get one
and it all worked out and we went back to the table to pick out a snake; I picked Daphne cos she had great colors and a lot of personality (she tried to bite me several times instead of sitting calmly in my hand)
so I paid for her and took her home
and my first mistake was not having a cage set up for her, and it was a couple of days before I got a chance to set up a cage
I found that Reptiles magazine and read Robyn's article about blood pythons and found out that they are pretty sensitive to mistakes with temperature/humidity
and it took some trial and error to figure out how to get everything right (yeah another mistake) and from what I read in that article, it was a bad thing not to have had everything figured out *before* I got the snake...Robyn made them seem super-sensitive to that kind of stuff...and to large enclosures, and I've had her in a 20-gallon long since I got her
but Daphne is still here and has never seemed to have any serious problems...except that biting thing, but patience and a leather glove have worked well

but this time, I'm not taking any chances: I'm setting up el cage-o before buying el snake-o (oh yeah....insert climactic "Rocky" music here) cos I'm the man

and...as soon as I can get my hands on a digital camera, I'll show you some pictures of Daphne...oh, she's beautiful
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.Owen.:.

"We don't even care as restless as we are. We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts. We poured cement, lamented and assured to the lights and towns below, faster than the speed of sound, faster than we thought we'd go beneath the sound of hope." ~The Smashing Pumpkins

"That Owen kid...man...he really loves that snake of his." ~Owen

Sounds like Daphne got a good home. Who knows, maybe her strong will is what you both needed to learn how to take care of many more in the furture. I am just glad to hear that she never got sick and that you enjoy her so much. It's so cool to walk into my room and see my animals, looking so dang good Best Wishes to you and Daphne, hope she is one of many cool animals to come your way. greenman

Hey,
Cool story! -Angel
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"Until we lose our self, there is no way of finding our self."
-Henry Miller.

hey again people...
you know, I really enjoy coming here every night and seeing what everyone has to say about their blood pythons and looking at all of the pictures....I get jealous heh
but it's great to know that there are a bunch of other people out there who also love blood pythons you know? yeah at school, I haven't found anyone else who's really into snakes
so it's cool

and it's a good source for information....lots of stuff that could come in useful in the future, should I have any trouble with Daphne
thanks!
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.Owen.:.

"We don't even care as restless as we are. We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts. We poured cement, lamented and assured to the lights and towns below, faster than the speed of sound, faster than we thought we'd go beneath the sound of hope." ~The Smashing Pumpkins

"That Owen kid...man...he really loves that snake of his." ~Owen