Keep em at the zoo and pet shop. Visit them there. Go to see a reptile show.
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Reptiles for beginners
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I had a ball python for a long time. Pretty much the only reptile pet I have much experience but I highly recommend based on mine. First there's the cool factor, it's a big ****ing snake (mine was a little over 5') second they're more friendly and social than you'd expect, mine was super chill and liked being handled. Really low maintenance, fed him once a month and he **** in his water once a month. Watching them feed is super entertaining.
what animals you have now at the homestead?
My daughter expressed an interest in snakes for years. I finally relented and we are now housing a BEL python going on a year and a half now. Pretty low maintenance as Fat Albert said. When they are younger, you feed them once a week. As they get older, once a month. Ours is in a 65 gallon bioactive enclosure so it never needs cleaning except for the occasional shed and left over urates and poop. Heat is easy. Humidity is hard to stay on top of so every now and then he doesn't shed completely but that's about it. We bought from Surreal Serpents, a small, local GA based breeder. Mailed the snake to us and were super helpful. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to help.
I have yet to touch it.
I have yet to touch it.
My daughter expressed an interest in snakes for years. I finally relented and we are now housing a BEL python going on a year and a half now. Pretty low maintenance as Fat Albert said. When they are younger, you feed them once a week. As they get older, once a month. Ours is in a 65 gallon bioactive enclosure so it never needs cleaning except for the occasional shed and left over urates and poop. Heat is easy. Humidity is hard to stay on top of so every now and then he doesn't shed completely but that's about it. We bought from Surreal Serpents, a small, local GA based breeder. Mailed the snake to us and were super helpful. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to help.
I have yet to touch it.
Can you post stats on the enclosure??
I hate snakes and reptiles in general… but I love your style of parenting
Couple goats a horse and the two big dumb dogs. Currently looking for some Katahdin sheep to replace the goats though.
I'd love to get another ball python but the wife and teenage daughter ain't down for it
Ita a converted 65 gallon chiclid tank.20lbs of reptisoil in it, some real wood hides and a basking stone. Corner tank for water. Two cultures of springtails and isopods. sphagnum moss in the wet hide. Thermostat with a heat blanket and lamp plugged into it set at 89 on the left hand side of the tank.
Well my daughter has has many dragons...bad thing is life span..crickets loose in the house. Super worms are expensive and general upkeep but are more entertaining than a snake. Ball Python is the easiest long lasting one to take care of but fairly boring if you give them a good habitat. You will see them when they are hungry. Then they curl up happy.
