I moved out, into my own apartment months ago. I love dogs but that is not an option. I also really like snakes (this is allowed) and was thinking of getting a ball python. I am kind of curious if you have had one, how easy was it to take care of. From what I understand you need to clean its cage once a week. You feed it mice or rats depending on how big it is, once every five days. From what I understand they can get up to 6' long and pretty thick, thats a pretty big animal.
Did you get one that was born domestic or in the wild. I have read you should definatley buy one that was born domestic as it greatly decreases risk of parasites etc.
If you have had any kind of snake for a pet do you have any advice? Seems pretty easy to take care of for a single guy, but just want to make sure. At 6' that requires a pretty big tank to hold, no? With about 20,000 members somebody has had to own one. I only know one person that has owned a ball python, and haven't seen that person since I was young. The only other person I know that has a snake has a little 2 foot snake that is has much less to deal with than a python(for example with theirs you can put in live mice, no need to kill it as with a python).
I also have questions on feeding and others but will save the typing until I get somebody that has advice to begin with.
Did you get one that was born domestic or in the wild. I have read you should definatley buy one that was born domestic as it greatly decreases risk of parasites etc.
If you have had any kind of snake for a pet do you have any advice? Seems pretty easy to take care of for a single guy, but just want to make sure. At 6' that requires a pretty big tank to hold, no? With about 20,000 members somebody has had to own one. I only know one person that has owned a ball python, and haven't seen that person since I was young. The only other person I know that has a snake has a little 2 foot snake that is has much less to deal with than a python(for example with theirs you can put in live mice, no need to kill it as with a python).
I also have questions on feeding and others but will save the typing until I get somebody that has advice to begin with.