Few moments are exciting to a future pet owner as the day they get their first pet—and snake pet owners are no exception. While it’s important to be excited about picking out and bringing your first snake home, it’s important…
The time has come to finally begin researching your first snake. While this is an exciting time, it’s important to take time to research and find the best fit for you and your skills. To help navigate the dozens of…
You’ve used up your reptile enclosure cleaning spray from the pet store and are now stuck wondering “what else can I use?” It’s easy to reach for the next cleaning spray you have stashed under your sink, but how do…
Breeding ball pythons for profit. It sounds like a fever dream, but it’s 100% possible. Take it from me, the other half of a 2-person team of a ball python breeding company. Over the years we have profited about $14,000…
The short answer is YES. You can use antibiotic cream such as Neosporin on a snake’s wound including ball pythons as long as it has ZERO pain killers. According to Margaret A. Wissman (an avian/exotic/herp animal veterinarian since 1981) “for…
There are thousands of ball python morphs that are out there for us to admire. A morph is just a name for the genetic makeup of a ball python which affects their colors and patterns. One of the most interesting…
Ball python terminology can get confusing especially when talking about morphs. I’ve put together words that we commonly use in the ball python community that could use some explanation. Welcome to the Ball Python Terms Dictionary 1. 0.1 Definition: One…
Cutting ball python eggs can save a python by allowing them to hatch from the egg even if the snake can’t do it themselves. Although it’s a controversial part of ball python breeding, it has more benefits than harm. You…
The body language of a ball python will tell us when it is scared, stressed, happy, or even sick. They are one of the easiest snakes to have as a pet and unlike dogs or cats, ball pythons have no…
