Forever Snakes

[mgoblue347]

Most everyone on this forum shares the passion for ball pythons and reptiles alike. For most of us it started when we were young and has continued to double and triple and quadruple in intensity with each passing day. We can't keep every single snake we produce, or breed, it is the facts of life when dealing with ball python breeding. I was wondering what snakes are in YOUR collection that will remain there forever? A snake/snakes that even after their breeding days are over you will continue to keep because they were your first, first produced, best looking. Whatever the reason.

This is mine, Rory, my Mojave het Hypo female. I love her blushing, her pattern, her demeanor. She truly is a sweetheart.

 

[mgoblue347]

I am 6'2 btw..she's a big girl!!

 

[Rivergecko]

MY two forevers

The first is my Unusual Pastel Female



The Second is my Unusual Lesser Platinum Female. She also hatched out at 16g and is going on two years old and just surpassed 100g. Kind of got attached after all of the hand feeding.

 

[mgoblue347]

They are both awesome! I especially love how dark the lesser platty is. The pastel has kind of a smokey look going on with her

 

[Rivergecko]

They have the same mother, there is something going on with her. Breeding her to a Cinnamon this year and the Pastel has been bred to a Mojave, hopefully something will click.

 

[PlatinumRosePythons]

My normal girl Rose is definetly a keeper. She got me started in ball pythons and is such a sweetheart! My lesser boy(Dude), spider girl(Charlotte) and mojave girl(Winter) are also definite keepers. Love their personalities and the mojave is breathtaking in person!

 

[mgoblue347]

All so pretty! I love the mojave!! Gorgeous blushing, love how dark her back is =]

 

[PlatinumRosePythons]

All so pretty! I love the mojave!! Gorgeous blushing, love how dark her back is =]

thanks! She's huge too. At 6 months old she's almost 3ft long and weighs 488g. She has quite the appetite and I wouldnt be surprised if she ended up weighing 1,200g as a yearling.

 

[mgoblue347]

Can't wait to see the babies she produces!

 

[PlatinumRosePythons]

Can't wait to see the babies she produces!

Me either! I'm crossing her to my lesser(pictured) when she's two, or 1,800g.

 

[skirtinthedirt]

The first one is our normal girl, Matilda. She was rescued as a baby from behind a dryer in an apartment complex. When I brought her home, my boyfriend said "We are NOT keeping that!" 21 snakes later..... : ) She is much bigger now. This is her baby pic.

The next one is our baby super pastel, Skip. He suffered serious injuries to his underside and turned septic this fall. We almost lost him, but he's o.k. now (except being a picky eater). He's not going anywhere.

I honestly have a hard time imagining parting with any of the members of this "base group" of snakes that we have right now, but these two are too special to ever go.

 

[gsrept]

My favorite that will never go anywhere would be my spider female, super black pastel male, kingpin female, male ivory and a wild caught dinker girl I have. the rest while i do enjoy them would have no problem selling them if i needed to.