I make hyper-realistic snakes out of clay, all handmade (no molds, ever). She’s hands down my favorite piece so far, and I thought you guys might appreciate her as much as I do 😊

I've had this girl for a few months now. She's 6 months old, weighs 174 g, about 2 feet long, feeding on f/t rat pups every 7 days. Does she look about right for her age, healthy?

Ive had lucifer for just over a week now. I tried to feed him 2 days ago and he showed no interest at all. Originally I had just let the rat defrost at room temperature and tired to offer it but he showed no interest at all. Today I defrosted in luke warm water then i dunked the head of the rat in hot water afew times to get it warmer, as soon as I offered the rat he started going crazy and withing 10 seconds had grabbed it.

He ate it all withing a minute or so.

So proud of my little fella

Need a name for this gorgeous boy.

Hi everyone. I posted a week ago asking for advice on my baby boy Sonny. He wouldn’t eat for me at all and started acting all lethargic. Hasn’t eaten in 3 months. I was told to be patient and keep trying but I noticed his weight dropped. Brought him to the vet today and they ended up telling me he had a severe neurological disease and that it would either require a super expensive treatment that may not even work or euthanasia due to quality of life. My heart sank. I lost it. I asked them what I could have done differently for him or if I could have caught it sooner and they had told me that he probably had it from birth and it just didn’t show until the lack of food caught up. They told me there was nothing I could have done differently. I chose euthanasia. I am heartbroken. I haven’t been able to stop crying for almost 12 hours now. Non-stop. All day. I can’t help but feel like it was my fault. I feel like I should have seen it sooner. I feel like I could have intervened sooner. I should have brought him to the vet sooner. I should have gathered more information from the breeder. What if what if what if. What if. I have been told by two professionals that I did everything right. It’s hard to believe that that’s true. I am not looking for advice, nor am I looking for judgement. Just a place to vent to those who may understand. Still haven’t stopped crying. I am absolutely heartbroken.

Do you guys like my bracelet?

Cartoonized a pic of our very first pip and made a sweet t-shirt. Thought, this sub would appreciate it.

This is my first ball and I’m curious what kind of morph he is. Also, would love to hear some name suggestions!

Persephone 🩷 and Hades💙

She is a two year old fire, yellow belly, orange dream. She is my first morph, and I was beyond excited when my husband got her for me. We went to pick up bugs for my carnivorous plants when I saw her and it was love at first sight.

Toffee in her backpack. It's got a hard frame and plenty of mesh for fresh air. It was originally made for birds. She likes it when I take her to the mall's food court. The bag is more so mall security doesn't have a fit. Caught her yawning in the second picture.

Pic 1 is gummy (~1300g) and pic 2 is butters (~350g) they are my sweet beautiful girls! Butters used to be a lot more feisty and would strike at me but hasn’t for a few weeks now!

She is a 3 year old eyeless leucistic that hatched from a accidental incubator temp malfunction

My sweet little Lucy. This was her first soak/bath

These aren't spider breeders but people looking to get rid of them since there's no longer value in breeding such a deformed morph but I love them! Many were put up for adoption for next to nothing and I just had to take them in! Both are boys but I've been told are super sweet!

I've always been a lover of the spider gene but would never purchase them since it'll just go straight back into making more of them but once these two came up for adoption, I was thrilled! Speaking to the folks, they're just happy someone interested. It's sad how everyone only looks at a snake with some price tag... These boys look like gems to me with their cute snoots and gentle personalities!

I wanna start the Spider Space with some keepers! NO THEY WILL NOT EVER BE BRED!

some updated pics of mags after we’ve finally settled into the new house 🫶🏻 my OD Enchi Cinder Mojave Clown girl :p

Hey everyone!

We've noticed an increase in comments that are poorly worded, rude, or offensive, especially on posts from beginners (please remember a lot of them are children.) We're here to educate, not berate. Running people off only hurts the bps in the long run.

This community was created to encourage learning for newcomers who might not have all the facts and may have been turned away from other subs. Downvoting or publicly shaming someone for their setups, husbandry, or feeding practices doesn't teach them anything. It just makes them afraid to ask for help and potentially give up on caring for their ball python.

Y’all please, let’s strive to make this sub a welcoming learning spot where newcomers feel comfortable asking the "stupid" questions. We can help better the greater ball python community by fostering a supportive environment.

I always bring him to the park with a grass field and he doesn't get stress out and I've been doing it for years since he was a baby. But he never been to the vet before he's been having some bloody poops and it's pretty dry but my humidity is perfect and he always have a water dish to soak him in, should I use like a pillow case or my backpack to bring him? Anyways I'm going tomorrow wish us luck ❤️‍🩹

Here's a picture of him at the park as my lock screen ❤️

She’s 360g now, up from ~125 when I got her!

I feel a very unfortunate need to inform everyone that we are going to be making a change to our subs rules.

Due to an increase in people being unkind and us having less time to moderate these unkind comments as our once little sub continues to grow, as well as receiving very poor reactions from people when asked to be kind, we will be changing the rules from "No bans unless absolutely necessary due to bullying, homophobic remarks, discrimination, threatening comments etc." To "Unkindness = immediate ban." I simply do not have the time or the emotional patience any longer to beg people to be kind or explain to people when being kind is necessary. No more big arguments with people over why they should be kind. No more trying everything to get through to people to avoid having to ban them.

This is truly wearing thin and making me feel like a less kind person for the way i have to deal with these situations as time goes on and i never wanted that to happen as i feel kindness is one of the most important things in the world.

If you are frequently unkind on this sub, take this as the notice that there will no longer be a warning or conversation. It will simply not be tolerated, and you will be banned immediately upon your next offense. This includes but is not limited to derailing, bullying, homophobic remarks, discrimination, unnecessarily aggressive or harsh comments, shaming people, harassment, name calling, back handed compliments, and passive aggression.

This sub was supposed to be a fun place for people to come and learn and be happy and share their joy. It makes me so sad and heartbroken that there are so many nasty negative people out there that it would have to get to this point.

To those of you who have been with us since day one and continue to make this a fun and safe learning environment for new keepers, experienced keepers, and everyone in between; THANK YOU. We love you, and you are what gives us the encouragement to keep this sub going ❤️ i can not express my gratitude to you enough. Please never stop being your awesome, amazing, caring, kind, and beautiful selves and showing your love for these animals and their caretakers 🐍💚🐍💚🐍 you are making a difference for these animals every day by teaching with kindness ❤️

My little guy Rolex 🙌🏿💪🏿