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The ball python or python regius is a nonvenomous python species found in Africa. This is the smallest of the African pythons and is popular in the pet trade, largely due to its typically docile temperament. No subspecies are currently recognized.
The name ball python refers to the animal's tendency to curl into a ball when stressed or frightened. The color pattern is typically black or dark brown with light brown or gold sides and dorsal blotches. The belly is a white or cream that may include scattered black markings.
This python is known for being a picky eater and may not eat for months, particularly during the winter breeding season. Ball pythons will not eat when they preparing to shed.
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This is Apophis, my Royal (Ball) Python and a rat. I'm feeding him for the first time. He wasn't happy about eating here so I moved him, and his dinner, to his vivarium which would be more familiar surroundings.
because he's most likely almost forty years old and any picture is good to have. He's a Royal (ball) python (Python regius). Photo by Frank. .
Meet Zombi, my ball python. I rarely take him out of his tank during the winter because the apartment never gets hot enough for it to be comfortable for him. He's a real fussy eater and always stressed out but generally a very sweet snake, and I love him :)
When I took this photo in 2011, Pythagoras was routinely on public view. However, he was disturbed by visitors banging on his enclosure's glass, and requests to stop were routinely ignored, so he now lives off-show. There's still a ?daily? session during which he's brought out to be held, though.
A friend of mine has a pet ball python named Loki. I came to her house one day to watch her feed the snake.
My wife and I were having a coffee at one of our favorite coffee shops at the lakeshore when a man arrived on the patio with his coffee, a small dog, and Wilma, his ball python snake.
Wilma was wrapped around his neck and after putting down his coffee, he gently unwound Wilma and placed her on the fence separating the patio from the Martin Goodman Trail. Wilma wrapped herself around the wood rail and attracted a lot of attention from people walking and cycling the trail.
The owner was very pleased at the crowd that clustered around Wilma and answered questions. She is 5 years old and he said he has had her as a pet since she easily fit in the palm of his hand. Someone asked if she bites. He said "Not really. My wife bites worse than Wilma."
He said it's a lot of fun to go out with his snake because it draws people together and is a great conversation-starter. "Everyone enjoys it and I like seeing that." He encouraged my interest in getting a good photo of Wilma and told me this pose was kind of unusual. "She doesn't usually wrap her tail around her head like that."
It was fun stroking her. Her skin was cool to the touch, quite smooth, and from the firmness I could tell that she is one long bundle of muscle.
Kitty is eating two mice a week. We feed pre-killed defrosted for a few reasons, but mainly for two. My kids have pet mice, first off, and would protest feeding live. Secondly, there is less suffering on both creature's parts - the mouse and the snake - if the prey has been humanely killed prior to being eaten.
Kitty's a dumb snake. She cannot hunt, for some reason. If she detects a mouse in her area, she randomly strikes until she finds it.
I've never seen a snake quite so clueless about scenting out prey.
We found out that there was a Canadian Islamic Cultural Expo event on the other side of the art gallery from the Zombie Walk.
There was a tent called "Harmony with Nature", and people could touch various kinds of snakes and lizards (you needed to wash your hands before you touched them).
Eric and I are really afraid of bugs but not of reptiles, and Eric was playing with a cute orange corn snake.
Canadian Islamic Cultural Expo, Downtown, Vancouver.
Taken at the Nov. 10th Rocky Mountain Reptile Expo in Denver.
Lots of ball pythons at Boas and Balls booth.
Trotting out the wares. One of the best places to get your new reptile pet is at a breeders' show, and one of the more common animals on offer is the ball python. They are very gentle, and make great companions, living to be as old as 40 years.
Internationally, more and more locally bred animals are sold as breeders use advanced selection and husbandry to develop new patterns, colors and styles, rather than buying specimens gathered from the wild with the associated destruction of their populations and native habitat.
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Electricians always know the value of keeping a good snake on hand for the tough jobs.... [with: Piotr Ilivych Pewterovsky]
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is glad she could share her Leica camera system pictures with her friends. She's a Royal (ball) python (Python regius). Royal pythons are native to Africa. Leica cameras are native to Germany. Photo by Frank
The color on this snake is amazing! James is hoping to breed ball pythons when some of his get bigger. Place your deposits now!
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Albino Royal Python, (Ball Python).
Produced by Nick Mutton, one of the leaders in Carpet Pythons in the US, and the original line of Caramel Coastal Carpets Pythons in the US from Germany, check him out here
as "Monty" just finished eating. He's a Royal (ball) python (Pythn regius). I've cared for him for 30 years and he's most likely between 35 - 40 years old. "Royal pythons are native to west Africa. Photo by Frank. .
Benin. West Africa.
Ouidah
In most parts of the world snakes are feared, but in Benin they are revered. Royal pythons are worshiped in Benin, especially in Ouidah. The good news is that royal pythons are not dangerous, but the bad news is that these sacred reptiles are welcome Beninese households where they are fed when the doors of the temple are opened at night. There is no fear when the locals welcome these slithering pythons into their living rooms like an honoured guest.
The Temple of Pythons is a small room of twelve square meters that houses 50 adult royal pythons.
Benin. West Africa.
Ouidah
In most parts of the world snakes are feared, but in Benin they are revered. Royal pythons are worshiped in Benin, especially in Ouidah. The good news is that royal pythons are not dangerous, but the bad news is that these sacred reptiles are welcome Beninese households where they are fed when the doors of the temple are opened at night. There is no fear when the locals welcome these slithering pythons into their living rooms like an honoured guest.
The Temple of Pythons is a small room of twelve square meters that houses 50 adult royal pythons.