OWNING A BALL PYTHON AS A PET: A complete guide to training a ball python, ball python care, ball python training guide

by Donald White

The ball python is one of the most docile reptiles, which is nonvenomous. It is the calm, gentle and shy nature of ball python that drives many people to keep it as a pet. It is essential to understand that ball python is not any regular pet that can be trained to perform tricks or fetch your newspaper. Snakes can’t be prepared to appease the owner.

Remember the days when you were told to write a paragraph about “your favourite pet” in your school? The most common answers were- dogs, cats, birds, and maybe rabbits, and it was very unusual to find someone who would write “snake” instead. A person who loves snakes or intents to have a snake as a pet is quite different from others. Personality-wise they are fearless, adventurous, and wild- that is what psychology says.

However, if you are a snake-person, then, ball python would be an excellent option for you. A ball python is a very docile, quiet, good-natured reptile but there are always some possible dangers to be aware of if you wish to welcome a wild animal in your home and make it live in a different society than theirs. So, despite having all the good qualities, the risks of having a ball python as a pet cannot be ignored entirely.

25 pages, Paperback

Published October 3, 2021

About the author

Donald White grew up on the coast of North Carolina with his mother and father, an older and a younger sister. He has a degree in Information Systems, having graduated with honors. He is also an avid reader of classical and modern literature. After ten years in the IT business, he decided to focus on writing. His work can be seen in the June 2012 issue of Down in the Dirt Magazine; the winter 2013 issue of Cemetery Moon Magazine; and the Grave Robbers and Memento Mori anthologies edited by James Ward Kirk. The following books are available: Hallowed: the Collection, Tales of Faygaea, Otherplace, Getaway and Afterworld.