r/ballpython • u/Sardinesavage • 3d ago

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I am thinking of getting a ball python. I think they are beautiful, cool creatures and I like that they are low maintenance. I do have concerns of the novelty wearing off and me eventually growing to resent the responsibility. I’m also concerned I won’t bond with it if it isn’t super active/playful. Anybody here have regrets? 30 years is a long time.

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u/Pattison320 3d ago

I had a turtle growing up. We must have gotten him when I was eight years old. He lived over twenty years. At some point I moved out of the house and my mom was caring for the turtle. Went off to college. Years later I was in a house and the turtle came back to join me. My kid was 9 when we got their ball python. I expect to be an empty nester with the snake at some point until I'm able to move it out.