Is it a ball python or a boa?

[Hannibalcanibal]

I once heard someone call a BALL python a "wild and dangerous animal", that needed "experienced handlers" to care for.. while the ball is not always considered a good beginner snake, they are far from giant killing machines that need alligator hunters to hold lol.

[charlesc84]

Originally Posted by StudentoReptile

Had someone once tell me that they had a hognose python. [working at petstore at the time] I asked if they actually had a Hog Island Boa. Nope, they had a hognose python. I explained that I had 20 yrs working with reptiles and had never heard of such a snake, and I enthusiastically invited them to bring the snake to the store and show it off. Never saw them again.

Years before, I was working at Petsmart and argued with a younger staff member that the milksnake we had for sale was a Sinaloan, not a Pueblan. He wasn't even aware that there were different species of milksnakes before he started working there, but no no no, he knew more than I did and swore up and down it was a Pueblan. Even after showing him pictures from two different books and the nearest REPTILES magazine, he wouldn't accept it.

Some people just don't want to admit they were wrong, especially to a stranger.

Wow, did he ever come around?

Originally Posted by Hannibalcanibal

I once heard someone call a BALL python a "wild and dangerous animal", that needed "experienced handlers" to care for.. while the ball is not always considered a good beginner snake, they are far from giant killing machines that need alligator hunters to hold lol.

That type of stuff drives me nuts.

[StudentoReptile]

Originally Posted by charlesc84

Wow, did he ever come around?

Nope. At least not before I quit.