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| Name: |
Anastasia
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Age: |
Three and a half years old
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| Gender: |
Female
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Kind: |
Ball Python
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| Home: |
Grandview Plaza, Kansas, USA
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Anastasia
is a very sweet reptile. She's never bitten me or anyone, and
her special talent, (Though she's none the wiser) is that when she curls
up around my neck for warmth and gives a little rippling squeeze, she
cures of me nasty migraines I get quite often. Isn't that neat?
Anastasia is 4 1/2 feet (1.4 m) long. She's doesn't know her name because snakes
can't hear! Sort of. They can hear vibrations due to an internal ear drum
like structure within their heads. I purchased her at Reptile World here
in Manhattan, Kansas. I was looking for my second ball python to increase my
starting collection. The owner showed her to me, as she was a new arrival,
and when I held her, it was pretty much love. She was very gentle, she
wasn't aggressive, and curled up around my neck wanting me to take her
home. I paid 200 dollars for her, and that is simply because she was a
full grown adult female.
She's very affectionate in the way that she gently rubs her head against
your cheek now and then, whether or not that is for affection is up to
her, snakes don't really show affection or the intelligence to show
emotions. They can't blink, and with enough handling and care they grow to
"Tolerate" us. But she does help me in a therapeutic way. And she does
that by doing what she does naturally. She curls around my neck and
squeezes slightly to absorb the warmth from my body. :) Snakes can't
regulated their body temperature, so by instincts they will find some
place warm, or some place cool. When it comes to other people, she is very
calm with them, I always have them wash their hands before handling her
just in case she smells something yummy and decides to taste it. I want
people to be alright with snakes, not afraid of them, and an accidental
bite could scare someone, even a child. But Anastasia hasn't bitten anyone
who's handled her, and has been a very awesome pet.
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