So that's my Pasta and she's one of the reason why I love living in this wonderful country. Okay, now stop dropping your jaw on the wonderful country reference. This post is about "Pasta", my pet Ball python so let's stick to it.
My dream of petting a reptile goes back to my childhood days when me and my sister use to catch lizards. I love animals. I love reptiles. I love fishes. I love birds. Given a chance I would pet anything ranging from a Dinosaur to a squirrel. I love them all except for may be the worms. So when I was looking for options on pets, I checked Petsmart website to check for my options. Obviously, my first choice would have been dog closely followed by a bird but immediately after logging into the site I came across the reptile section and when I clicked it I knew I had to buy one of those reptiles on the catalogue! Initially, I was little hesitant because the apartment folks were literally trembling when I called them up from my office desk to check whether they will allow snakes as pets inside the apartment. Initially they refused. They said they don't allow it. Then two days later when I went to collect my package I asked them whether they will allow snakes as pets and one of the ladies was kind enough to say " ... while the apartment management doesn't allow snakes, we wouldn't mind people petting snakes in their apartment and there's no way the apartment folks can find out whether anyone in the apartment owns a snake". I told her that I am going to bring one home and she was okay with that. So that's when I decided that Pasta is coming home sooner than later.
Here's me holding Pasta for the first time and the smile says it all!
I bought Pasta on May 26th. Brought it home on May 28th and life's been fantastic ever since. Feeding Pasta was a pain initially but I guess we've figured out her eating habits. We feed frozen fuzzies to her. Frozen fuzzies are nothing but small white mice half the size of your index finger or the size of the thumb. Yes, it's little sad to feed another little creature as feed but can't help.
Here's a video of me feed a frozen fuzzie to Pasta
When I first saw it from close quarters, my jaws almost dropped. It was little scary to watch her force that mice through her body. The second time was even more ferocious. Since she came to my home, she has eaten only twice. So that's twice in 40 days. She's due to eat anytime now.
A week back she started getting into skin shedding mode. Right now she looks damn tired and very shy too. It's been over a week since I handled her.
Handling Pasta is one of the best feelings I've ever had in my entire life. I love it when she wraps her body around my hand (constricting) and then hangs in and out and sometimes crawls over the hand. Well, it's difficult to explain certain things in words and the feeling of Pasta wrapping around your hand is one of those feelings. It's just beautiful. Also, Pasta is one of my lucky symbols.
Should you be buying a snake as a pet? May be you should but don't buy it if you are going to let her stay in the terrarium all the time. If you love snakes, then you should definitely give it a try. If you think it's some kind of fancy creature that will look great behind a glass jar, forget about getting one.
