Keeping a ball python after a decade of keeping other reptiles has been interesting. The most popular pet reptile, the most overbred pet reptile, the “it doesn’t need enrichment, it just balls up” reptile- while I can’t speak for all ball pythons out there, Ymir is explorative, curious, active, engaging, and intelligent. Immediately upon living in her bigger enclosure, she explored the entirety of it, didn’t have a lapse in her feedings, and we continue to see her active each night climbing, sme

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