How Long Do Ball Pythons Live?
Longer than most marriages
Ball pythons commonly live 20 to 30 years in human care, and the famous ball python at the Saint Louis Zoo made global headlines by laying eggs at an estimated age past 60. When you buy a ball python for a ten year old, you may be choosing their college roommate.
Why that matters
Ball pythons are among the most traded reptiles on Earth, listed as Near Threatened largely because of collection for the pet trade. A decades long commitment with exacting heat and humidity needs deserves more thought than an impulse buy at an expo.
Meet one first
Hold a ball python with one of our guides, feel how a healthy, relaxed snake actually behaves, and ask everything. Whether you leave wanting one or just respecting them, you will decide informed, and the wild population is better for it.
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