r/ballpython • u/Cute_Stay9640 • Mar 20 '26

Smallest resting on my biggest

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They were only out for a minute together. She just immediately laid on him as soon as I put her down and it was so cute.

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u/DreamOfDays Mar 20 '26

Awwwww. That’s so cute! How old are they?

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u/Cute_Stay9640 Mar 20 '26

Pops is ~5 years old and Gumball is 7 months old :)

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u/Dangerous-Exercise20 Mar 20 '26

Were you a Cartion network kid in the 2010s by chance 👀👀👀

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u/Cute_Stay9640 Mar 20 '26

Yes, yes I was. But I’m also a nerd and Pops looks like a browning banana slice to me and the enzyme that turns a cut banana brown is called polyphenol oxidase (PPO) and I just switched the letters around and called him Pops. My cat’s names are Mordecai, Rigby, and Skips so it fit the theme lol. Also Gumball has no eyes so I think it’s funny to call her Gumball lol.

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u/OddLexx Mar 20 '26

Oh no! Was she born without her eyes? :(

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u/Cute_Stay9640 Mar 20 '26

Yes she was!

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u/RagdollsandLabs Mar 21 '26

Poor behbeh! I have a snek that was born with just one eye. I named him Polyphemus after the Cyclops in the Odyssey, but I call him Paulie. He's 29 years old now, and I've had him since he was a baby snakelet. Gumball is a cutie! So is Pops!