Looking for suggestions

[bcr229]

Well since it would be in the same room as the ball pythons possibly something with similar husbandry. Budget for snake and housing is about $800. I'd prefer a species that handles well.

Nice BCI morph or a BCC.
High percentage SD retic, you can ask the breeder for one that's chill.
Dumerils or Madagascar ground boa
Dominican Red Mountain Boa

[Yodawagon]

super dwarf retic all the way. Mine is personable , entertaining, pretty, and calm.

[bcr229]

super dwarf retic all the way. Mine is personable , entertaining, pretty, and calm.

"Super dwarf" and "calm" are usually mutually exclusive...

My SD male is ok to handle, but I would never describe him as "calm".

[Gerardo]

Are super dwarfs agressive or just don't like being handled and squirm around?

[bcr229]

Are super dwarfs agressive or just don't like being handled and squirm around?

Not necessarily aggressive, just flighty and active. Babies can be defensive/nippy but that's common for most snakes. My male is active fun to handle, kind of like an 8' corn snake.

[Mike41793]

It depends on the mix of Super Dwarf blood. a Pure super wont be much fun, most are spazzy. my male thats only 31.25% SD is great though. active but not spazzy and not cage defensive. hes not much thicker than an adult female BP and 6ft, full grown

[Gerardo]

I'm seriously going to look into super dwarfs. I have always liked retics but unfortunately they are just too big. A super dwarf might be the way to go.

[Yodawagon]

My girl must be a freak. She's 100% kalatoa and is calm and curious. She's still a little excited when you first take her out, but settles down within seconds. After having her, I don't think I will buy another ball python. I still love my ball, but retics are just in a class of their own.

[EDR]

Hey Gerardo just throwing in Brazilian rainbow boa as an idea. Also visited this place called Chicago reptile house a couple years ago and almost got a diamond python. I think its a more interesting and rarer type of carpet python or maybe one of the other Australian related pythons like black heads or woma's. From what i understand none of these get really big and aren't really hard to take care of. Course all of these might be hard to come by. I also hear bh's and woma's have their own personalities and can or do have a aggressive feeding response but should also mention i've never heard a horror story from any of these pythons as well.

[Reinz]

I would not recommend a Pure Diamond Carpet unless you are wanting a challenge in husbandry. Diamonds are not very forgiving with husbandry errors and have a total different set of rules from other Carpets and constrictors.

Now an intergrade/mix Diamond is a different story.