What species comes after ball pythons

[maudie]

I've hit my first yr of owning and working with Ball pythons, I have experience with many other species and maybe want to breed one day. Looking for a species that reaches somethin around 10 ft in length, something a bit more intelligent than a Ball python. Right now I'm leaning towards Red Tail boas. Just wondering if any species in particular come to mind when I mention these traits? The new rack just came in and it's fricken HUGE, so I guess I'm movin' on up

[Alicia]

Coastal carpets might be up your alley.

[MarkS]

I second the coastal carpets, very fun, active, inquisitive snakes, however due to their more arboreal tendencies I think they're really more of a cage snake then a rack snake. (animal plastics T5 or T10 or something of similar size would be my recommendation.)

[bcr229]

BCI
Dumeril's boa (they don't get long but they are insanely strong snakes so they feel big)
Rainbow Boa
Blood Python
Olive or Papuan Python
Dwarf or SD Retic

[Yodawagon]

If you're not set on getting a giant snake, have you looked into a woma, angolan, or bredli.

[EL-Ziggy]

Others have made some great suggestions. I totally agree that a coastal carpet, diamond carpet, bredli, woma or BRB are all great options. I think the Eastern Indigo is the ultimate snake to keep.

[Ax01]

White-Lipped Pythons! some localities reach 10ish feet.

i saw these at a reptile expo the other month.




there's only a few breeders of these species, so there's opportunity for growth.

[maudie]

Thank you all very much you've all been insanely helpful!!!!!

[Aqualoon]

I was looking at Woma's, they get a bit big for my preference as my first snake though. But from my reading they are wonderful with great personalities.

[bcr229]

I was looking at Woma's, they get a bit big for my preference as my first snake though. But from my reading they are wonderful with great personalities.

It is much easier to deal with a large snake with a great attitude than a small one that wants to rip your face off.

I have two common garters, one "WC" that we found injured in the garage, one from a pet store. Neither are good pets and they're actually harder to handle than the larger snakes. They are little coiled springs that will fly from your hand with no notice, they musk, they bite (ok they try to bite), and I don't want to grab and hold them because they're so small I'm scared of hurting them.