Northern White Lipped Python

[Prahanien]

Wanted one for a while and a local friend was kind enough to sell me a little girl. Can't wait to see how she turns out! She's nippy in a defensive way, but she isn't nasty. Just doesn't like quick movements.
October 2015 baby.... she's just a little worm.

[piedlover79]

Very nice! I have heard they are...nippy.

[Terminal]

Very nice and I'm looking to watching her grow.

[Prahanien]

Oh yeah! Some can be little devils. The friend I got her from has several and I've watched her mess with the nasty ones... but she has some that are just angels. We both get the vibe that this little northern will settle down as she grows. She actually settles down pretty quickly; when I first held her she bit a few times, but relaxed soon and was just sitting all wrapped around my hand. I still kept her away from my face however.

I'll be bringing her home officially Wednesday or so. I'll see if I can get more pics then, as well as pics of her tub for whoever's interested.

We think she will color up to have the black back with golden laterals, which is how I prefer northerns as opposed to all gold bodies. No matter what though, she'll be gorgeous and I'm super happy with her. She's captive bred and fully vetted... can't go wrong.

[DellaF]

She's a pretty little girl. Thanks for sharing!

[piedlover79]

Can never go wrong with a beautiful White Lip, particularly since you don't seem to mind a bite or two along the way.

[Prahanien]

Thanks, Della!

And yeah, taking some bites just comes with the territory. As with all snakes, but particularly these little guys. Hopefully she gets it out while she's young so I'm not dealing with 6 feet of nastiness though :p

[John1982]

Nice lookin little worm.

[piedpipper]

Wow thats awesome! I don't think I've ever seen a captive bred white-lip before i've heard they are very difficult to breed. Are there many people attempting it?

[Prahanien]

Wow thats awesome! I don't think I've ever seen a captive bred white-lip before i've heard they are very difficult to breed. Are there many people attempting it?

They are difficult to breed! I hear the males have to engage in combat. I'm sure there are people doing it here and there, I know there have been at least a few attempts, and I personally know people who are looking to try it in the near future.
This year, we've seen more imports than ever in the past ~15 years. It's crazy! You can actually find them for sale which is wild. We're expecting imports to "dry up" any time now though... anyhow more people have them now so maybe some import buyers will try breeding. Due to difficulty though, if they do dry up soon, I don't see the pricetag falling much for the next few years.
Especially because people like to buy cheap imports and /not/ take them to a vet, then wonder why their pretty snake died... heh.

Edit: I've also been seeing a lot of "captive hatched" but imo that's essentially a more friendly term for wild caught. Most of the time your "captive hatched" babies will still come with parasites, from what I've seen.