How are whitelips?

[N4S]

Never seen these b4.



They are amazing looking.

A few questions.

Are they expensive?

What is there real name? (example: ball, carpet, emerald, blood)

How big do they get?

Good for handling?

[adizziedoll]

They had a few at Nerd for i think $175, im memory serves correctly. Ive heard that they have a tendency to have an attitude, but im sure there have to be specimens that are sweet as puppy dogs!


I WILL have a white-lipped python one day.
One of the most gorgeous snakes I have ever laid eyes on.

[qiksilver]

they're very high strung as a rule, even the ones that aren't snappy will be quite active. and they're a medium size snake about 2 m.

[Lucifer]

White lips, from all i've seen, are easily summed up in one word. "Testy"


Ofcourse, they can be tamed down with VERY frequent handling, but thats up to you...being chomped on by a snake of any size generally isnt a fun experience.


They have also been prone to cannibalism, so keep it one per cage (which should be with every snake, in my opinion and many others.) Very, VERY good feeding responses usually with these guys.


Not to mention, high humidity is a must with these.

All in all, a nice snake to add to any collection...but i'd only recommend it to an experienced keeper.



*EDIT!!* heres a caresheet for you http://www.reptileguru.com/care-whit...%20python.aspx


Hope that helps!

[Rocky]

White lips are the best! Right now I have 8 of them but I won't be keeping all of them....they are very aggressive snakes and do not recommend them for beginners.....

I can not even count how many times I have been bitten....And believe it or not, one of the females I am keeping bit me and one of her teeth was ripped out and inside my knuckle....that bite hurt!

They keep you on your toes though and are very fun snakes to work with if you dont mind getting bit! lol

[Rocky]

By the way, the top picture is a black phase....the other 2 are gold phases....

Blacks tend to get a bit bigger than golds.....

[boost3d05]

i just got one! i love her

[sg1trogdor]

Yeah I was looking at those along with several other snakes in an attempt to make up my mind as to which will be next but could not find any locally to go look at in person so I think I will hold off for now. But they really are awesome looking animals. Not sure if I am quite ready for a possibly aggressive animal yet I have a RTB that is the spawn of Satan and is quite annoying.

[tmartin2347]

Just because they are so nasty makes me want one, a year or so ago when I was looking to find a breeder online I definately had troubles finding people. Anyone have any in mind?

[TheMolenater2]

I held one at my local petstore before and it was very well tempered.