Other Than Balls Whats Your Favorite Python?

The title says it all,

Daniel

I like Burms and Retics, and Bloods, and Carpets, and any other python. Ball pythons are probably my least favorite.

tie, I have a jcp and really like him but I really want an angolan.

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Originally Posted by tbowman

I like Burms and Retics, and Bloods, and Carpets, and any other python. Ball pythons are probably my least favorite.

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Wow really? Balls are your least fav? Wow Balls are probably 95% of peoples fav pythons. I like bloods but they get to fat! HAHA! I like carpets but have no clue what 75% and 78% is. Haha!

Daniel

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Originally Posted by Kryptonian

tie, I have a jcp and really like him but I really want an angolan.

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I want a Angolan to but there hell expensive! I like Jcp but as I said in the last post I am not big with them because I don't what 75% and 78%. Someone tell me please!

Daniel

Red Bloods :gj:

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Originally Posted by Boanerges

Red Bloods :gj:

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Red Bloods are nice but like I said there fat!

Daniel

Rocks, retics, and burms. My favorite species are green anacondas though.

either olive, woma, blackhead, and bredl pythons

I've always liked white lipped pythons...

White lipped and jet black JCP with bright yellow.

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Originally Posted by DarkComeSoon

either olive, woma, blackhead, and bredl pythons

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I like Olives! There a snake I'd want to work with!

Daniel

Even though I do not have one..... I really like retics. I would like to have a dwarf retic someday.

Angolans all the way

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Originally Posted by likebull1

Angolans all the way

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Lol! I love them but the price is way over the top! Haha!

Daniel

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Originally Posted by snakecharmer3638

Even though I do not have one..... I really like retics. I would like to have a dwarf retic someday.

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Yea I like Retics but not my fav,

Daniel

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Originally Posted by Simpson Balls

Red Bloods are nice but like I said there fat!

Daniel

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Only if you over feed them. ;)

Ball pythons are one of my least favorites, I prefer morelia's, bredli's are my favorite.

any burm or retic. I'm a lover of the big snakes.

Just about anything in the Liasis family.

Albino Bloods. Yellow phase OR orange phase.. My fav :)

In the works to add a few bloods... but womas and olives are my holy grails that I realistically do not see myself adding anytime soon.

If I had the space and could invest in a purely luxury big snake it would be an olive. They have to be the most amazing looking animal, they just leave me in awe whenever I see one.

But *meh*... I am a realist. :)

Bruce

I would love to get a blood python, I think they are extremely gorgeous and I love the bigger snakes :D

If I had the space and a suitable food supply it would be an a green or granite albino burm!

kinghorni scrubs.

Coastal carpets are a close 2nd :D

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Originally Posted by Clear

Ball pythons are one of my least favorites, I prefer morelia's, bredli's are my favorite.

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Haha! Balls your least Fav? The majority of your collection is Balls. Whats with that?

Daniel

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Originally Posted by Bruce Whitehead

In the works to add a few bloods... but womas and olives are my holy grails that I realistically do not see myself adding anytime soon.

If I had the space and could invest in a purely luxury big snake it would be an olive. They have to be the most amazing looking animal, they just leave me in awe whenever I see one.

But *meh*... I am a realist. :)

Bruce

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Cool, I'd really love a Olive but your right the price is way up!

Daniel

childrens and woma's!!

Un-fat Bloods...

bloods and white lipped

MY personal favorite species (thats we've kept/bred) are:

In some ways the white-lipped python, assuming you like spirited animals then these guys are awesome! work well on a hook and behave (for me) *exactly* as you'd expect them to in the wild, when in captivity.

My overall favorite species to keep though are retics, from superdwarfs and dwarfs to mainlands, locality snakes to morphs they are just such a rewarding captive. Very intelligent, inquisitive and keep you on your toes. Available in sizes to suit all now, theres no reason not to have one! (or two, or ten. Ish. ) ;)

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Originally Posted by Simpson Balls

Haha! Balls your least Fav? The majority of your collection is Balls. Whats with that?

Daniel

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They are the wifes, the morelia's are mine!

chondro's

Gotta say I like carpets. I mean I am definitely a ball guy and all, but the Jungles, Angolans, and spotteds all have appeal to me. I am not really into the big boys. I do have to say, I am about as much into boas as all those other pythons though. I would trade my girlfriend for a BRB, but then again I think she would trade herself for one LOL. She loves those. Sorry for going a little off topic.

I do like the rainbow of the balls - else, why be here?! - but also enjoy the heck outta my small group of red bloods. Other favorites with which I've not so much experience, but would love to get to know better would include JCP, Diamonds, "Chondros", White-Lipped and Ringed pythons. Wouldn't mind getting to know Angolans or Boelen's, either . . .

~Bruce

I'm really liking the Ringed Pythons..I think I may look at getting a pair of these just to play around with. :D

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I love Womas and Carpets. I can see myself with a Woma someday.

I like the ringed pythons too, but I wish they kept the juvenile coloration. I would have to say that Olives are on the tip top of my favorites list. I almost pawned my car to buy a pair at Daytona!

A few of my other favs are chondros, JCP's, and angolians.

Chondros! Once I have the space and money I plan on picking up one or two of these and having really nice display setups for them. There's just something about about them I can't get over! I recently got to handle an adult. Man, they're just amazing.

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Originally Posted by kellysballs

I like the ringed pythons too, but I wish they kept the juvenile coloration. I would have to say that Olives are on the tip top of my favorites list. I almost pawned my car to buy a pair at Daytona!

A few of my other favs are chondros, JCP's, and angolians.

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There's a guy in FL that is breeding them and I jsut saw a 16 year old female that was (while faded) orange and black not brown or even tan like I've seen alot of them.

The only other python I've owned was a Macklott's, Cain, and she was the coolest pet reptile (maybe tied with my trained collared lizards) that I've had. I got her as a yearling from a local exotics pet shop that had a nice reptiles section that was run by a kid who knew a lot about reptiles and dart frogs, and whose friend produced the clutch of Macklott's that Cain was from. She grew to about 8' and had almost no freckles, which made her look a lot like a small olive python, which I loved about her. I've actually been on the look out for a similar looking Macklott's for a while now.

She tamed down pretty quickly, and had a great personality. She was very active, had a great feeding response, looked badass, and was just a wonderful pet snake all around.

When my girlfriend and I broke up, I moved into my parents' house for a couple of months, and my snakes were in the main room in their cold basement. I had two space heaters to heat the entire area, and each enclosure had it's own heat, obviously. Everything was perfect and they were all triving. But, there was a bad storm and their power went out for two days, while I was out of town, and when I got back all my snakes had frozen to death. My Macklott's, a pet ball python, three breeder corn snakes and 6 juvenile corn snakes had all dropped down into the 40s and died. I was devastated, and the experience almost kept me from getting back into the hobby, but when I had the chance to buy a pair of het albino balls, I was back. I still really miss Cain more than anything.

I'm a sucker for a Green Tree Python... Oh yea baby!

1. Angolan
2. Super dwarf Retic
3. A BIG FAT BLOOD
:D i love fat snakes :P

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Originally Posted by Mitch21

I'm a sucker for a Green Tree Python... Oh yea baby!

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I liked my GTP, but the whole situation involving that snake leaves me too bitter to name him as a favorite, which is a shame. I bought him from a guy who gave me a whole long spiel about how his friend in MI breeds GTPs in his greenhouse, and that mine was CBB (I would never knowingly buy a W.C. GTP). It turned out that he was selling farmed babies for Lee Watson as CBB animals, and when I found that out I got a fecal done, and he was infested with hook worms. There were so many hook worm eggs that my vet recommended Panacur and Flagyl, just in case the crazy amount of eggs she saw were hiding any other parasite eggs. I dosed him with both meds for the full terms, during which time he stopped eating, and he was dead within a month after his treatments. It was one of those too good tbe true situations with a good price for a CBB yearling Chondro, so I deserve it, but I'm still bitter.

Yea I can definitely understand that! Did you have a nice little chat with the seller??


Don't want to hijack the thread... so get back on topic!!

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Originally Posted by Mitch21

Yea I can definitely understand that! Did you have a nice little chat with the seller??


Don't want to hijack the thread... so get back on topic!!

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He was no longer a vendor at that show by the time I heard about who he was, who he was selling for, and what he was selling. And since Ol' Man Watson passed away, I can't discuss his practices with him, either, Although I'm pretty sure he had been called out a few times, and knew what he was doing and where he stood in the business... I must say that now that that show is sort of under new management, the quality of the animals there has gone from tick infested crap to mostly being good, quality stock. It's really a decent show now days.

Morelia Viridis......

Well I wouldn't have been able to say any other python but balls until we got the latest Reptiles magazine. I'm in love with the Angolans now. I know my boyfriend would say GTP for sure.

Of course those are two snakes we will probably never have. :tears:

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Originally Posted by PythonWallace

The only other python I've owned was a Macklott's, Cain, and she was the coolest pet reptile (maybe tied with my trained collared lizards) that I've had. I got her as a yearling from a local exotics pet shop that had a nice reptiles section that was run by a kid who knew a lot about reptiles and dart frogs, and whose friend produced the clutch of Macklott's that Cain was from. She grew to about 8' and had almost no freckles, which made her look a lot like a small olive python, which I loved about her. I've actually been on the look out for a similar looking Macklott's for a while now.

She tamed down pretty quickly, and had a great personality. She was very active, had a great feeding response, looked badass, and was just a wonderful pet snake all around.

When my girlfriend and I broke up, I moved into my parents' house for a couple of months, and my snakes were in the main room in their cold basement. I had two space heaters to heat the entire area, and each enclosure had it's own heat, obviously. Everything was perfect and they were all triving. But, there was a bad storm and their power went out for two days, while I was out of town, and when I got back all my snakes had frozen to death. My Macklott's, a pet ball python, three breeder corn snakes and 6 juvenile corn snakes had all dropped down into the 40s and died. I was devastated, and the experience almost kept me from getting back into the hobby, but when I had the chance to buy a pair of het albino balls, I was back. I still really miss Cain more than anything.

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Sorry to hear dude, Hope everythings fine now. :(

Daniel

1. Green Tree Pythons
2. Carpet Pythons (mainly IJs and IJ Jags)
3. White Lipped Pythons

I feel like I'm forgetting one that I really like but that's just not coming to mind. Regardless, I love arboreal snakes so GTPs get the top vote. (Some day I will have some, for now I'm focussing on ETBs.) Irian Jaya Carpet Pythons are amazing. They're more docile than some other carpets, they're trash cans for the most part, don't get huge, are quite hardy, etc. To me one of the best starter snakes out there! And White Lipped Pythons are simply gourgeous. I can't get over their colouration and over all look, simply stunning. I've never worked with them, but maybe some day.

1st Favorite ~ Balls
2nd Favorite ~ Bloods
3rd Favorite ~ Burms
4th Favorite ~ Carpets