Any Docile big pythons?

Boas would be a good start. They'd give you a feel for handling bigger snakes, but they don't get as massive as others. They also come in a lot of beautiful colors.

On the columbrid side, why not take a look at Indigo snakes? They get fairly long (longer than some boas), but aren't as heavy bodied, and even in the wild are pretty docile. They do have strong jaws, though, since their way of killing their prey includes grabbing the head and crushing it. They're gorgeous animals, and you can probably find captive bred youngsters.

If your new to large snakes I would strongly suggest you start with a hatchling and raise it up yourself. When you raise a snake up you learn alot about the animal. After a while you will be able to tell when its having an "off" day and you learn what your limits with the animal are. How far can you push it before it pushes you. Retics are great animals but it may be a little overwhelming for you to start with an adult male as your first large snake. Also I consider most of my animals docile but that doesnt mean they dont bite. Every snake no matter how calm it is has bad days.

Ditto, nothing quite like the experience of raising up a snake on your own, and with the potential power of big'uns it can be really beneficial.

Plus it will let let you gradually get used to a bigger and bigger animal, they don't become monsters overnight (though with some fast growers it can almost seem like it!).

Yeah, I think i'm gonna go with your guys advice and just tell the guy i'm not interested.

I think it would also be better to raise it from a hatchling and do a little more research into which snake I actually want.

Thanks for the advice guys

another good idea, before you go for one of those 15-20ft+ monsters, maybe get an "in-between" snake first, like one that maxes out around 12-13 ft. cause a snake that "short", lol, isnt gonna weigh a ton and will be easily handleable by yourself (weight and size wise). or like stated before me, get a long thin snake, scrubs fit that profile, and theyre snappy when theyre young for the most part so taming something like that would be good practice for taming a semi aggressive school bus if you were unlucky enough to get an aggressive "big" snake. this is just my:twocents:
(ive been looking for an excuse to use the two cents icon lol)

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Originally Posted by MarkyMcFly

See, i've always been told Burmese pythons tend to be nasty, but i'm pretty sure it was by a guy who just had a nasty Burmese.

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That kid was a fkin moron.

any type of snake could be docile or aggressive. it's more about handling and getting a sense for the animal's unique personality before you buy it rather than choosing a certain species

Our big burm is so docle we do shows with him all the time.

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/...yandscouts.jpg

He has even been used for professional photo shoots

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/...m/IMG_1696.jpg

For my own curiosity--are olives considered to be generally docile snakes? The ones I've met have all been angels, and they are my choice 'big snake'

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Originally Posted by Denial

If your new to large snakes I would strongly suggest you start with a hatchling and raise it up yourself. When you raise a snake up you learn alot about the animal. After a while you will be able to tell when its having an "off" day and you learn what your limits with the animal are. How far can you push it before it pushes you. Retics are great animals but it may be a little overwhelming for you to start with an adult male as your first large snake. Also I consider most of my animals docile but that doesnt mean they dont bite. Every snake no matter how calm it is has bad days.

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X2. You need to start with a baby. I took in my Burmese Sephiroth, and he's lives up to that name.. he can be a calm And gentle giant, but push him and he turns into a 5 foot missile with razor sharp teeth.

A large snake treated him love and care is a docile snake. I've held plenty or reticulated and even African rock pythons that top 10-15 feet and are gentle giants. Just get a Baby and work your way up slowly learning the snake and you should no problems. I myself would suggest you get a male Because they're smaller.

And also as stated, no matter how docile a snake is it CAN bite. To say a snake will never bite is stupid. And that is another reason why it's better to work up, a 3 foot snake bite hurts less then a 13 foot snake. :P