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  • 01-25-2013, 09:59 AM
    shogun
    If it's just display your concerned with, I would get a green tree python. Beautiful, and they always hang under a display/heat lamp.
    Not recommended for begginers, because of the humidity requirments and they like to bite a lot, but nice to look at none the less. :)
  • 01-25-2013, 02:15 PM
    LLLReptile
    Re: How do ball pythons compare to other pythons & boas?
    Bloods spend all their time burrowed under the substrate, so if you want something more active than a ball python, steer away from those!

    Carpet pythons are a happy mix of ball python and green tree python - given the option, they'll perch like a green tree python, but they're thicker bodied and less stressed by handling, so they make good pets. Try getting an irian jaya or a jungle, those tend to mature smaller (under 7 feet) and are often nice and sweet. Like I said, babies can start out nippy, but they mellow out 99% of the time with age and occasional handling.

    -Jen
  • 01-25-2013, 04:02 PM
    lefty
    carpet python all the way. they are beautiful snakes, active, great temprement, open to handling and make great display animals. they are easy to keep/care for also. my IJ perches 100% of the time. she never hides. she is active at times and perches the rest of the time but is always seen in her setup. NEVER hides.
  • 01-25-2013, 04:02 PM
    sorraia
    I have 2 rosy boas and 6 ball pythons. One rosy boa does hide all the time, rarely comes out. The other hides only sometimes, but spends an awful lot of time moving around and exploring his enclosure. These are siblings, and have always been this way from birth on. So far neither has shown any aggression either. One was a little harder to get started feeding, but now both are very eager feeders. Compared to my ball pythons... most of the balls like to hide, but half of them will come out and explore at night, and at least half of them seem to have their heads sticking out of a hide to see what's going on. One or two of them has hissed on regular basis, but not otherwise acted aggressively. I figure this is just babies trying to be tough so I don't eat them, and they'll mellow out with age. So far haven't had any feeding problems with, they've all been pretty easy feeders. All of my established snakes are taking f/t, the two newest ones (just arrived on Wednesday) were on live, so I'll have to see how easy they convert.

    As for care requirements... I don't find either one particularly difficult, but the rosy boas are just a tad easier because they do not require as much humidity as the balls. Since rosy boas are native to this area, , it is pretty easy for me to replicate what they would have in the wild.
  • 01-27-2013, 04:11 PM
    Bluebonnet Herp
    Re: How do ball pythons compare to other pythons & boas?
    So from what I'm getting from what I'm reading here and elsewhere, I might do well having a boa. I'm currently looking into amazon tree boas and rough scaled sand boas. I'm quite confident about snake handling, so I was thinking of taking a step up and try taming an amazon tree boa. Also, what I'm hearing, sand boas are kind of a hit and miss when it comes to visibility- some are seen, some are not. If these are not available though, I might just settle for a rainbow boa or BCI, or take a dive for colubrids and get a corn snake. (Not because they're easy, but because they're active and look cool. ;))
  • 01-29-2013, 05:10 PM
    LLLReptile
    Re: How do ball pythons compare to other pythons & boas?
    Ammies are not the fondest of handling - it is not so much an issue of taming them as an issue of the stress of handling on them. As an arboreal species, they just plain don't appreciate handling and it can stress them out enough to cause feeding issues or just a slow growing, non-thriving snake.

    I love ATBs (I have a pair at home), but if you want to handle them you would be much better off getting a different species. Mine are fairly even tempered for ATBs and even so, I rarely handle them, as they do much, much better being left alone in their cage.

    -Jen
  • 01-30-2013, 10:56 AM
    sweballp
    I would go carpet aswell if I wanted a handable snake. As mentioned multiple times before they make good display animals aswell. I keep 2 mcdowellis and they spend more time on their branches tha downn on the ground. They arent adult yet though so their inclination to climb may change over time, ive read that adults coastals are less arboreal then the rest of the subspecies. So OP is it gonna be a IJ or a jungle?;)
  • 01-30-2013, 08:58 PM
    twoyrbrat
    Re: How do ball pythons compare to other pythons & boas?
    I jumped into this BP arena going on 9 months....such sweet bliss I am in! I have up to six BPs and one Red corn Breeder female. All the BPs are wonderful with their own personalities. From my ADHD active girl to the shy boy in his hide. My Corn female is fabulous with such a sweet docile nature. She is 16 years young and was given to me by my friend 7 months ago. My BPs are from 3months to 5 years. One of these years I will entertain a Chondro. I know a breeder friend of mine who says they are a challenge but well worth it.

    Suz:D

    1.0 Spider
    1.0 Pinstripe
    1.0 Lemon Pastel - Flamed out
    0.1 Lemon pastel
    0.2 Normals
    0.1 Red Corn Snake
    1 Oscar Fish
  • 02-01-2013, 10:54 PM
    Brewster320
    My coastal carpet is my only snake I don't keep in my rack. She's always out and about and almost never hides. And if you use a basking lamp they will sit out in the open and bask. I'm moving my girl up to a larger enclosure soon because unlike a ball python in a huge set up, they'll use any extra space you give them.
    Another big difference is if you do something they don't like they'll let you know, they aren't going to just roll up in a ball. My girls never bit me or struck at me but you and tell by her body language how she's feeling and I don't push it if I think she's not happy. Also, when you hold a bp, you handle it. When you hold a carpet it handles you. You'll know what I mean if you're ever around one.
    Like the others have said too, a Jungle or Irian Jaya will stay smaller, 4-6'. Coastal's for example can reach 7-9' and apparently they've been know to reach up to 13' in the wild but snakes in the US apparently don't grow as large as their Aussie counterparts.
  • 03-15-2013, 06:43 PM
    SnowShredder
    The blood I had was a gorgeous snake. But, was my most aggressive snake I've ever had. Never enjoyed handling, very jumpy, quick to strike. This was with frequent handling.
    I love my boas. More active than a ball but just as sweet =)
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