Empty tank! Ideas?

I like the grey rat snake with the wide bands, pretty cool.

depending on your local laws. Display animals (not to be played with): Albino Western Diamond Back. on avg. $250, Eastern Coral avg. $125, Monocle cobras avg $75-$100. If you arent comfortable with hot herps. i'd vote on the grey rat snake or maybe a nice milk snake.

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Originally Posted by H.o.F.R

depending on your local laws. Display animals (not to be played with): Albino Western Diamond Back. on avg. $250, Eastern Coral avg. $125, Monocle cobras avg $75-$100. If you arent comfortable with hot herps. i'd vote on the grey rat snake or maybe a nice milk snake.

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Definitely NOT looking for any hots, lol. We'd like one we can freehandle without a trip to the hospital. :(

Also, the sturdier/easier to care for the snake is, the better. Since we aren't living together at the moment and they will be housed at my boyfriends', I want to avoid getting a snake that would need more care. Not saying my boyfriend can't handle it, I just know I would go stir-crazy if I couldn't make sure everything was right all the time. That's why we ruled out BRB's, Bloods (for size reasons as well), GTP's, ETB's and ATB's because of their more demanding husbandry requirements.

We like Carpets, but would a male IJ or a Jungle do well in a 40gal. breeder? I know the "breeder" is bigger than a regular 40, but I still don't know if it would have enough room. Also REALLY love the BEL ratsnakes I've seen. I think it's really between ratsnakes and bullsnakes right now (unless we knew a Carpet would be a choice also), so anyone knows cool morphs of them that wouldn't bust our bank accounts? :P

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Originally Posted by Valentine Pirate

Savu Python! Black snake, white belly, and white eyes! Iridescence is always a plus too :)

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I can't find ANY good caresheets on these guys! It's all just vague and basic info. Would love to see if one of these would work out too, I LOVE the white eyes! :D

Rhino rat snake. Just because.

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These ideas are all awesome, thanks! What's the price range on most of these breeds/morphs?

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The ablino black rat I got for $50 off a guy I once worked with who was a breeder. The grey bands I don't remember but the rest were $125-$200. I'm guessing cause of morph/rarity. The mandarin rat snake was gorgeous in person.

For general purposes, kings, rats, corns, and milks will probably cost $40-$125 for the more common depending on morph, who/where you get the snake from. Just like BPs, morph and rarity up the price.*






*Disclaimer: From my experiences, most of these snakes I have seen in the price range stated.

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Originally Posted by KMG

I like the grey rat snake with the wide bands, pretty cool.

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:I agree:

I have another picture of a different grey band but can't find it now. If I find it, the pic will get posted. They were really nice to see in person and were male and female. There was an offer to buy them together if I remember right.

this ones a no brainer, put an IJ or a jungle carpet in that thing.

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Originally Posted by lefty

this ones a no brainer, put an IJ or a jungle carpet in that thing.

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Will a male Carpet be okay in a 40gal breeder?

A male Irian Jaya carpet python should do just fine. The IJs are smaller than the average carpet.

Bulls, kings, and rats are all excellent choices - I love the patterns of mandarin rats (that was the grey snake with the black and yellow pattern someone posted earlier) and you don't see them very often so they're rather unusual.

And actually, if you put the tank on its end and create some sturdy horizontal perches, a 40gal breeder is just fine for a GTP or Amazon tree boa. I wouldn't go smaller than that, but it should be ok. It would, however, take some permanent adjustments to the tank and I don't know if you want to do that. I have a 40gal breeder myself that I may customize for another GTP.

So my short list would be:

male Irian Jaya carpet
mandarin rat snake
Green tree python

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