Looking for suggestions

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Originally Posted by Gerardo

Well since it would be in the same room as the ball pythons possibly something with similar husbandry. Budget for snake and housing is about $800. I'd prefer a species that handles well.

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Nice BCI morph or a BCC.
High percentage SD retic, you can ask the breeder for one that's chill.
Dumerils or Madagascar ground boa
Dominican Red Mountain Boa

super dwarf retic all the way. Mine is personable , entertaining, pretty, and calm.

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Originally Posted by Yodawagon

super dwarf retic all the way. Mine is personable , entertaining, pretty, and calm.

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"Super dwarf" and "calm" are usually mutually exclusive...

My SD male is ok to handle, but I would never describe him as "calm".

Are super dwarfs agressive or just don't like being handled and squirm around?

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Originally Posted by Gerardo

Are super dwarfs agressive or just don't like being handled and squirm around?

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Not necessarily aggressive, just flighty and active. Babies can be defensive/nippy but that's common for most snakes. My male is active fun to handle, kind of like an 8' corn snake.

It depends on the mix of Super Dwarf blood. a Pure super wont be much fun, most are spazzy. my male thats only 31.25% SD is great though. active but not spazzy and not cage defensive. hes not much thicker than an adult female BP and 6ft, full grown

I'm seriously going to look into super dwarfs. I have always liked retics but unfortunately they are just too big. A super dwarf might be the way to go.

My girl must be a freak. She's 100% kalatoa and is calm and curious. She's still a little excited when you first take her out, but settles down within seconds. After having her, I don't think I will buy another ball python. I still love my ball, but retics are just in a class of their own.

Hey Gerardo just throwing in Brazilian rainbow boa as an idea. Also visited this place called Chicago reptile house a couple years ago and almost got a diamond python. I think its a more interesting and rarer type of carpet python or maybe one of the other Australian related pythons like black heads or woma's. From what i understand none of these get really big and aren't really hard to take care of. Course all of these might be hard to come by. I also hear bh's and woma's have their own personalities and can or do have a aggressive feeding response but should also mention i've never heard a horror story from any of these pythons as well.

I would not recommend a Pure Diamond Carpet unless you are wanting a challenge in husbandry. Diamonds are not very forgiving with husbandry errors and have a total different set of rules from other Carpets and constrictors.

Now an intergrade/mix Diamond is a different story.