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i would suggest beardy, or even blue tongue skinks, they are awsomely cool! (if awsomely is a word!!)

~mike

You can't go wrong with a carpet python. My coastals are awesome snakes to keep and one of my favorites in my collection. All the talk about them being aggressive and/or nippy is just people relaying bad experiences as a characteristic of the whole group. My coastals have never struck at me other than a SFE which was entirely my fault.

I just snapped some pics of my male coastal too....so look for the pics soon ;)

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Originally Posted by mxrider42

Also what is the Boa that is RTB but it only get about 6 feet long?

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There are several dwarf localities of boa constrictor.. the hog island is one of the most popular. I have two.. great snakes.

I too would have to suggest a carpet python. All tend to be a bit nippy at a young age but start to mellow out after about a year or so. I noticed that no one has suggested a West Papuan (Irian Jaya) carpet yet. These are the smaller of the morelia complex and get to a little over 5 ft. on males and about 6 ft. on females. However, I have seen some bigger ones.
But ultimately, you must find a herp that will keep your interest and is something you really like.

I would suggest a male burmese. I have heard they are great, gentle and very cool looking. IMO It's great if you want a big snake.

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Originally Posted by Cartmansdad

I would suggest a male burmese. I have heard they are great, gentle and very cool looking. IMO It's great if you want a big snake.

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Are you kidding?????
He said he was looking at something less than 10 ft. A few colubrids and a ball hardly qualify anyone to keep a snake that gets as big as a burm gets.

Yeah.. even male burms can top 13' and 100lbs. Not a great choice at this time I would say. :)

carpets are cool I kept stopping and oogling over some this last weekend. Amazon Tree Boas rock! The same can be said about their aggressiveness as was said above about people relaying bad experiences. I don't handle mine as its still very young and fragile but I have read seen others who handle theirs just as they would any other docile reptile. They are arboreal like GTP's but MUCH less expensive, I went with an ATB to get into arboreals rather than a GTP just due to the cost and not wanting inexperience to cause the loss of such an investment. Their crazy are colors/patterns with ATB's also.

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Originally Posted by westcoastjungle

If you are looking for friendly I'm suprised you don't own a bearded dragon (I know it's not a snake), they are a herp that likes to be taken out of his cage and hang out. Most herp tolerate it to a point. Any way just thought I'd throw that out there your title is new herp.

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That might have to be a purchase from you in my near future. :D

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Originally Posted by Cartmansdad

I would suggest a male burmese. I have heard they are great, gentle and very cool looking. IMO It's great if you want a big snake.

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Rusty (Rusty_Reptiles) has a male burm that is 17' long! :O All burmese should be considered giant snakes...even the males.