I think i'm ready for my first large python. Recommendations?

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Originally Posted by reptileexperts

Yep. I know many I that take rabbits.

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This is the first time ive ever heard that. I guess it would be totally possible, as all carpets can and will take some gargantuan meals as compared to their body size, but ive never heard anyone suggest that its a good idea in captivity. I guess if you only wanted to feed a few meals a year it would be a decent strategy. Anything more often then that would get you an extremely obese and short lived snake though

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Imo i would go with a ij bredli or coastal carpet all of them get big but for the most part stay under 10 foot unless you get a female females costals can get up to 11 foot.

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King Cobra=/of discussion lol

J/K, no kings.

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FWIW I held a red tail boa last week at repticon a little over 8ft long and 25 lbs. Very sweet and gentle snake the owner said her mother was 10ft and he thinks she will exceed that.

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FWIW I held a red tail boa last week at repticon a little over 8ft long and 25 lbs. Very sweet and gentle snake the owner said her mother was 10ft and he thinks she will exceed that.

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Omg I held the exact same boa :D she was such a sweetheart. I was surprised at how heavy she was. She felt more like 50lbs to me haha! Did you see that awesome retic they had out? He was very cool, but got a little stressed so they had to put him away.


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Haha yeah I was like are you sure she's only 25?? I saw the retic too he was a beast

Anyone have experience with Macklot's pythons?

I know you said you want to keep it under 10 feet, but IMO Burms are a fantastic big snake. Males will be smaller in girth and shorter, a lot of times around 11 feet or so. They have wonderful dispositions and are usually slow movers, not as curious or flighty as Carpets can be, although I love Carpets as well and I would highly recommend one of those also. Boas are also great, very strong, have great dispositions and very hardy. All these have been recommended in this thread, but I am a huge fan of Burms and would definitely recommend a male to keep it on the smaller side, if it's really considered "smaller":)
Either way, good luck with your decision, you can't go wrong with a lot of what has been mentioned in this thread.

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Originally Posted by Cowtipper

I know you said you want to keep it under 10 feet, but IMO Burms are a fantastic big snake. Males will be smaller in girth and shorter, a lot of times around 11 feet or so. They have wonderful dispositions and are usually slow movers, not as curious or flighty as Carpets can be, although I love Carpets as well and I would highly recommend one of those also. Boas are also great, very strong, have great dispositions and very hardy. All these have been recommended in this thread, but I am a huge fan of Burms and would definitely recommend a male to keep it on the smaller side, if it's really considered "smaller":)
Either way, good luck with your decision, you can't go wrong with a lot of what has been mentioned in this thread.

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Dwarf burms are also an option.

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So after much consideration I decided to go with a retic. I won a sunfire reticulated python 100% het purple albino male for 190. Is that a good price?

Also it's 34 inches so i'll have a little time before he gets huge.