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GTP or ETB?

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  • 01-14-2013, 03:25 PM
    HarrisonGust
    GTP or ETB?
    Just as the title says I am looking into a new project and I was looking at either a Green Tree Python project or a Emerald Tree Boa project. I have the money to buy a 1.1 pair of either one and the cages and misting systems and everything else to care for them. So which would you choose? Please try to include a reason why you choose that animal
  • 01-14-2013, 03:28 PM
    HarrisonGust
    Re: GTP or ETB?
    And if you choose the Green Tree Python please say what locality
  • 01-14-2013, 04:13 PM
    Mike41793
    Neither. I think the heads and colors on ATB's are the coolest.
  • 01-14-2013, 05:01 PM
    The Serpent Merchant
    I prefer Emerald Tree Boas, due to their larger size and stunning colors/pattern. I would get an Amazon Basin ETB (and plan on doing so when I have room for more cages) but getting captive bred ETBs costs far more than it does with GTP's.
  • 01-14-2013, 05:01 PM
    Kaorte
    I would go with GTPs... but maybe thats cause I have two of them :P

    I have a sorong locality and a designer morph (not sure on the locality cross). Both are very cool and beautiful to look at. I can even handle my adult male!

    I would be too scared to have an ETB. Have you seen the teeth on those suckers? Not something I want to mess with! Plus, I love the crazy GTP coloration.

    Mike has a good point with ATBs though. I have two and I enjoy them very much! Very cool animal! Much different than a gtp or etb.
  • 01-14-2013, 05:41 PM
    HarrisonGust
    Re: GTP or ETB?
    Thanks for all the replies so far! I know the ETBs have really big teeth and I don't think that's bad. I actually like that! Maybe I could do a hybrid project with a 1.1 pair of ETBs and a .1 amazon tree boa?
  • 01-14-2013, 05:45 PM
    The Serpent Merchant
    I seriously doubt that it would be successful. It is hard enough to get ETB's to breed with each other. Let along the massive genetic differences between ATB's and ETB's as they are in different genus
  • 01-14-2013, 06:11 PM
    HarrisonGust
    Re: GTP or ETB?
    I remember I saw a picture of them somewhere. They were really cool looking!
  • 01-14-2013, 06:12 PM
    The Serpent Merchant
    Re: GTP or ETB?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by HarrisonGust View Post
    I remember I saw a picture of them somewhere. They were really cool looking!

    An ATB x ETB hybrid?

    *EDIT*

    Interesting a google search seems to show that it is possible for the 2 to produce offspring. I wouldn't jump right into a project like that but I guess it could be something to shoot for down the road. I would breed ETB's with each other a few years before even attempting to produce hybrids with them.

    On a side note I can't even imagine the temper an ATB x ETB hybrid would have lol.
  • 01-14-2013, 06:45 PM
    HarrisonGust
    Re: GTP or ETB?
    Yeah I think I'm probably get the ETBs and breed them for a few years then try the hybrids
  • 01-14-2013, 06:56 PM
    reptileexperts
    Yeah amazon basin ETB are one of my favorite species. Cost for a healthy captive born specimen though is outrages. You can get WC for about the price of higher end GTP USCB lines. However on another note if you plan on handling them much I would avoid doing ETB purely for the fact they do not do well being handled. You may not mind the bites but the stress it has on the snake is not worth it to him.
  • 01-14-2013, 07:47 PM
    HarrisonGust
    Re: GTP or ETB?
    Yeah they probably wouldn't be handling animals. More display/breeder animals
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