Next step for BP owner?

This isn't for anytime soon but I am starting to do some research on a good next snake for someone whos owned BPs (4) for slightly over a year....


Would love some opinions and personal experiences....

What do you like?

LOL!! Everything?


Specifically HUGE fan of carpets, tree pythons, and white lipped pythons....I was thinking after all the research and reading about carpets from experienced owners on here I might go the carpet python route....

boa constrictor.

any reasons Creepin? I've been thinking I'd stick with pythons for now....

I love Carpets. An awesome snake to add to any collection. I don't think you'll go wrong with one.

carpets are awesome looking animals! and i just like the personality of boas and their size.. that is of course if you wanted to get something a little bigger. they get big enough to be impressive but not too big to where you can't handle them yourself. they seem to love getting out of their cages and exploring. they don't always want to hide like balls do and will even try to keep you from putting them back up. plus if you ever wanted to try breeding, they give live birth! which is pretty cool. no waiting on eggs to hatch.

If you want something pretty to look at: Green tree python!

Have you looked at amazon tree boas at all? Those are very cool animals. I have two and I love them!

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

If you want something pretty to look at: Green tree python!

Have you looked at amazon tree boas at all? Those are very cool animals. I have two and I love them!

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X2 on Amazon tree boa! Imo, they are really beautiful and a good first arboreal snake. Mine happens to be very tame. They are wonderful looking at pets and come in a wide variety of colors. They also don't get too big, staying around five feet.

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Originally Posted by ToriTheBallPython

X2 on Amazon tree boa! Imo, they are really beautiful and a good first arboreal snake. Mine happens to be very tame. They are wonderful looking at pets and come in a wide variety of colors. They also don't get too big, staying around five feet.

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I have a really nice handleable one: Noodle, and a bitey one: Nibbler. :P

any reason you guys prefer ATBs over GTPs?

Ive done some research into both and ppl seem quite evenly split over them lol

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Originally Posted by OsirisRa32

any reason you guys prefer ATBs over GTPs?

Ive done some research into both and ppl seem quite evenly split over them lol

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I have both. I don't know if I could decide between one or the other! They are both very cool display snakes. Then again, I love me some green!!!

Can't go wrong with a dumerils boa!! :)

Can't go wrong with any snake. :p
GTPs are really high on my list.

My collection went:
1. Ball python
2. Green tree python
3. Western Hognose
4. Blood python
5. Brazilian rainbow boa
6. Three yearling bloods

My favorite is the GTP because of how they display. My favorite to handle is my big blood, I love her girth and her puppy dog personality.

Then the to get list: not necessarily in order
7. Redtail/Hogg Island
8. Dumeril
9. Enteral tree boa

I like diversity. The multiple bloods are for a breeding program I want to start.

Overall just get what you want.

I'm new at this l have a Bp now I would like to get another 1. I've been looking at a bumble bee,firefly, lots of different bee.

Thanks for all the tips, advice and opinions!! Much appreciated...

After I kept balls and corns I considered the following:

Hognose
Carpets
Blood pythons

I would advise just a little bit more experience on general snake behavior if you're going to get a blood, or short tailed python.

I ended up getting a Borneo short-tailed python, and I love her to bits. Thought they were a bit different than all the red bloods everyone has, and they weren't nearly as expensive as the Sumatran short tails (black bloods).

That being said I still reaaallyyy want the other two. When I'm more financially stable you betcha I'm going to keep all 3. :)

edit: If I ever get a boa it's going to be a Leopard Boa. I will settle for nothing else, so I guess I'll just have to wait.

I'm in the same boat. I have several ball pythons and I love em but I do want some variety. I really like the Woma (not the ball python morph) but I was told that they're really "dumb" and they think everything is food.

I do like to handle my snakes and I do not enjoy being bit. I would like to stay in the same range, size wise, as the ball python... maybe 1-2 feet longer or shorter is fine.

I've also been looking into Brazilian Rainbow Boas.

Thoughts?

I would love to get a BRB eventually...I want to get a few more pythons first...

I've heard from ppl on here and in the snake books ive read BRBs aren't THAT much different in terms of care than BPs...

and with my current QT setup I can really only QT 1 snake at a time....