easy giant

i know giants can be hard for the beginner to keep but what is the "easiest" giant to keep?? just curious.

Not sure what you mean by "easy. " Burms supposedly have the easiest (nicest) disposition, but none are "easy" to keep and all require a second person to assist with feedings and cleanings and such.

As far as long snakes i think burmese but they are not for beginner. I would say Blood Pythons are pretty good. They are docile and are very thick bodied but are not too long.

And girthy as all get out but far shy of giants. Your stock answer would probably be burms, as Smynx said but you can find proponents for each of the biggest species that might make the same claim. In all the easiest one to keep is one you can keep with someone else always there to help you just in case.

If you are a beginner and you want a larger snake, go for a Boa. A female BCC (i think, cause the bci's are smaller, right?) will be a very large adult snake to have, but perhaps won't require 2 people around for caring for it.

if i was to get a big snake in the future it would be a bci, but not now,im not ready for a big guy yet. I just wanted to ask the people who kept the larger snakes witch one is the least difficult to deal with.

BCI's are smaller than BCC's. Males are smaller then females.
Great temperment, and dont get TOO big. I always say if its under 7 ft you can make do by yourself ;)

Olive pythons have fabulous personalities & can easily hit 10'.

K

i wouldn't call any boid "easy". even ball pythons. i would say that with time, caring for a particular species may become more routine for you. but no snake is easy, all require a little bit of know-how. with that being said... get a boa :) :). they rock!

i really want one but my mom says i cant get one till i move out and get my own place....so yeah, that sucks. ohh well, 4 years isnt that long of a wait (NOT) .

funny story, once when i was about 13... a pet store owner told my father i should get a bci, they were 'only' 250 or so dollars, and would take 12 years to grow over 3 feet. i guess herp sales used to be a bit tougher to make bc he was lying through his teeth.

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Olive pythons have fabulous personalities & can easily hit 10'.

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just checked those out on the web and they are awsome looking! Havent seen their availability or price yet, species is from australia I believe.

Ok i did some research about python and found to this website ..

http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Con...=4&SourceID=57

Even with experience and years of 'affection', they will end up killing u if given the chance. I guess anything bigger then us will try to.

Although they are capable of killing you i dont think they would, they arent "vicios" animals. People only end up dead becuase of there stupid mistakes, all or most of the people you read about who got killed,got killed becuase either the snake ran loose in the house around kids, or during feeding time when the made a stupid mistake.

"While in bed, naked except for briefs, . . . "

". . . at the time of the attack the snake was not confined to a cage, but had freedom to move about the house."

Gee, maybe the kid should have confined the snake to its enclosure while he was sleeping.

LOL yeah file that one under "Slick move, sheepdip"

yeah i cant beleive someone would let a 12 feet python roam freely in the house. Dats like letting a tiger roaming in your house freely.

But speaking of man killer snake, back in the year 1995 there was an incident where a man was killed by a reticulated python. The python was discovered wrapping the man and had the man's head in its mouth! It happened in Perak, Malaysia. It was quite a sight.

Although unfortunate, perhaps that kid might get a darwin award. A freeroaming burmese with children in the house. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!?!?!?!

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LOL yeah file that one under "Slick move, sheepdip"

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ROFLMAO!!!

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Originally Posted by elevatethis

Although unfortunate, perhaps that kid might get a darwin award. A freeroaming burmese with children in the house. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!?!?!?!

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It just amazes me that anyone would have a free roaming burm anyway :shock: