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One of my new woma pythons. The real woma....not a ball morph. :)
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Very nice, I love womas. How is the personality on that one? I've got a pair of them myself and one of them is sweet and handleable and the other one is a bitey little monster and I've been wondering which is more common.
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Re: One of my new woma pythons. The real woma....not a ball morph. :)
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Originally Posted by MarkS
Very nice, I love womas. How is the personality on that one? I've got a pair of them myself and one of them is sweet and handleable and the other one is a bitey little monster and I've been wondering which is more common.
They're always looking for food in the cage. Outside the cage they seem to be pretty good. Still too new to call, but thinking they'll be good with a bit more work.
J.
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its always so hard to put their size into perspective when I have never seen one in person. How long/wide do they get. Is it around BP size or?
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Re: One of my new woma pythons. The real woma....not a ball morph. :)
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its always so hard to put their size into perspective when I have never seen one in person. How long/wide do they get. Is it around BP size or?
Length is about 5 feet on this one. She's about as thick as a 2000 g ball python. They're long slender snakes. Not as slender as a scrub, but not as thick (or at least shouldn't be as thick) as a ball python of similar length.
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Ah one more snake on my bucket list
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Re: One of my new woma pythons. The real woma....not a ball morph. :)
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They're always looking for food in the cage. Outside the cage they seem to be pretty good. Still too new to call, but thinking they'll be good with a bit more work.
J.
This sounds fairly accurate. I have six adults, 3 are wonderful even in their cages, two are a bit cage agressive but with a little careful handling after about two minutes out of their cage the feeding response goes away and they're great...the last one, well I'm still considering looking for a priest to perform an exorcism to see if that'll help.
One thing I have noticed with mine, they are very visually oriented and making sure they have a secure feeling cage with hides if they want them helps, but they also tend to be less cage agressive if they can clearly see through the cage. My largest male (a touch over 6') is the most noticeable difference and two totally different animals. In a rack in 72qt tubs that vision is limited through, he tends to be highly cage agressive, in a display type sliding glass front cage, he's quite friendly. I find aspidites of both species tend to watch what's going on in the room in and are generally much more inquisitive and watchful than most other snakes I've ever worked with.
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I have two womas and they're awesome snakes even though they will bite me every chance they get. I still handle them but I wear welder gloves (they can tell the difference when I'm wearing it or not).
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Re: One of my new woma pythons. The real woma....not a ball morph. :)
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Originally Posted by rascal_rascal_99
This sounds fairly accurate. I have six adults, 3 are wonderful even in their cages, two are a bit cage agressive but with a little careful handling after about two minutes out of their cage the feeding response goes away and they're great...the last one, well I'm still considering looking for a priest to perform an exorcism to see if that'll help.
One thing I have noticed with mine, they are very visually oriented and making sure they have a secure feeling cage with hides if they want them helps, but they also tend to be less cage agressive if they can clearly see through the cage. My largest male (a touch over 6') is the most noticeable difference and two totally different animals. In a rack in 72qt tubs that vision is limited through, he tends to be highly cage agressive, in a display type sliding glass front cage, he's quite friendly. I find aspidites of both species tend to watch what's going on in the room in and are generally much more inquisitive and watchful than most other snakes I've ever worked with.
I completely agree, if my woma is awake and allowed to peak out of his tub before I pic him up he is fine. If I don't let him look around first then he will very slowly begin to eat me.... The are fun and beautiful reptiles that's for sure.
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One of my new woma pythons. The real woma....not a ball morph. :)
I have 2 womas also and they are by far the coolest snakes I've had so far. But I swear they're both possessed haha. The only way I can get them out of the tubs without being bit it's to dangle a pillow case over them, which they quickly bite and coil around until they decide to let go, usually takes about 15 minutes.
gotta love them lol
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Almost got one last week at the expo...wouldn't have been able to swing one of these AND my babies, though. So I passed. The pair I held were super sweet, though. I love their little worried eyebrows, lol.
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Well I think y'all just talked me out of a Woma.
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Gotta love them aussie pythons!!! Beautiful woma you have there!!! ;)
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Re: One of my new woma pythons. The real woma....not a ball morph. :)
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Originally Posted by rascal_rascal_99
the last one, well I'm still considering looking for a priest to perform an exorcism to see if that'll help.
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Originally Posted by rascal_rascal_99
One thing I have noticed with mine, they are very visually oriented and making sure they have a secure feeling cage with hides if they want them helps, but they also tend to be less cage agressive if they can clearly see through the cage. My largest male (a touch over 6') is the most noticeable difference and two totally different animals. In a rack in 72qt tubs that vision is limited through, he tends to be highly cage agressive, in a display type sliding glass front cage, he's quite friendly. I find aspidites of both species tend to watch what's going on in the room in and are generally much more inquisitive and watchful than most other snakes I've ever worked with.
Last I heard, they're a notch under retics as far as intelligence goes, and are just about, if not more aware than they are.
Womas aren't the next snake on my shopping list but, one Boa constrictor and a pair of Borneo pythons later, I'm gonna look into it. Some day...
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