Other than ball pythons

Hi everyone one. So I just bought a new rack system http://www.cserpents.com/C_Serpents_...Sub-Adult.html the 5 tub version. In the future I'd like to get something other than a ball python. Do you all have any suggestions?

Morelia and Antaresia! (Carpet and Children's pythons)

I'm also developing a thing for sand boas.


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I think carpets are too nice of a display snake to be housed in racks :). Maybe try a colubrid like a kingsnake or bull snake.

IMHO, colubrids are too active to be content in a rack.

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Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

I think carpets are too nice of a display snake to be housed in racks :). Maybe try a colubrid like a kingsnake or bull snake.

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I agree totally, but more so.

Due to the active climbing nature of Carpets, I think it is wrong to put them in a tub UNLESS, I stress UNLESS you take them out very often and let them climb. (Maybe wrong is a too strong of a word, more like a bit unethical.)

It's just not in their nature to be cooped up so, unlike a Ball Python.


Etta, Coastal Carpet
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Wouldn't Carpets be too big to keep in a rack anyway ? I'm watching this thread as I really want to know too!
I do like the children's python, sadly never actually seen one anywhere near where I am so I most likely won't see any in expos xP

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Originally Posted by Ufoo9k

Wouldn't Carpets be too big to keep in a rack anyway ? I'm watching this thread as I really want to know too!
I do like the children's python, sadly never actually seen one anywhere near where I am so I most likely won't see any in expos xP

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TYPICALLY, Jungles get 5-7 feet, Coastals 7-9 feet. IJ's 5 feet +/-. Intergrades, various lengths. Obviously there are examples out of this norm.

Racks can be adapted. I know a local Retic breeder that uses racks unless they get pretty big, 10-14 feet.



Esmarelda, Jungle Carpet
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D'oh! I failed reading comprehension about the rack when I suggested carpets.

My spotted python, however, would probably be happy in a rack. She spends most of her time hiding, and could completely ignored the jungle gym she had for a while.


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Savu pythons, the smaller locality boas, African house snakes, and hognose snakes are all options.

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Originally Posted by distaff

IMHO, colubrids are too active to be content in a rack.

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Definitely disagree with this. Most of the colubrids I've kept have been very happy in their rack systems through several different generations over the past 30 years. Corn snakes, King snakes and Milk snakes do very well in rack systems.

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Originally Posted by MarkS

Definitely disagree with this. Most of the colubrids I've kept have been very happy in their rack systems through several different generations over the past 30 years. Corn snakes, King snakes and Milk snakes do very well in rack systems.

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Shrug.
It would break my heart to think of my kings stuck in a rack. They are out and about for hours at a time, just climbing around and exploring. They also peer out and watch what is going on in the room.

That is certainly your decision, but my experience says otherwise.

I can't enjoy them in a drawer!
In my world, drawers are for library card catalogues, mineral specimins (spell?), and dried plants pasted on cards.

You are chatting with a lady who keeps her meat rabbits in family groups housed in 4 foot by 8 foot walk-in pens. Those are the smallest pens. The two newer pens are 16 feet long and 12 feet long. Why? The bunnies are more fun to watch that way.:)

Womas, blood pythons, or some wacky colubrid.

Love my Children's python. He is a good feeder and is consistently "out" and doesn't hide, which makes him a great display snake. I have kept him in a rack in the past, though.