Northern White Lipped Python

Wanted one for a while and a local friend was kind enough to sell me a little girl. Can't wait to see how she turns out! She's nippy in a defensive way, but she isn't nasty. Just doesn't like quick movements.
October 2015 baby.... she's just a little worm.

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Very nice! I have heard they are...nippy. ;)

Very nice and I'm looking to watching her grow.

Oh yeah! Some can be little devils. The friend I got her from has several and I've watched her mess with the nasty ones... but she has some that are just angels. We both get the vibe that this little northern will settle down as she grows. She actually settles down pretty quickly; when I first held her she bit a few times, but relaxed soon and was just sitting all wrapped around my hand. I still kept her away from my face however.

I'll be bringing her home officially Wednesday or so. I'll see if I can get more pics then, as well as pics of her tub for whoever's interested.

We think she will color up to have the black back with golden laterals, which is how I prefer northerns as opposed to all gold bodies. No matter what though, she'll be gorgeous and I'm super happy with her. She's captive bred and fully vetted... can't go wrong.

She's a pretty little girl. Thanks for sharing!

Can never go wrong with a beautiful White Lip, particularly since you don't seem to mind a bite or two along the way. ;)

Thanks, Della!

And yeah, taking some bites just comes with the territory. As with all snakes, but particularly these little guys. Hopefully she gets it out while she's young so I'm not dealing with 6 feet of nastiness though :p

Nice lookin little worm. :gj:

Wow thats awesome! I don't think I've ever seen a captive bred white-lip before i've heard they are very difficult to breed. Are there many people attempting it?

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Originally Posted by piedpipper

Wow thats awesome! I don't think I've ever seen a captive bred white-lip before i've heard they are very difficult to breed. Are there many people attempting it?

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They are difficult to breed! I hear the males have to engage in combat. I'm sure there are people doing it here and there, I know there have been at least a few attempts, and I personally know people who are looking to try it in the near future.
This year, we've seen more imports than ever in the past ~15 years. It's crazy! You can actually find them for sale which is wild. We're expecting imports to "dry up" any time now though... anyhow more people have them now so maybe some import buyers will try breeding. Due to difficulty though, if they do dry up soon, I don't see the pricetag falling much for the next few years.
Especially because people like to buy cheap imports and /not/ take them to a vet, then wonder why their pretty snake died... heh.

Edit: I've also been seeing a lot of "captive hatched" but imo that's essentially a more friendly term for wild caught. Most of the time your "captive hatched" babies will still come with parasites, from what I've seen.

Yep exactly. Captive hatched could also just mean they brought in a gravid WC female who laid eggs while they had her.

I'm looking to get a pair of the southern white lips that Dan Mulleary imports if he gets any more of them. He gets really nice WC stuff and really know his sources (he actually goes to the farms there and hand picks things). For anyone that hasn't seen his videos those pythons are INSANE. For some reason the ones that he imports from that specific locality are extremely tame and while shy, they never bite. I would love to get a pair of those as they are super easy to work with and look awesome. First white-lips I've seen that are not even the slightest bit defensive, not even in the cage.

That sounds awesome! My friend (who sold me my northern) has some docile southerns as well. Most of her northerns are just little devils. I'm kinda glad about the one I bought though; I wanted the experience of taming down a nippy, defensive snake. That's why I bought my jungle when I did, but then he came to me mostly just fine, if a little skittish. He only bit me once and it didn't break skin; he was almost a yearling at the time. I figure he was just too old to give me what I was looking for. :p

omg she's so cute! congrats.

myself, not sure what direction i wanna go. Retic, Carpet, White Lip, etc? etc?

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omg she's so cute! congrats.

myself, not sure what direction i wanna go. Retic, Carpet, White Lip, etc? etc?

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Of those I strongly strongly suggest carpet. They can be nippy and they're active. They usually tame down though and get to be very cool/rewarding pets.
White lips are usually nasty. You do get your docile one now and then but I'd advise you work with a nippier species like a carpet, then try something that needs high humidity like a rainbow boa, then find something with a bit more of a temper, and then get your white lipped. You don't go BP to WLP and expect a good result haha. You can get lucky of course but that is far from the norm. That baby I posted bit me 20+ times in the maybe half hour or so I held her that night.

Edit: Also, my carpet is just frickin rad, and they tend to be. More exciting than a BP but manageable. The only thing is to know what you are buying. Coastals can get really big. If you plan on breeding you definitely need lineage info etc. Tons of intergrades and hybrids out there, which are just as awesome, but people will chew you out if you ever ask what type of carpet you have.

Prahanien you have rough scaled pythons?! I just saw that in your signature thats awesome. You have to do a post with pics on those they're super rare!

I would second the carpet if you've never had anything other than a ball python :D. I love my JCP even though he is nippy in the tub. Its good to learn how to deal with that before getting a snake that will potentially stay aggressive into adulthood.

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Prahanien you have rough scaled pythons?! I just saw that in your signature thats awesome. You have to do a post with pics on those they're super rare!

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I will as soon as they're ready to come home to me! They actually haven't hatched yet, but I will be getting a pair from a friend. ;) I'll post a progression thread, I think, once they hatch. Or I can even start with the eggs, hell, LOL. I definitely will be making a progression thread for them though as they are very rare and I hope to do educational work with them (they're so docile and people will love to feel the scales). I want more people to know about them!!

Also, the seller backed out of selling me this WLP. Ouch, sadness. :/ Waiting on refund. I'll just get another in the future though, no biggie.