A one track mind!

All he thinks about is food! He'll eat 1 or 2 rat pups and be searching for food again 3 days later. I like it! :D

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he's looking at you thinking "...WELL??" :D

No, stop! I've been convincing myself not to get one

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LOL enjoy it while it lasts. One day you'll thaw out and warm up a 3-4 pound rabbit for him, offer it, and he'll look at it and go "Slave, I'm not hungry. Bring me a girlfriend!".

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Aaaahh, Zig,,,

When did you add the olive??

I must be way behind the curve here.

Outstanding choice and I obviously want to hear more about it!

@ Gio- I thought you knew about the Olive. I posted a thread the day he arrived 3 weeks ago. I got the albino carpet a week later. You must have missed it :). I was really close to buying a SD retic but after seeing those pics of John's Papuan critter I was smitten. I don't see many folks keeping this species so I decided to take the road less traveled. I'm very happy with him so far. He's only bitten me once. :)

Hey Zig, from I can see his setup looks nice. Looks like he has obstacles to keep him busy. :)

@ Reinz- Thanks bud. He's in a divided AP T8 for now. I have my albino carpet on the other side. They're both in QT. I'm figuring he'll end up in a 6x2 as an adult.

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@ Reinz- Thanks bud. .................. They're both in QT. I'm figuring he'll end up in a 6x2 as an adult.

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That's what I was thinking if I go for an Olive as well. :)

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@ Gio- I thought you knew about the Olive. I posted a thread the day he arrived 3 weeks ago. I got the albino carpet a week later. You must have missed it :). I was really close to buying a SD retic but after seeing those pics of John's Papuan critter I was smitten. I don't see many folks keeping this species so I decided to take the road less traveled. I'm very happy with him so far. He's only bitten me once. :)

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OUTSTANDING!

You went Aussie VS Papuan correct?


I'll have to search the thread and check it out.

Apologies as I have not been too active on the boards.

I love my retic, but I am really convinced pythons from Australia are incredible.

I would not let the snakes "play" together in the company of that olive LOL!

I've read more than a couple of stories about missing snakes after being out or caged with olives.

Enjoy it while you can lol. Later the wanting food all the time will become a chore haha. Freakin Caesar wants food 24/7. I just fed him a big quail 2 days ago and today while I was cleaning poop from the cage under his, he was glued to the front door rubbing his face all over it. When I stood up, he tagged the door, then I guess he saw a shadow thrown from me in the cage and tagged the air. So I opened the door and rubbed his head with his twisted paper towel and he went in his hide and poked his head out and sat there lol.

I'm convinced I like that Olive more than the carpet lol. If I wasn't lined up to get me a Pucallpa BCC from Vin Russo or Joel Diaz later this year, an Olive would be a prime candidate but I'm a boa guy at heart. Plus if I can swing 2 more spots(yeah right), I want to get a female Snow BCI to go with my new little Hypo het snow BCI boy and maybe try my hand at making snow glows in a few years :)

Yeah Gio, my guy is of the Australian persuasion. We both love those Aussie pythons :). Once I got turned on to carpets there really wasn't any looking back for me. I've got a coastal, Bredli, albino, and 2 jungles. The olive was a no brainer for me after I saw John's Papuan. If you read that thread you'll see I immediately started asking questions about their size and care. The seed just grew from there. You're right about their feeding habits. They don't play nice with other snakes :( . I've read about and seen videos of wild olives eating incredibly large prey items like wallabies and crocs. They're not as big as burms or retics, which are probably a little too much snake for me, but they're still big, beautiful, ferocious beasts. They're a very fascinating species to me. :)

@ Sauzo- That snow glow project sounds awesome! I just Googled some images. Best wishes in that endeavor. I think boas are beautiful snakes too. It was basically a coin toss between a sunglow boa and the SD retic until I saw the olive and decided to try something a little different. :)

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Yeah Gio, my guy is of the Australian persuasion. We both love those Aussie pythons :). Once I got turned on to carpets there really wasn't any looking back for me. I've got a coastal, Bredli, albino, and 2 jungles. The olive was a no brainer for me after I saw John's Papuan. If you read that thread you'll see I immediately started asking questions about their size and care. The seed just grew from there. You're right about their feeding habits. They don't play nice with other snakes :( . I've read about and seen videos of wild olives eating incredibly large prey items like wallabies and crocs. They're not as big as burms or retics, which are probably a little too much snake for me, but they're still big, beautiful, ferocious beasts. They're a very fascinating species to me. :)

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Well, I hope my retic stays smaller than 10'.

I was almost set on an olive but thought their size would be larger than the dwarf x SD retic so I opted to go with the retic.

I'm not sure olives are arboreal in the slightest which is another characteristic I want in my snakes. I'm sure they climb a bit though.

I'm going to hunt that thread down now.

Gio- Olives are semi-arboreal. My guy spends most of his time off the ground but I've also seen him burrow into his substrate too which my carpets never do.

Glad that I'm not the only one with PNG olive python fever! That snake was amazing!


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I liked this little video.

Figured I'd post it here in your thread since you have one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGmYxr793qs

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I liked this little video.

Figured I'd post it here in your thread since you have one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGmYxr793qs

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Man, that got me even more pumped or an Olive!!

Thanks for sharing the cool video Gio. Here's another one that features the breeder of my Olive.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5VjaXUU3tE

@ Reinz- you really should take the plunge bud! ;)

I'm holding back until I get my last snake in her forever home, which should be soon.

BTW Ziggy, that link is the same as Gio's.

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Thanks for sharing the cool video Gio. Here's another one that features the breeder of my Olive.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5VjaXUU3tE

@ Reinz- you really should take the plunge bud! ;)

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Ha,

I've watched that video many times!

I even commented on the video. Beautiful snake in the video and I'll bet yours will have some size to it as an adult!

That critter could be my guys mom for all I know Gio :). I'm hoping Nigel tops out at 10 ft. He LOVES his food!