What is your dream snake and why?

Hot or not. If you knew you would be in zero danger and could provide properly for it and $$ was not issue. What would you get. Your ultimate dream snake? If you can find a photo to post would be cool as well.

I would really love a scoria boa, I just love the unique colour of them
Still way over my price range
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Jungle carpet Python

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I absolutely love the contrast of the yellow and black. Such a gorgeous snake. And the antithesis of a BP!

Sunbeam snake
Angolan Python
Madagascar Ground Boa

Dream snake.

1. Poops on the paper.
2. Doesn't paint with its poop.
3. Doesn't poop in its bowl.
4. Eats on cue.
5. And finally, holds my pants up when I can't find a belt.

Boelen's Python - Morelia Boeleni
Mangrove Pit Viper - Trimeresurus Purpureomaculatus

Those are my two favorite species of snake, and therefore my dream snakes to keep.

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Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan

Dream snake.

1. Poops on the paper.
2. Doesn't paint with its poop.
3. Doesn't poop in its bowl.
4. Eats on cue.
5. And finally, holds my pants up when I can't find a belt.

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You need a Trans Pecos rat snake! Seriously, all the above applies, well, depending on your waist size (& I'm not askin') 'cause they don't get real big. But yeah,
I had one that remembered & loved to thread herself thru my belt loops :D and all of them easily can handle items #1-#4. They learn their way around so it wouldn't take much to "teach belt loops" to most of them, but Reilly picked it up all on her own, lol.

King Cobra!
I see that dude with the anime hair free-handling on youtube and i just cant help but think of him as luckiest, if not stupidest guy in the world :omfg:
If the hypothetical in the original post were true, if there was a king cobra without venom (not a venomoid, obviously) i'd probably stop leaving the house. The size, the intelligence, the badass hood:cool:, so amazing - its just the whole imminent death thing that throws me off.

I already have my dream snake. Great attitude and so lovely to look at. Taste the [emoji304] https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c1f38cb120.jpg

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I already have my dream snake. Great attitude and so lovely to look at. Taste the [emoji304] .....

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To throw a little more cold water on the topic, I think it's disrespectful to the wonderful (& even the frustrating) snakes that we already have...because before we
got them, most of them were "our dream snake" & now we just crave more & more...instead of appreciating what we already have. Human nature perhaps, but it
reminds me of those caught up in online dating...they keep thinking a more perfect person is yet to be discovered, so they toss what they have to keep searching.
News flash: there's no perfect people out there and there's no perfect snakes...some are more wonderful to look at than others, but they aren't necessarily better
to live with. ;)

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To throw a little more cold water on the topic, I think it's disrespectful to the wonderful (& even the frustrating) snakes that we already have...because before we
got them, most of them were "our dream snake" & now we just crave more & more...instead of appreciating what we already have. Human nature perhaps, but it
reminds me of those caught up in online dating...they keep thinking a more perfect person is yet to be discovered, so they toss what they have to keep searching.
News flash: there's no perfect people out there and there's no perfect snakes...some are more wonderful to look at than others, but they aren't necessarily better
to live with. ;)

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Like most people here.... I love all my animals. A there are a few that are more dangerous that some would have as mentioned about the king cobra that would not make great pets but are loved from a distance because of the dangers. Some can not afford their "dream snake" because a rare morph is rather pricy sometimes. Was to be a good place to express it but not a way of showing lack of love for the ones we have already.

Some people live in dark places, we simply feed them to the king cobra and move on.

I'll answer this by going with two snakes I am confident I will never own, which is my personal interpretation of "dream snake". I also don't see this in any way as disrespect to our current snakes. I will honestly say that if money was not an option, I'd have opted for different morphs with my BP and Borneo STP, but regardless, I love them the same regardless of paint job.

1) Yellow Anaconda.
- First I LOVE the way they look. Second, 12 feet is a much more manageable size than their green cousins. I've read a bit and seen some videos and they seem to be easy handling, well tempered snakes, although my under standing is that takes time and patience as they are not generally docile by nature. They seem like a challenge that I would love to take on and could be quite rewarding.
- But, realistically, it'll never happen. I live in MA where they are not legal. The snakes themselves are in my price range, but a proper enclosure along with their feeding and upkeep put them above my pay grade. Not to mention, my girl would definitely not be cool with an Anaconda considering many boa and pythons aren't an option.

2) Beolens Python.
- Again, looks are my first draw to these animals, they're just gorgeous. The snake applies here as with the anaconda regarding size, temperament and challenge/reward.
- Obviously, the size is something that will limit me based on my girls comfort level. But they're also way out of my meager price range.

Without getting into definitions, a couple snakes I'm interested in for "someday":

White-lipped Python - A less common and really beautiful iridescent snake
Dwarf Burmese - Like a Burmese, but without being inconveniently too big

Reticulated python no question would be my dream snake, I love everything about them:love::love::love:

I love the king cobra but I would never be able to feed it a normal diet as they are snake eaters and I could never feed a snake to anything.

Since I was a little kid I always wanted an Eastern Indigo. I know it's not as exotic as other possibilities, but for me it was the the biggest and one of the most beautiful snakes that the U.S. had to offer.

Easy!! Sigh...it’s the Boelens Python.

I really feel like I could make it happen, even the exorbitant price tag doesn’t scare me off. But breeders just aren’t breeding them in captivity yet, at least not in the US. With the always-looming threat of closed importation, we may only have a finite # of them to work with here. If I took one of those imports as just a pet, I’m lessening the pool. I just don’t know if it’s wise for the big picture.

So I have ethics questions I battle with. Plus being new to snake keeping, I’m not sure if they’re just too much snake for me.

But good grief - they may be the most perfect looking snake I’ve ever laid eyes on.

A Madagascar ground Boa, or a Angolan Python or a granite Burm. But to be honest, and I think a lot of long time snake owners would understand it was pretty cool to get a Pied. Which I did so I kinda got my dream snake. I wouldn’t mind a pinstripe clown either. Or an Eastern Indingo ;)

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Easy!! Sigh...it’s the Boelens Python.

I really feel like I could make it happen, even the exorbitant price tag doesn’t scare me off. But breeders just aren’t breeding them in captivity yet, at least not in the US. With the always-looming threat of closed importation, we may only have a finite # of them to work with here. If I took one of those imports as just a pet, I’m lessening the pool. I just don’t know if it’s wise for the big picture.

So I have ethics questions I battle with. Plus being new to snake keeping, I’m not sure if they’re just too much snake for me.

But good grief - they may be the most perfect looking snake I’ve ever laid eyes on.

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I'll get one as a pet, and you get one as a pet, and we let our pets have a date. Problem solved :P

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I'll get one as a pet, and you get one as a pet, and we let our pets have a date. Problem solved :P

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You’ve convined me. Yay!

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You’ve convined me. Yay!

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I'll have my people contact your people to work out the details :D

There's still so much to learn about noodles, BUT from what I've learned about so far my ultimate dream is a Boelens Python. The rainbow. The blackness. The cute little squishy faces. I'm in love with them. But one hairless cat and one BP are more than enough for me right now financially and time-wise haha so maybe one day. :date:

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I'll get one as a pet, and you get one as a pet, and we let our pets have a date. Problem solved :P

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Omg I call dibs on a lil' baby. And then we can make a million more and spread the love!

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Ok, I know the first and third. Unfamiliar with that stunning black, white and yellow smokeshow though. What is it?

It is a very pretty but somewhat scary little face..

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Isn't it a Gabon viper?

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The third one down is a gaboon

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The third one down is a gaboon

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I totally need a new eye exam one day lol feel like an old lady @ the ripe old age of 35:rofl:

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I totally need a new eye exam one day lol feel like an old lady @ the ripe old age of 35:rofl:

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Hahaha, I hear ya! I needed glasses at 11 for distance, switched to contacts at 13. Now I'll be 40 in January and feel like I'll need reading glasses soon too. Ugggh. Getting old stinks!

If it's ultimate, pie in the sky, slim chance of happening snake . . . I'm another Boelen's fan.
But, really, I have many dream snakes. Diamond pythons aren't far behind the Boelen's for me, and I could ramble on down the list from there.

It's kind of funny timing. Doing cages this morning, I was handling my male Angolan and I was thinking how years ago, Angolans were this ultimate snake that I could never get a hold of. I'm still totally in love them and occasionally can't believe I have them. Pieds were the dream snake that got me into the BP hobby -- that got me back on the snake-keeping horse after selling most everything off for college.

So, do I believe in the power of dream snakes? Yes. Yes, I do :D

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Ok, I know the first and third. Unfamiliar with that stunning black, white and yellow smokeshow though. What is it?

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I think it's a Wagler's Pit Viper.

Well, I feel my collection is complete (within reason). I have all my dream snakes that I would realistically get.

When I was 10 (1990), I wanted an Albino BP. At the time they were something like $25K in 1990's money. At 10, that wasn't happening. Good thing, as I had much to learn about proper husbandry, respect, etc.

So when I went hardcore back into reptile keeping as an adult, I got Shayna, my Albino Spider Ball Python. I love her and she's an awesome snake. Plus, I got my dream snake, an albino BP. So, crossed that off the list.

Secondly, uneducated me thought Boa Constrictors were difficult to care for and got huge, 10-12FT huge, not 6-8FT huge like a female BCI. All I had heard of or seen were BCC's, who do get bigger than BCI's, but even then, a 12FT BCC is very rare. I was simply uninformed.

Last year when I starting researching, and was planning on buying a Boaphile Plastics tank stack setup anyway, I realized even a female BCI was an attainable snake for me. With the proper enclosure, the knowledge I already had (and was willing to attain), the experience I already had, the desire to have a "big" snake, and the willingness and space to get a 6X2' tank stack instead of a 4X2' or 5X2', it could become a reality. So, I got 1 year old Behira, at all of 430G, and fulfilled my dream of Boa ownership (she's a Ghost BCI, het moonglow).

Finally, I've been dreaming of a scaleless snake since they were introduced in the early 2010's. They seem so unique to me and just pop color and pattern wise! I didn't want a texas rat as they can be finicky when it comes to temperament and a scaleless BP is a little rich for my blood! Is it 1990 all over again? So Katie and I settled on a beautiful Scaleless, Sunglow (red factor), Motley, Corn, Solana. We got her 3 weeks ago and she is doing great! She just shed and is amazing beautiful and docile (already). Just like Figment, her big brother who is an adult Hypo Lavender Corn. He's awesome, but wasn't a dream snake, just an awesome pet.

I now feel my snake collection, and reptile collection (complete with dream lizard Frank - BTS, and 3 killer morph Leopard Geckos), is complete, within reason.

I say within reason because I do not want a snake bigger than Behira will be. I am happy with my dream BP - Shayna, but don't need another BP. I am also incredibly happy with Solana and Figment and it doesn't hurt than Solana is the first in the world with her visual traits and genetics. Pretty cool. I know it won't last, but fun for now.

However, if I could have any snake, and care requirements (space, etc) or my ability as a snake keeper were not an issue, I would want a Burmese Python. They are stunning to me, especially the albino Burmese. Although out there, I have met quite a few, and have yet to find one that isn't a gentle giant. So, if I had a herpetologist living with me, or owned a zoo, I would definitely love an albino Burmese. That's my unattainable dream snake.

A little long winded here, but I hope I was descriptive.

Ultimate dream snake because I will probably never own it: green anaconda. Would love to have the funds and space to get one and set it up in a enclosure the size of someone's living room. Far-fetched, unrealistic pipe dream.

On a more realistic note, I think a vietnamese blue beauty snake would do it for me. I plan to get one way, way in the future, hopefully when owning a house is an actual thing and not just something that "may happen". I'm also in love with diamond and bredli pythons.

Those boelen's might be more tempting if we knew more about what works for them -- I'd rather have an animal i know that can thrive in my care. Maybe in the future, but for right now I'll leave the interest to y'all. [emoji14]

If a "dream snake" is a snake you can never get, then I think I've been using the term wrong. Most of the snakes I've thought of as dream snakes up until now are actually "goal" snakes, snakes that I can breed with enough time and luck, or possibly afford one day if I were able to save up more.

But if we were to define it as a snake that I can't ever reasonably expect to own, I'd have to go with a Pied Burmese Python. I've only seen a few pictures of them, but they're gorgeous. They probably cost a small fortune too. I'm not set up for snakes that big, but even if I were I've never seen any for sale in the states. As far as I can tell they're somewhere in Europe. Guess I'll have to move overseas if I ever want one, or have it imported.

But if we're talking snakes I could get with enough money and the proper equipment then:

BPs - Panda Pied, Sunset, Wookie

Snowwhite Rosy Boas

Motley Goldenchild Retic

Dominican Red Mountain Boa (normal and calico)

Viper Boas

I'd also like to get into blood pythons, sand boas, and sunbeam snakes, but money isn't the issue there. Just space, time, and learning their husbandry. I've got my hands full at the moment.

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I think it's a Wagler's Pit Viper.

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Lots of really great choices there. Is great to see some still reaching for great future snakes and others have already achieved their dream snake.

I too envision a dream snake as being something that I do one day plan on getting. For me, if I had to pick one last snake for the rest of my life, it would be a captive bred Tanahmerah locality Southern white lipped python. The iridescence and face on those guys just drive me out of my mind, and I do enjoy a bit of a challenge. My goal to own one is in the next 5 years, hoping and praying that by then captive bred will be more available on the market.

Not really a dream snake, but my absolute favorite snake would also have to be the King Cobra. That face is the most bada$$ thing I've ever seen. They're like the Velociraptors of the snake world (did a Jurassic Park/World binge this past weekend, my head is still in dinosaur land lol)

The two I want don't exist yet. I'd love to have a male super dwarf retic in platinum/titanium or mochino morphs.

Not a SD but a stunner for sure.

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The two I want don't exist yet. I'd love to have a male super dwarf retic in platinum/titanium or mochino morphs.

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