Bloods!

This has to be, hands down my second favorite species of snake next to the AfRocks! Here's some pics of my pair from LLL Reptile. These lil buggers eat right out of my fingers.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b296/Kaa22/36.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b296/Kaa22/012.jpg

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Beautiful! That last picture is awesome! "What'chu lookin' at???? Hmmmm??? I'll bite'cher nose off...oh yes I will!" :P

Thank you! I was sprised I got lucky enough to take that shot. I pulled his tub out and he came right up and right before I offered a mouse I snapped that.

yeah im planning on getting one of these from LLLreptile as well.so if i decided to pick him up, would it be likley that he would bite?

andrew, as usual... i love your photography skills!

Awww! That last picture is definitely HPOM material...=)

yes Andrew very nice capture. As a blood owner I love to see other peoples pics andyorus are a joy to behold when they appear.

Thanks everyone!

To snakeman; Mine haven't offered to bite in the least bit! All of my bloods haven't offered to bite at all. To tell you the truth about all of them eat out of my hands, including my adults but I do not recommend you try it with any large boid :D

Sweet bloods and pics. Did you get them at LLLreptile at the Chicago show?

:D

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Originally Posted by Snakeman

yeah im planning on getting one of these from LLLreptile as well.so if i decided to pick him up, would it be likley that he would bite?

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Bloods are generaly bitty as neonates...one of the reason they are not good beginer(sp) snakes.

All pythons are generally nippy as hatchlings stangs. I believe bp's are probably the only exception.

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Originally Posted by AndrewH

All pythons are generally nippy as hatchlings stangs. I believe bp's are probably the only exception.

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of coarse they are...but bloods can be very aggressive as can balls...so I really wouldnt recomend a blood as a biggener snake .Thats only ONE reason and alot of peopel are scared of getting bit. I hope you understand what im saying.;)

I still do not understand....

If your scared to keep/handle the species then you shouldn't own one to begin with. Bloods are generally not considered "beginners" due to husbandry and size/girth, not aggression. WC Bloods are generally high strung and nervous. I own 2 myself, and they have even settled down with time and gentle consistent handling and alot of bandaids lol. CBB on the other hand are quite docile. About all the pythons I have hatched have been nippy out of the egg. It's their defense, and what keeps them alive. All it takes is handling. A hatchling cannot do much damage. If your scared to handle the hatchling and raise it, then you really have no buissiness owning the animal. Being hesitant about handling and keeping the animal can cause you problems. It can possibly cause you to hurt the specimen if you freak when you finally take a bite and drop it. Snakes are individuals, and should be treated as such...not as a species when it comes to attitude. JCP's are nippy as babies and I have seen more aggressive adults than I have seen in other species such as Bloods, B.c.i.'s, etc. There's a difference. Bloods have alot more girth, and are somewhat more sensitive to humidity than JCP's, or other species. If you want to be well set on the species and do not want an aggressive Blood, then buy a u.s.c.b. animal from a trustworthy breeder. Your animal will have little to none of the problems such as parasites and stress that their wild caught counterpart will have if purchased. In my opinion if your scared to get bit that much then you have no buissiness owning the animal....

I'm also beat from work, so I apologize for my slur of words and what seems to be nagging lol.

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Originally Posted by stangs13

of coarse they are...but bloods can be very aggressive as can balls...so I really wouldnt recomend a blood as a biggener snake .Thats only ONE reason and alot of peopel are scared of getting bit. I hope you understand what im saying.;)

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I guess corns, rat snakes, and kingsnakes are bad "biggener" snakes too, and "peopel" shouldn't buy them, being that I have seen plenty of hatchlings from those groups be highly aggressive. I have a dozen black rat snake hatchlings right now that are FAR more aggressive than any other snake I own, and that's including my ATB, GTPs, burm, green anaconda,....you get the idea. keep in mind, in the wild at their age/size, EVERYTHING is trying to kill them. It's built into their natural instincts from day 1.

thanx for the info.i asked that because if i were handling a blood and it tries to bite me or does bite me, my mom would be like "ha! see,that's what you get(pisses me off when she does that)".but then agin she's my mom,she doesnt know the 1st thing about snake behavior.you should've seen what i went through just to get a BP.