arboreal snakes

Im considering getting another snake, rite now i just have one ball python - if u can believe it - im looking for some tips or suggestions on arboreal snakes... id like to stay in the boid family cuase theyre the coolest one out there! any suggestions would be great !

Carpet Pythons :)

I agree with Dutch. Carpets make the best pets.

another for carpets! but i think green tree pythons are really cool too

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Originally Posted by temec

another for carpets! but i think green tree pythons are really cool too

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So do I, but as a pet they're not the greatest.

My suggestion would be a carpet python.


They can be very friendly, and are very very arboreal.

(at least mine are)

Here is my female JCP having a snack.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81...n/100_6375.jpg


My jungle is by far the most arboreal of anyone of my carpets

Patrick, that's a very pretty jungle. Where did it come from?

Green trees might require more than someone used to a ball is willing to give. The price of the snake and set up is much higher as well. Carpets are more practical. From these green trees are next! At least how I was.

Love my JCP, and she's in her branches all day long. The only time she goes to the floor of her tank is when I am misting. She HATES it. Even then, she is far more likely to just hide her head in her coils or under a leaf than go to the ground.

Also a very good beginner snake. She and my GBK are my first, and there has really been no learning curve at all. Very hardy, a bit flighty, but has only struck at me on the very first day I brought her home.

Great animals!

you will find as a whole arboreal snakes are much more nippy than balls. do your self a favor and make sure that before you buy your first you ask the breeder if the snake can be handled with bare hands. and what ever you do dont get a gtp if you plan on ever handleing them. arboreal snakes are more to be seen and not held. hope this helps.

4 the reccord. i would reccomend a nice bci. they are so cool.

Seriously want. Pat, your girl is so purty! :gj:

Matt, I'm completely shocked you would say that. I'm sorry to be rude, but you couldn't be more wrong. I pulled one of mine out several times yesterday. We went outside (kinda warm here) and I put him on a branch and took some pics. Then put him up for a bit while I ran to the store, came back and took him back out for some more pics with my better camera (batteries were dead and I was out of film besides B&W)

BCI's are okay, they are not arboreal and will become a large, heavy snake. I've held a 11 foot coastal carpet that weighed just over 9 pounds. I really love carpets. If you get a mid- late 08 you can count on it being nippy. The biggest question is what has it ben feed. If they say "anything" pass on it. You want someone proud that they only feed their carpets rats. Carpets are the most stubborn about going from mice to rats and you can end up with a 8 foot snake eating 5 or 6 mice vs. 1 med rat.

Will Bird is more reasionable on his prices IMO. He's a reputable breeder and only feeds rats. If you're looking for something not top notch I'd recommend him. If you want a top shelf animal you will pay for it.


Edit: Let me be sure to say a green tree probably isn't for you. I just wanted to set the facts straight.

David I got her from Hardy Reptiles....at the Reptile Super Show in San Diego.