Any opinions of blue beauties

I am narrowing down my choices for a new pet with blue beauty being on it. I know a local breeder who is breeding them but i would like opinions on how the snakes act. I heard they can be a bit aggressive pending how well they are tamed. Aside from how they may act and the need for a large enclosure are the only difficulties i have heard about them. what are your experiences?

I really love mine. I have not owned her long so I defer to the way more experienced keepers. But mine is, at this point, a docile and mellow snake. Eats great, active, pretty much a joy. And absolutely gorgeous. :D

I posted pix of her on the "Look what followed me home" thread and there is advice from others on there.

some of those posts do worry me with their possible 'evil doings' later on. there is a small expo this weekend so i'll ask around

I think that from what I have gleaned that if they are docile at a young age, they will be good later. (As long as you handle them.) It seems that if they start out mean, they don't get a heck of a lot better....

thanks for the info, ill look into it (and make sure i spend time holding before i buy)

Blue beauties are one of the snakes that can start out mellow but become unpredictable when they reach sexual maturity. These are not snakes that you can just reach in and grab whenever you want. They won't hesitate to let you have it if they don't want you around.

this is my pair,
Male(shedding time):
http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...ENIURUS/01.jpg
Female:
http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...astofemm02.jpg

both are very quickly, nervous and try to bite me during water changing.

adult pair(250-260cm) of my friend:
http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...taeniura01.jpg

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...taeniura02.jpg

calm respect mine but when in feeding frenzy they bite strong and during breeding time female tried to attack 2-3 times her partner.

gianni-- those are GORGEOUSSSS!

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Originally Posted by Dragoon

I am narrowing down my choices for a new pet with blue beauty being on it. I know a local breeder who is breeding them but i would like opinions on how the snakes act. I heard they can be a bit aggressive pending how well they are tamed. Aside from how they may act and the need for a large enclosure are the only difficulties i have heard about them. what are your experiences?

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They can be quite aggressive, but they definitely aren't the most aggressive Old World Rat.

My pair is pretty chilled as long as they don't see any sort of tool that you are going to use on them (snake hook, camera, etc). Another thing about their aggression, it's usually a bluff. They will strike at you and hit you with their nose, but very rarely have I see one actually bite.

IMO, if you start calming them down at a young age, it should make them quite a bit more docile.

I have an adult pair as well. The female is pushing 8' and less than three years old. the male is pushing 9' and less than two years old. They are still growing in length and weight.

They are also great breeders! I didn't even mean to breed my pair and my female ended up laying 8 eggs for her first clutch. I was cooling them at the time (to possibly breed), found out we were moving and changed my mind. I split them up after I removed them from the cooling tub, which I had only started cooling them. They were together less than a week.

Blue Beauties are semi-arboreal, so they need a little bit of room to crawl around on branches, etc.

Female
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMG_1136.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMG_1158.jpg

Male (in shed)
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMG_1181.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMG_1170.jpg

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Originally Posted by Michelle.C

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMG_1181.jpg

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Love this pic!

simply gorgeous.