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Re: Smaller snakes- Beginner to Intermedate Levels
Originally Posted by Jus1More
...AND tomorrow is the BIG 2 day reptile expo here in Toronto and I absolutely must go and see whats out there.
I mean there is no harm in just going to look around....right!!!!
I say, you DO like to live dangerously!
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Re: Smaller snakes- Beginner to Intermedate Levels
Hey guys, so just for a second I want to bring this thread back. My freind recently found Amazon Tree Boa's but she dosent know much about them in terms of care and setup
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Re: Smaller snakes- Beginner to Intermedate Levels
Originally Posted by BallPythonWannaBe
Hey guys, so just for a second I want to bring this thread back. My freind recently found Amazon Tree Boa's but she dosent know much about them in terms of care and setup
Not a beginner snake for sure!!!!!!!!! They are typically defensive monsters with large teeth that take a lot of care to get accustomed to handling and some never do. Read about proper care and temper.
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Re: Smaller snakes- Beginner to Intermedate Levels
Originally Posted by Skyrivers
Not a beginner snake for sure!!!!!!!!! They are typically defensive monsters with large teeth that take a lot of care to get accustomed to handling and some never do. Read about proper care and temper.
I've read a bit about them myself and I dont think I would want one. I think she wants something more aboreal so I've been recomending carpet pythons
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Re: Smaller snakes- Beginner to Intermedate Levels
Originally Posted by BallPythonWannaBe
I've read a bit about them myself and I dont think I would want one. I think she wants something more aboreal so I've been recomending carpet pythons
Some rat snakes are semi-arboreal and can be quite beautiful to look at. Blue beauties especially favorite of mine.
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Re: Smaller snakes- Beginner to Intermedate Levels
3.0 Carpet Pythons, 1.1 Bullsnakes
1.0 Olive Python 1.0 Scrub Python,
1.0 BI, 0.1 BCO
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Re: Smaller snakes- Beginner to Intermedate Levels
If she likes colubrids bull snakes are great too. They're large but not too big, they eat like zombies, and the husbandry is very simple. I have 2 albinos but the normals are gorgeous and there's lots of cool morphs too.
3.0 Carpet Pythons, 1.1 Bullsnakes
1.0 Olive Python 1.0 Scrub Python,
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I love bull snakes & all their cousins, but arboreal they ain't...
For someone wanting a smaller & EASY snake to begin with, I'd still recommend the various rat snakes or spotted pythons that I already discussed...ALL of
them use their branches regularly...they don't "remain" in them 24/7 but they USE them quite a bit. Rat snakes have good vision, which they use...they aren't
super-shy, & like my spotted python, they're always on the look-out.
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Re: Smaller snakes- Beginner to Intermedate Levels
Originally Posted by BallPythonWannaBe
Hey guys, so just for a second I want to bring this thread back. My freind recently found Amazon Tree Boa's but she dosent know much about them in terms of care and setup
Oh, I really wouldn't recommend that she go there...not without a LOT of reading up.
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Re: Smaller snakes- Beginner to Intermedate Levels
Originally Posted by BallPythonWannaBe
Which snakes would be better display snakes? She wants to have a more naturalistic setup.
If she does the setup right, pretty much any terrestrial or arboreal will make a decent display snake. Good quality lighting that provides a temperature gradient from top to bottom will encourage the snake to bask at different levels of the enclosure and remain visible/active for your viewing pleasure. I think garter snakes make some of the best display snakes out there and prime candidates for a naturalistic setup. Mine are almost always basking in plain view or cruising around looking for food.
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