Looking and buzzing in.......

[sweety314]

Loooooove my BP and decided to poke my head out of my hide and into THIS forum.....beecaaaaause......the local breeder (yeeessssssss!...only 30 min away) has some GTP & Columbians avail. I've wanted to get an albino burm, but I KNOW I'm not ready for that critter yet....What I've read is that Columbians get to be about 8-10' on ave. What about GTP??? How big/heavy would s/he get? I'm not really fond of the Columbian's color & if I had to choose I'd take the green. But that might be the next best thing to the albino I want....since I can't afford an albino ball. Waaaaaaaah!

I saw the caresheet. Seems to be pretty python standard like my ball's. Anything SPECIAL that needs to be done? How big of a tank for the adult????

TIA!!!

R.

[kavmon]

gtp's get around 4-6 ft. on average. they need an arboreal setup, i keep mine in a vision 222 which is 28x24x24, temps 86 hot/81-82 cool. chondros like more moisture so i mist his cage twice daily. alot of chondros can be nippy, they don't tolerate handling well on average and they have fangs. i feed my male once every 2 weeks.


vaughn

[ladywhipple02]

I would recommend going with an RTB. It may seem as if they get pretty big, but if you get one from a baby, you'll be able to grow with it and tell it's moods. RTB's are such a great snakes... I had two BPs for a few months and adopted an RTB with some spinal deformities... she's about 5.5 feet long and is a total sweet heart. And their husbandy isn't much different from a BP, it's just on a larger scale.

[sweety314]

I'm not really fond of the color of the RTB....or rather, I haven't found one that I'd love to have...you know...the special one that you JUST FALL IN LOVE WITH.

But thanks for all the info!! I appreciate all the comments and heartfelts. It will be a little while yet before I invest in a boa, but that was my wish...then I fell in love with my little girl, Baby.

I'll just keep hitting breeders' sites in order to get an idea of which particular herp I'd want to buy.

Thanks!!!

[Shelby]

If you don't really like columbian boas.. consider argentine. Beautiful, unique, and inexpensive.

http://www.proexotics.com/pics_july1...-24-02%201.jpg

www.riobravoreptiles.com/ boas_argentine.htm

[sweety314]

Thx for the links, Shelby. I'll add them to my stopping spots....< Say that 10x really fast! > & do a little more searching/looking. But Rio B does have some good pics for ideas of what I want to look for in my boa.

Thx again.

R.