I recently fell in love with a centralian/bredli at an expo and, even though I couldn't buy at the time, I'm seriously considering them as my first carpet python. They're beautiful and I'd like more pythons in my collection. But I'm also someone who has waffled over redtail boas because of "how big they get." I like that carpet pythons are slimmer bodied, but I keep reading that bredlis get to be 7 - 8 feet long. Is this accurate from people's experience here? If I get a male, will they be more like 6 - 7? I want a larger python than my BPs, but I don't want to buy something that's so big I'm not comfortable handling it.

All of my snakes are being kept on aspen. Is this suitable for a bredli, since (from what I've read) they don't have high humidity requirements? I've also read that they can take prey wider than their girth. I'm interested in this if so, because I like a fast growing snake.

Thank you for any advice you can toss this newbie's way. I'm sure I'll think of more questions after posting.