Hi folks I thought I would ask others that keep Blood Pythons a few questions to compare notes in relation to my own experience with them.

Q1. What would you say are the main difficulties you have encountered ?

Q2. How do you find their temperment and attitude in general both as hatchlings and adults ?

Q3. What do most keep theirs housed in and at what temp and humidity or do you follow the standard guides and caresheets widely available (eg) the Nerd one.
Q4. Whats the biggest Blood you have seen ? How big ?

just a couple to kick it off.

I will answer my own questions 1st. I cant say I have had any real difficulties other than having to wear gloves when getting the smaller younger female out as a hatchling and sub adult, the larger male has a bit of a hissy fit when you 1st get hold of him but he is all bark and no bite fortunately ..lol

Both have shed and fed well consistently and temperment and attitude is generally good.

I have a custom built 7ft long by 2 1/2 feet depth and height for the larger male made out of an old filtration unit from PTFE plastic under the stairs ( I did have a snake room but 2nd child ousted them out of there)

I keep mine in basking spot of between 88 and 90 and dropping to about 80 at the cool end. Humidity averages around 60% and I raise it to around 80% during sheds and have good success with this.

all in all I find them to be more of a challenge than my Balls but I love them they have more attitude than some snakes but this is where reading snake behaviour comes into its own and why it is not a beginner snake IMO.

The largest specimen I have seen was around 8ft and around the 45+Ibs mark.