I'm thinkin snakes. Opinions please~!

[AK907]

I will also say to look into carpets. Similar care and temperments to ball pythons (although they can be nippy as babies), but are far more active and inquisitive.

[Vypyrz]

I vote for either a Dumerils Boa or a Carpet Python.

[caljie]

Thanks, I've added Carpet Pythons to my list also, I've been seeing some really stunning ones on Fauna Classifieds

[AK907]

^I hate that place!

Check out diamond and scrub pythons too.

Also don't forget to take into consideration that carpets come in different sizes.

Irian Jaya's stay the smallest and average 4-6 feet. Jungles get a little bigger and can get to 7ish feet. Coastals are the biggest, with close to 10 feet not being unheard of.

[caljie]

I like larger snakes, I've always said the reason I'm not so big into ball pythons is because they seem small to me.

Is Fauna Classifieds a bad place? Like I said this will be my first pre-meditated buy so I don't know any breeders personally and I am not a big fan of large scale breeders.

[Kinra]

I've never used Fauna Classifieds to search for sales, but I love the board of inquiry. I typically used Kingsnake.com, but if you have the opportunity to go to a reptile show I think that would be your best bet. I've only been to one so far and it was extremely small, but actually seeing a snake in person before you buy it is great.

[AK907]

Is Fauna Classifieds a bad place? Like I said this will be my first pre-meditated buy so I don't know any breeders personally and I am not a big fan of large scale breeders.

Check your PM box.

[SoFarAway]

Thanks SoFarAway, I do think Colubrids are awesome too and there in lies my problem. I think all snakes are really cool in their own right, that's why I'm having such a hard time deciding what I want to add to my collection next. It'll be my first pre-meditated snake...

But also at the moment I don't have room for any more display cages until I rearrenge some things and I'd feel a little bad putting a diurnal snake in a tub like my RTB and BP. I was surfing through the wanted ads and found a pair of black blood babies that I'd absolutely love but I'm unsure if they're for me, the owner was asking for offers and I'm terrible at knowing what a snake is worth (if I ever had to sell mine I'd probably make them a million dollars or something ^_^;;

Np

I looked for some black blood breeders to see what a fair price for them would be and I found:
-Bob Clark http://www.bobclark.com/prices.asp selling them for $150
-Intriguing Reptiles http://www.intriguingreptiles.com/Bl...odPythons.html selling them for $175-275
-The Bloodline http://www.thebloodline.net/available.html selling them for $150-225

Hope this helps you with making an offer if you go with the Black Bloods. VPI also has them, but is sold out right now.

[darkbloodwyvern]

BLOOODS! they are awesome and huge! I love colobrids as well, but they tend to be less sluggish than my pythons! i like lazy snakes!