Hello,

I have 2 ball pythons and had a shaky start but now it feels like the easiest thing in the world now that I know all the variables and how to keep things optimal for my snakes. The pvc cage arrived this week and I'm getting it together. But this is most DEFINITELY an addicting passtime, keeping snakes.

I have been looking into and reading care sheets for green tree pythons and I'm curious to hear from anyone who has both ball and green tree pythons which would you say is more difficult? Would getting a gtp now be too a big step in difficulty level for me? I can get one more snake (if I'm lucky) but no more than that. And the species that intrigues me the most right now is the GTP.

I know it can live in a T12 pvc cage with heat panels comfortably. I have read some people have misters for them. I'm not interested in any exotic morph. I prefer a solid green snake. Maybe an aru or Sorong (still not straight on the locale thing tho). I know they start out red or yellow as hatchlings. A hatchling may be cheaper than a juvenile or adult although it is more difficult because they can't be handled due to their delicate bones. But at least I could keep it in a tub for the first year or so, so there would be no expense for a viv right away.

I'm still learning a lot about them and the balls too so I won't be getting anything else for a while. I don't want a repeat of manasha, but I want to start the research process early *before* any opportunity to get one may present itself to me.