From Balls to Bloods

[K-mart]

CBB??? Captive Bred Born? Idk

Yes,Captive Born and Bred preferbly from the person that has produced the animal themselves.So in addition to the Blood or ST that you purchase you also receive the knowledge and a bit of the experience that has gone into producing/caring for the animal.

[sissysnakes]

Paper is fine, aspen is fine, cypress, pretty much anything you'd use for my Balls.

hehehehe Ill use what ever you want babe! lol

[sissysnakes]

I have a Sumatran short tail (Black Blood) and a Sumatran T Positive albino and I really enjoy them and can't wait until they grow up into big chunky adult girlies. Right now I have each in a 28qt tub since they're smaller, but when they're full grown adults they'll be in 4' vivs (possibly 6' depending if they get larger than average). I have them on newspaper/paper towels without issues but I know people use other bedding to hold humidity better. I keep them at around the same humidity levels as my balls/other snakes and each have no problems shedding: though they can withstand higher levels of humidity.

As far as temper goes, my albino is a sweetheart. My short tail has gone through a striking/defensive "aggressive" stage but I've been working with her more and she's been doing wonderful. Have yet to have her strike at me again and she's been relaxing when being held. It depends on the snake: my advice if you're worried about temperaments is ask the breeder/seller how the snake is with them and perhaps start with a younger one.

My T+



My Black Blood

That is a beautiful SSTP by he way!

[2kdime]

HAHAHAHAHHAAHHA!!!!

Nice catch, I didnt even realize it came out that way.

I think I had typed out something else and then deleted it and must have forgot that part! hahaha

Not a bad way to start the day haha.

hehehehe Ill use what ever you want babe! lol

[Gloryhound]

We keep are over 6 1/2 foot long and 38 lb blood female in an ARS-9006 which has dimensions of 52" Wide X 33.5" Deep X 9" high. Our male breeders seem to do fine in ARS-8514 tubs that are 26.5" Wide X 33" Deep X 9" High. Our other breeder girl is in one of the 8514 tubs right now also, but she is ready to move up. We are looking at buying 2 more 9006 levels this year for her and a female Nicaraguan boa that seems to want a larger cage.

We tried the front opening vivs, but found that our bloods seem to deal better with being approached from the top than going in at their front.

[Daybreaker]

That is a beautiful SSTP by he way!

Thanks

[Kara]

We keep adults in VE-175 racks from Animal Plastics, on either sani-chips or kraft paper, and they do great. Smaller animals go into smaller tubs, but essentially the same setup. Our snake rooms are calibrated to about 65% humidity, and heated to 80-82 degrees on average, and we have lots of happy critters!

Juvie


Subadult


Adult


Couple of links that might help: Selecting a Blood Python & Captive Environment.

Good luck - they're a BUNCH of fun to keep!

[ahunt037]

i cant seem to find the bigger racks on animal plastics website the VE-175 idk maybe im not looking hard enough and thanks to everyone for all the replies

[mr.spooky]

Thinking about getting into bloods have always liked their colors and patterns but don't like their tempers. Wanted to know Wat kinda tub sizes will I need for these guys from hatchling to adult if newspaper bedding is acceptable and r their humidity requirements different from balls? Any other info would be great thanks

Dont be worried TOO much about the temperment if you buy a CBB. From what I understand, the "attitudes" came/comes from the wild caught. I have CBB's and I trust them more than my BP's.
Spooky

[ahunt037]

Nevermind i found the racks i wont need those for awhile right? and would my 28qt rack that i keep my BP's in be suitable enough for a Blood obviously until it got too big for the tub? and would it be ok to house bloods and BP's in the same rack?? thanks!