Quote Originally Posted by Willowy View Post
...When you say "more snake experience", do you mean waiting until I've had the BPs for longer, or do you mean getting other species? There are only so many snakes I can have!
both. I don't feel BPs are a good snake for learning to handle bigger/more temperamental snakes. they're just too chill. however, you can learn something about snake psychology keeping them. I don't know how many snakes you can keep, but if it's more than two, a couple of suggestions. #1) sumatran short tail would be a better choice than blood/borneo. they still get much larger than BPs and are more relaxed than bloods/borneos even as hatchlings. #2) a carpet python, maybe one of the "smaller" ssp, jungle/darwin/IJ. These snakes are far more active, curious and challenging than BPs. You'll learn a lot from these guys. They can also be quite nippy/defensive as babies, but they won't grow nearly as big nearly as fast as the snakes you're considering.