New chondro... 2007 female Aru, named Gem!

[redshepherd]

Your' snake is so awesome!!!
I love GTPs, would really love to have one myself but I'm more onto puppy tamed Balls. Maybe one day.


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Thanks!! Yeah, they are more of a display snake. But I have seen some puppydog tame GTP's out there, just rare! I'm sure if you ask around breeders for their tamest sub-adult/adult snake, you'll find one you like.

What a gorgeous girl !!!

GTP's are beautiful. I had two, picked them out in person at Ophiological Services in Florida. I helped them clean about 30 hatchling tubs, in order to pick my two Thats were I got my first 2 bites. Didn't even hurt at all, but those were teeny tiny ones Its really amazing just how small GTP hatchlings are.

I picked a yellow and a burgundy one and the color change to green is mind blowing !!

Both mine were puppydog tame, could be handled without a problem. Hatchlings are fragile though, and you can't just "pluck" them off of their branch. Best is to have removable branches and to use you hand to slowly "replace" the branch and let them move up your arm.

Night time is FUN. I would never stick my hand in a GTP enclosure in the evening or at night. Its eerie, when you stand in front of the cage they ever so slowly come closer and closer, until you are eye to eye. And their eyes get dark and huge, LOL.

Oh yeah, use tongs to feed (unlike the guy in the video).

They make gorgeous display animals. I didn't handle mine all that often, but when I wanted to, never a problem.

Wow, that's a fun way to pick out snakes! I wish I could do that! LOL. The GTP hatchlings are so incredibly fragile, it is pretty amazing.

Night time is definitely fun haha. My girl is just now going into her first shed (after over half a year), and she's become chill and reclusive even at night now. Gem is super fast normally though, even with her night time stalking. Sometimes she whips around and comes slamming into the glass door so fast, if I move in front of the cage/sit down. I feel sorry for her.

Same, my girl is also handle-able without tagging me, but she definitely isn't "tame" either. She is pretty stressed and freaks out when I take her out for handling, especially if I try to get her off the perch. She kind of lunges her 3 foot neck towards the nearest tall thing (usually my face... trying to climb on the top of my head or something) and desperately tries to get away from me lmao.