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

[zina10]

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.



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.

She isn't used to handling. But like you said, they are more of a display snake. But not many are outright aggressive either, they just want to get away.

I picked very calm and curious hatchlings, since I had many to pick from, haha. Of course that didn't guarantee anything. But they did stay that way. I guess they just got used to me and knew they wouldn't get hurt. Even with the odd handling (perhaps once or twice the month) they stayed completely calm and curious. They "stepped up" like a bird, LOL !! Not really, but I did hold my hand sideways like you would to ask a bird to step up, then I would slide it in from underneath the branch and between their coils. By then they knew it was "pick up" time and started to move up my arms.

If someone wants a "Living Art" Display with branches and plants and a stunning, always visible snake in the middle of it, the GTP is it Yours is a Beauty.