Angolan Pythons???

[zina10]

Hey all, was perusing morphmarket and came across an Angolan python that caught my eye.

Anybody have experience with this species?

It's not something I'm going to do any tome soon, but maybe down the road.

Thanks in advance for any info you may be able to share.

When I first joined this forum I had an Angolan Python named "Zina". Hence, my user name..

Back then that was my Dream Snake. Back then it was also quite un-affordable to me. However, someone posted one with a "birth defect" and the price was lower. Not cheap, but lower. She had a weird scar on her belly. Higher up from where the belly button would be. A good 2 inches long. The scales in that area seemed "cut in half" in a line. Not open, of course, but they were separated. And the line seemed slightly puckered.

I figured it was just cosmetic, so I got her.

Boy, what a pleasure that snake was !!! Its like a Ball Python 2.0 !!! In a way it reminded me sort of how a Carpet Python grows and handles. A lot more bold, a lot less shy. However, still terrestrial like a Ball Python. She grew QUICKLY. No feeding problems at all. She was beautiful. No morph needed, her coloration and scales were exquisite. They have those round scales that slightly stick up, so pretty.

Get bigger, too, then a Ball Python. Frankly, I'm not sure why they aren't more popular. Probably because there aren't any "morphs" ? At least not that I know of, or not like Ball Pythons.
Whenever someone looks for a snake like a Ball Pythons but "more snake" it would be the perfect one !!!

When she was "hunting" she would wag her tail wildly back and forth, to funny !!!

Sadly, I found her dead one morning in her hide. Absolutely NO indication that anything at all was wrong. She usually didn't hide all that much, so after being in her hide for 2 days straight I lifted it up to check if she was in shed Up until then she ate fine, shed fine, acted fine. Later on I figured that something internally was most likely also not "right" in the area of that large scar. And as she grew, it might have caused an issue. It was devastating.

I couldn't get a necropsy done because there are no reptile vets anywhere close from here plus she was already stiff, may have been dead for up to a day under the hide.

This is absolutely a Dream species to work with. You would not regret it !!


At the breeder:




her weird scar, kind of hard to see...NOT the belly button. The puckered up part is lower down




and more pics