[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Blood pythons (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 3/27/2015 3:12:32 AM EDT
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Decided to step up from the pet rock ball pythons to something a little bigger and get one.
Ordered this marbled borneo short tail 
Hopefully look close to like this beauty one day 
Anyone here keep bloods? |
| Cool snakes, held a 6 foot female once that I thought about buying but that's about it. A 6 foot blood is about as thick bodied as a 10-12 foot Burmese. I hear they have extremely fast strike speed too, and are often suggested as a nonvenomous "teaining snake" for Gaboon vipers. |
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He's gorgeous - don't let the haters deter you. 90% of GD can't tell the difference between a garter and a rattlesnake, they're both scary and should be killed with fire.
Blood python temperments can vary just like any other critter, some are chill, others will barely tolerate being handled. Hell a few of my adult ball pythons are super defensive and will tag me if I move too quickly. I don't have any blood pythons, but I do have ball pythons (yeah pet rocks LOL), 1.2 savu pythons, and 2.3 reticulated pythons, as well as BRB's, BCI's, and assorted colubrids. Are you on either BP.net or redtailboa.com? |
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Cool snakes, held a 6 foot female once that I thought about buying but that's about it. A 6 foot blood is about as thick bodied as a 10-12 foot Burmese. I hear they have extremely fast strike speed too, and are often suggested as a nonvenomous "teaining snake" for Gaboon vipers. I guess you mean training to keep from being bitten by a pet viper? I don't get it, but I am glad we can keep dangerous toys. I am much happier my toys won't strike at me. |
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I have been looking at ordering a blood the last couple of weeks. Who did you order from? An ad on Kingsnake. The guy still has one of the marbleds left. Ill shoot you a PM. Quoted:
i dont like snakes but pythons are kind of cool. why do they call them blood? The normal version of them has lots of red colors. the one I got is a short tail python, but they're so closely related, they're called blood pythons as well Quoted:
Cool snakes, held a 6 foot female once that I thought about buying but that's about it. A 6 foot blood is about as thick bodied as a 10-12 foot Burmese. I hear they have extremely fast strike speed too, and are often suggested as a nonvenomous "teaining snake" for Gaboon vipers. yeah, I'm not looking forward to getting tagged, which I'm sure will happen eventually Quoted:
That would make a pretty pair of boots! can't say I haven't considered trying it when one of my big balls dies of old age Quoted:
I though I had read that the Blood Pythons have a bad temperament ? some do some don't. they can get pretty pissy from time to time |
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He's gorgeous - don't let the haters deter you. 90% of GD can't tell the difference between a garter and a rattlesnake, they're both scary and should be killed with fire. Blood python temperments can vary just like any other critter, some are chill, others will barely tolerate being handled. Hell a few of my adult ball pythons are super defensive and will tag me if I move too quickly. I don't have any blood pythons, but I do have ball pythons (yeah pet rocks LOL), 1.2 savu pythons, and 2.3 reticulated pythons, as well as BRB's, BCI's, and assorted colubrids. Are you on either BP.net or redtailboa.com? No, I barely have enough time to keep up with what goes on on this board lol |
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Savu pythons don't get large enough to require feeders bigger than an adult mouse, and they're not stupid picky like ball pythons. Quoted:
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I like my cornsnake, maybe someday I'll get a ball python. Mice are easier to store in the freezer than rats though. Savu pythons don't get large enough to require feeders bigger than an adult mouse, and they're not stupid picky like ball pythons. Hmm, might have to look into one. The finickiness of BP's was a big reason I didn't get one in the first place. |
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Hmm, might have to look into one. The finickiness of BP's was a big reason I didn't get one in the first place. Quoted:
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I like my cornsnake, maybe someday I'll get a ball python. Mice are easier to store in the freezer than rats though. Savu pythons don't get large enough to require feeders bigger than an adult mouse, and they're not stupid picky like ball pythons. Hmm, might have to look into one. The finickiness of BP's was a big reason I didn't get one in the first place. The biggest problem with Savus is the same one boas and many colubrids have, making sure they don't eat themselves to death. Fatty liver disease can take a decade off of a snake's lifespan. |
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I guess you mean training to keep from being bitten by a pet viper? I don't get it, but I am glad we can keep dangerous toys. I am much happier my toys won't strike at me. Quoted:
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Cool snakes, held a 6 foot female once that I thought about buying but that's about it. A 6 foot blood is about as thick bodied as a 10-12 foot Burmese. I hear they have extremely fast strike speed too, and are often suggested as a nonvenomous "teaining snake" for Gaboon vipers. I guess you mean training to keep from being bitten by a pet viper? I don't get it, but I am glad we can keep dangerous toys. I am much happier my toys won't strike at me. Partly training to keep from getting bit-blood pythons have a similar strike range to body length ratio, similar unpredictability, and similar strike speed-they're fast. IIRC they also have similar care requirements though, and are easier to sell than Gaboons if you decide they're too much work. |
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Nice. Mine looked pretty much identical. It's head (and body slightly) would turn dark like that when it got a shitty attitude about things, whether it was just stress or it was pissed-off. Otherwise it was gold. Even when mine was clearly upset it refused to bite, never tried to after the first month I had it. |