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02-Apr-07, 10:06 AM
|  | Invert nut Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender:  | | | | what did you want to know bout file snakes?
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02-Apr-07, 10:09 AM
|  | Obsessed Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: BrisVegas! Age/Gender: 19  | | | | I cant find any really good photos on the web at all. Any photos would be great. Also just some basic info about them, temperament wise etc.I know they mainly water dwellers and eat fish. How big they grow, temperament, just basic info would be great. Thank You!!
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02-Apr-07, 10:13 AM
| | Invert nut Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender: | | | | max out at abnout 2.1m, i have heard they are very shy, they hide most of the time, also they need to be in a quiet place or they can get stressed and develop white spot
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02-Apr-07, 10:30 AM
| | Obsessed Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: BrisVegas! Age/Gender: 19 | | | | Hmm, im deciding whether or not to buy some....
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02-Apr-07, 10:37 AM
| | Invert nut Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender: | | | | if you do decide to get one, shop around, you should be able to get them $150-$200, sometimes even as low as $100
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02-Apr-07, 10:39 AM
| ![Ashleigh:]'s Avatar](http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/customavatars/avatar2727_1.gif) | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Caboolture, Brisbane Age/Gender: 16 | | | | I would LOVE to eventually get a blue phase green tree snake, they are amazing! But the greens are very nice too!
Are they very flighty??
I guess they are from the replies, or are they ok to handle?
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02-Apr-07, 10:40 AM
| | Invert nut Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender: | | | | i have handled wild tree snakes with no probs, if you do have a flighty one it would be a look dont touch sort of snake, like any elapid
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02-Apr-07, 10:45 AM
|  | Mummy snake Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Here Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by hornet  upgrade is more then just cost you need to have had your rec licence for at least 2 years | This is not true.
Not to upgrade for womas and gtps.
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02-Apr-07, 10:46 AM
| | Invert nut Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender: | | | | really? is that only to upgrade to a ven permit? i wouild like to upgrade next season
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02-Apr-07, 11:02 AM
| | Mummy snake Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Here Gender: | | | | Cost is around $160, and you apply by writing a letter stating you want to upgrade your licence to restricted non-venomous. EPA then processes and contacts your local ranger who will call or sometimes visit you and he/she will approve/deny your application. This is for womas and gtps (aust sp) NOT vens. I believe to upgrade to vens is a far more in depth process with a lot of specifics required including 2 references.
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02-Apr-07, 11:13 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashleigh:] I would LOVE to eventually get a blue phase green tree snake, they are amazing! But the greens are very nice too!
Are they very flighty??
I guess they are from the replies, or are they ok to handle? | They are generally very flighty when first picked up (both with captives and wild snakes) after a little bit they seem to calm down and stop thrashing and seem to accept they have been caught and can be handled without much trouble. They will never be happy to just sit on you as a python would (well it more just that a python doesnt have the option of escaping) and you really need to have your hands and eyes on them at all times or they could easily escape. If you grab their tails they can thrash around and damage themselves too. Some will also bite and use stink defence sometimes.
Catching them can be difficult because they are so fast.
They would probably get tamer if you handle them often, but they will still be able to take off very quick if they feel like it.
I only handle mine to take pics or for other times when its needed(cleaning etc.) |
02-Apr-07, 11:19 AM
|  | Pot Stirrer Subscriber | Join Date: May-06 Location: Perth, West Australia Age/Gender: 24 | | | | gts are my most wanted snake, i wonder if they will ever make them available on the licence in WA =(
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"A Death adder can go from a strike position, to strike and envenoming their prey, and back to strike position again, in as little as 0.13 of a second, literally in the blink of an eye." Quote: |
Originally Posted by Jonno from ERD I reacted before the adder had a chance to get me. |  I wish I could be as fast as Jonno
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03-Apr-07, 10:46 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Western Sydney Age/Gender: 17 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashleigh:] I would LOVE to eventually get a blue phase green tree snake, they are amazing! But the greens are very nice too!
Are they very flighty??
I guess they are from the replies, or are they ok to handle? | yeh good 2 handle just like with any other python or snake u just handle them and they get used of u.
and yeh they are very quik. | | |
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