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22-Mar-08, 06:25 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: brisbane, Queensland Gender:  | | | | nope im gonna get my sister to help me apply for one 2night when she finishes work |
22-Mar-08, 06:25 PM
|  | Invert nut Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by xX.BrAnDoN.Xx  and how are diamond pythons compared to jungle pythons as a first pet... i have been steering away from them as they get that disease or sumthing and need more lighting...i cant seem get much information about them... | a diamond would be alot more suitable for a beginer as a jungle as jungles are often satan spawn. As they get older i think its recomended to put them in an avariy as DPS seems to be a relatively common problem
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22-Mar-08, 06:29 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Australia Gender: | | | | Why dont you go for a Coastal Carpet Python (morelia spilota mcdowelli). They generally have a much better temperament, look good and are alot cheaper then Jungles. Search for some of Ponybugs Coastals on this site. His are quite good |
22-Mar-08, 06:33 PM
| | Invert nut Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan19 Why dont you go for a Coastal Carpet Python (morelia spilota mcdowelli). They generally have a much better temperament, look good and are alot cheaper then Jungles. Search for some of Ponybugs Coastals on this site. His are quite good | at least some aps members still have good taste. Go coastals, you can get some stunners, they are generally very well natured and get to a good size.
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22-Mar-08, 06:39 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: brisbane, Queensland Gender: | | | thats the thing i dont really want to big a snake for a beginner snake and i might end up going with the diamonds. and now im thinking about getting an adult jungle python for only $350 and it is really good tempered...its one of my sisters mates thats why its so cheep...the hatcheis were only 250...but the only thing is the housing for an adult jungle...thats another story... i hav a big enought fish tank but i'v been told not to use fish tanks.. what else coould i house a adult jungle in???....and could you's show me some pics of your setups. |
22-Mar-08, 06:40 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: CQ | | | | large tub is fine.
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[9:34:59] dpeica: if snakes were meant to be held they'd have handles.
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22-Mar-08, 06:42 PM
|  | instant karma Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: melbourne Age/Gender: 24  | | | Well natured  hmm My jungle was an awesome 1st snake he was so relaxed and my 2nd one coastal was a horrible natured snake!! every snake is different regardless the species
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22-Mar-08, 06:46 PM
| | Invert nut Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender: | | | | yea, i know of snappy childrens and other species that are ment to be placid but its just what the species is generally like, jungles are snappy most of the time, coastals are pretty good most of the time but as you said there are exceptions
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22-Mar-08, 06:50 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: brisbane, Queensland Gender: | | | | how big do costal carpet pythons usually get 2? |
22-Mar-08, 07:00 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: brisbane, Queensland Gender: | | | | and what is dps!!! wat does it dooo!!??!! |
22-Mar-08, 07:33 PM
|  | Regular Member | | | | A large exo tera tank can be used to house a jungle python
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What happens if you get scared half to death twice?????
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22-Mar-08, 07:40 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Australia Gender: | | | | I would use atleast a 3ft long by 4ft high by 2ft depth for a adult jungle, as they are arboreal not terrestrial. Exo-terra's and fish tanks are pretty much crap for housing snakes. |
25-Mar-08, 03:23 AM
| | | this tank is 4 my coastal carpet python http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...icture7025.jpg its been in there since it was 6 months old and was only 2 foot dosent realy mater how big the tank is just give it plenty 2 hide in they have a lot of space in the wild and they tend 2 b very calm bcos they arnt backed in to a corner when u go in the tank mine is now 7foot at the age of 2 years so it workes and she never gets stressed | | |
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