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11-Sep-07, 02:14 PM
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I see a lot of pics of the more patterned snakes on here but very few people seem to keep olives? (that or they aren't showing photos of them). My first experience handling a snake was an olive at Upmarket pets a few weeks back and I thought it was beautiful! Also handled a MD and one I can't remember - and that had me hooked! From that moment on I wanted a snake - it was so beautiful. (However getting an olive fell somewhat by the wayside when I realised what size they get to!) So are olives not popular? Possibly because of their lack of pattern?
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11-Sep-07, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Viridae  I see a lot of pics of the more patterned snakes on here but very few people seem to keep olives? (that or they aren't showing photos of them). My first experience handling a snake was an olive at Upmarket pets a few weeks back and I thought it was beautiful! Also handled a MD and one I can't remember - and that had me hooked! From that moment on I wanted a snake - it was so beautiful. (However getting an olive fell somewhat by the wayside when I realised what size they get to!) So are olives not popular? Possibly because of their lack of pattern? |
id say people just arnt putting up as many pictures but there are a few threads tat have gone through wiht olive pics. although it is possibly a size thing to as that is basically the only reason i dont have one yet. because i live in a unit until the end of the year  but after that in comes some scrubbies and olives, hahah
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11-Sep-07, 02:25 PM
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My Partner has an olive she's only little at the moment and yes the size thing had me worried but cause we've had her from such a little bub she'll be so placid when shes older it won't be to much of a drama... I've got a couple of photots of her on this computer but they aren't that great but if you want i can post them and grab some better ones later.  |
11-Sep-07, 02:30 PM
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Yeah that would be cool - I love olives. But they get so big? I'm wavering between a beardie or a spotted at the moment - beardies being more active is what has me wavering.
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11-Sep-07, 02:31 PM
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I doubt it's the pattern that's the issue - i love them - the liasis family is my absolute favourite - i think the sleek simple beauty of olives and waters wins over bhps and jungles to be honest... but with olives especially, the size holds people back - i'm not very strong at all - so i don't even think i'd be able to lift an adult olive - let alone wrestle it off if it decided it was hungry one day... even placid snakes *can* bite if they want to....
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11-Sep-07, 02:34 PM
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I agree I love the Liasis genus too They have such smooth scales and nice shaped heads
I sooo want an albino olive  they get so massive though. My large female water can be a handful & she has nothing on a full grown olive
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11-Sep-07, 02:40 PM
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Definately!! i mean when she gets to that size her niceness won't be taken for granted for one minute but at the moment she is nice and small.. DSCF0116.jpg |
11-Sep-07, 02:42 PM
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i love olives, the reason i dont have one yet is cos they get so big,...once i'm settled in a house instead of a unit i'll consider getting one.
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11-Sep-07, 02:45 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Brisbane | | | | I love em... Specially ma Reggie boy... lol
I had him out on the verandah this w'end n he sneaked off down the drain pipe n curled himself up in a nice spot underneath that we couldnt reach.... Had 2 harrass him a lil 2 get him 2 move lol... NEVER a dull moment....
Can anyone fill me in on whether theres truth to the suggestion that olive hatchies are difficult to feed in the beginning?? And whats a average clutch size??
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