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06-Mar-07, 09:52 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Sydney harbour bridge | | |
I think it would be fair to say that Jungles have a name for being a little snappy as do waters and scrubbies...
Would it then be fair to say that Diamonds and or Coastals seem to have a reputation for being reasonably placid..
If so which is the most placid or is another species the more placid ???
Your opinions please.
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06-Mar-07, 09:55 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Warwick, QLD | | | | Murray Darlings and Centrelian tend to both be VERY placid |
06-Mar-07, 09:56 AM
|  | Impatient Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Sydney Gender:  | | | I have heard that Murray Darlings and Bredli are known for being very placid in general...however, there are alway exceptions to the rule 
...but as will inevitably come up, each snake is different...
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06-Mar-07, 09:57 AM
| | Impatient Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | Beat me to it... 
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06-Mar-07, 09:59 AM
|  | Necker Cube Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: NSW | | | | My Diamonds are absolute Demons in Summer but settle down in Winter.
The most placid pair we own are the Olives although I've heard a demon Olive is a force to be reckoned with |
06-Mar-07, 10:00 AM
| | Necker Cube Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: NSW | | | Quick replies. Bredls are a bit snappy as youngsters but generally grow out of it to be placid. Having said that my female doesn't bluff nor mess around |
06-Mar-07, 10:03 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Adelaide, SA (North East) Age/Gender: 56 | | | | All my Bredli are really good once they are handled a bit and settle down.
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06-Mar-07, 10:11 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender: | | | | My female Water nearly ate my damned ear off the other night ....hehe.....and that was after she latched onto my wrist (sorry, no pics avail) |
06-Mar-07, 10:15 AM
|  | Invert nut Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender: | | | | my big coastal girl is so placid, my boy has bit a couple of times and my yearling is the devil lol
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06-Mar-07, 10:23 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: NSW | | | | I like my bitey snakes more I have to say, they have character and are really enjoyable to keep and work with.
in my experience, my scrub pythons are the worse. Bredli is the best.
Many are bitey, but it's not a temperment issue, but just because it's a feeding response, my jungles are like this, just very responsive because they want to eat. the scrubs are different though, they try and hunt me down to kill me. |
06-Mar-07, 10:29 AM
| | Necker Cube Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: NSW | | | I'd have to say the same, I enjoy the ones who can be handled but DEMAND respect |
06-Mar-07, 10:35 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 20 | | | | My Centralian was a great handler but has now got a fond taste for human. It seems that she would gladly eat my hand.
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06-Mar-07, 10:49 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: brisbasics Age: 21 | | | | well my jungle is perfect tempratment, but ive heard that as a species bredli and black headed pythons are supposedly awesome. but i think it all depends on the snake i dont think i would ever by a snake that i havent held before unless it was from a VERY reputable breeder. |
06-Mar-07, 11:23 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Brissy, QLD Age/Gender: 23  | | | Sometimes I think it partly has something to do with the individual person and how they handle the snake. Personally i haven't had any problems with "snappy" snakes, including my gorgeous water pythons. I was even warned that they would be snappy and I haven't had a single bite yet! got a quick bite from my bredli the other night though, she missed her mouse and got my finger instead  but in general all of my snakes are extremely placid.
I hear lots of stories of snappy snakes, but when you see them they are very placid. A mate of mine works at a pet store, and last week someone brought a coastal in to him, complaining that it was very snappy and wouldn't calm down, and gave it to him. He was one of the most placid snakes we had ever seen... |
06-Mar-07, 11:30 AM
| | Necker Cube Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: NSW | | | | I think it's also a learned behavior. If a python doesn't want to be handled and the keeper always gives up and leaved it alone as soon as it get aggressive, it will learn that behavior as a response to unwanted handling and will be an aggressive snake. Conversely if they get no response from a bite it will generally settle down.
I know they are instinctive animals but I believe even the most primitive of animals will learn when something just doesn't work. | | |
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