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10-Oct-06, 08:52 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Central Victoria Age/Gender: 31  | | | |
Thanks for all the responses, it's great to have such a wide range of opinions. The size isn't an issue as I will have more than enough room for a large enclosure - my wife originally wanted me to get an Olive!!!! I belive they can get up and over 4mt.
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10-Oct-06, 09:19 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Townsville Age: 23 | | | |
i have a bredli and a MD and in ways i would say they are both great my bredli has a lot of attitude and a temper though we still love her to bits and she is a great feeder.she would eat every day if we let her..
And our MD have no attitude she is so calm and friendly she just hangs around cruising everywhere and anywhere even over the dogs!!! yet she is not an overly hungry snake she recently stoped eating for 3months and then started eating again. it worried us a litlle we are still fairly new to it all.
We had a coastel he was bad tempered and yet i have encountered many a coastel that are so friendly...
get something you love the look of and will be happy with if you get a young snake it wont be able to hurt you anyway!!! and by the time it can it should be friendly
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10-Oct-06, 09:24 AM
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I think a Bredli is an ideal first snake, but you said you wanted a BHP.
They are ideal as well, very placid, they are just expensive.
BHP is next on my list
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Owner of Daisy the Diamond , Bert the Bredli python, Monty the orange phase beardie, 2x baby orange phase beardies
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10-Oct-06, 09:47 AM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Central Victoria Age/Gender: 31 | | | |
I love the BHP's but like you say a bit $$$ for a beginner.
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10-Oct-06, 09:58 AM
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Have you considered a Diamond python?
They are plain looking when young, but can grow to be stunning snakes. Very docile too
Amazing Amazon has some very nice baby diamonds (high yellows).
They are my favourite.
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10-Oct-06, 10:02 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Newcastle - ish | | | |
My votes for MD's
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10-Oct-06, 10:08 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: sydney | | | |
hypo bredlis rock
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10-Oct-06, 10:28 AM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Central Victoria Age/Gender: 31 | | | |
I have concidered a Diamond, but, I have only just convinced my wife about getting a snake and she is not real keen on the look of diamonds for some reason, the ones we have seen at our local Herp shop are very dark. I love the look of them but I don't want to push my luck. Some pics of a few diamonds may help, anyone able to post a few??
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10-Oct-06, 10:34 AM
|  | DA_JIZZ Subscriber | Join Date: May-06 Location: kiama Age/Gender: 14 | | | |
hey i don't have any diamond pythons but i have seen GARTHNFAYS diamonds and they are stunning
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10-Oct-06, 10:54 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Townsville Age: 23 | | | |
here are some pictures i saw on the net and liked
i use them as screen savers at work sometimes
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10-Oct-06, 11:00 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Kirribilli Age: 24 | | | |
my first snake is a bredli, it's great... Very happy little thing and never has a problem with handling.
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10-Oct-06, 11:11 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: Sydney Age: 25 | | |
How can you say no to this gorgeous little thing?  |
10-Oct-06, 11:14 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-05 Location: Eltham, Victoria | | | |
my first and stil only snake is a M. bredli. Great little snake! i got mine from Trueblue, hes breeds some good snakes!
andrew
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10-Oct-06, 11:19 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Townsville Age: 23 | | | |
great picture how old is that bredli??? lovely colour
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10-Oct-06, 11:29 AM
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She's a little hypo I bought from Indicus. One of this year's clutch hatched in Jan.
Here she is directly after a shed (she shed on my hand)  | | |
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