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22-Oct-07, 04:33 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Surry Hills Sydney Age: 20 | | | Looking for a small snake..
I'm looking to get my first snake.
i've already has 3 beardies and think it's time to move up one.
I'm really unsure about what to get though.
I am really just looking for the smallest possible snake, are children's the smallest I can go?  |
22-Oct-07, 04:35 PM
|  | More Nuber then you Subscriber | Join Date: May-07 Location: Perth WA Age/Gender: 20  | | | | Stimson |
22-Oct-07, 04:36 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Rockingham Wa Age/Gender: 27  | | | | Maccies are good, i think the smallest python is the pygmy (correct me if i'm wrong) but they are expensive and rareish
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22-Oct-07, 04:36 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Darwin NT Age/Gender: 23 | | | | Yep childrens is the smallest readily available snake you could get your hands on.
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22-Oct-07, 04:37 PM
|  | << ~Go turtle GO!~ Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Karalee, SE QLD Age/Gender: 15 | | | | Stimson,Childrens or spotted, (I'm still wondering what to choose out of the childrens or spotted)
Good luck, I'm sure you'll enjoy it either way
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22-Oct-07, 04:38 PM
|  | Bonus Member Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Ballina, Northern NSW. Age/Gender: 24 | | | | Yea, but then stimmi's and macci's dont get much bigger.... 100cm on average or something close to that. |
22-Oct-07, 04:41 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Darwin NT Age/Gender: 23 | | | | Macs can get pretty darn big. I've seen a couple females well over the 5ft mark, one was pushing 6.
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22-Oct-07, 04:51 PM
| | Bonus Member Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Ballina, Northern NSW. Age/Gender: 24 | | | Quote: |
Macs can get pretty darn big. I've seen a couple females well over the 5ft mark, one was pushing 6.
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What would you say there average size would be tho, waruikazi? |
22-Oct-07, 05:34 PM
|  | Seller | Join Date: May-06 Location: Somewhat Ashamed To Say On This Site Now! Age/Gender: 24 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by waruikazi  Macs can get pretty darn big. I've seen a couple females well over the 5ft mark, one was pushing 6. | yeah one of my mates has one over 5 foot too...
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22-Oct-07, 05:38 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Vic | | | | try a scrubby
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22-Oct-07, 05:40 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Vic | | | erm, hang on, you said smallest snake didn't you  aren't the blotched pythons the smallest?
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22-Oct-07, 05:41 PM
|  | Pot Stirrer Subscriber | Join Date: May-06 Location: Perth, West Australia Age/Gender: 24 | | | | i've seen a 30 foot mac, it crept up on me in the bush and took my potatoes =(
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22-Oct-07, 05:51 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: kellyville,sydney Age/Gender: 34 | | | | small snake?i suggest a death adder
there so cute |
22-Oct-07, 05:55 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Vic | | | | i second that. great little snakes
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22-Oct-07, 05:58 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Darwin NT Age/Gender: 23 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonustokin true
What would you say there average size would be tho, waruikazi? | When i had a mac it got to 3ft at two years. I would think average would be 5ft. Diff localities would be different. I have also seen wild childrens at the 5ft mark too. But most childrens seem to top out at just over 3ft.
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