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26-Apr-04, 08:56 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-04 Location: Brisbane | | |
Hi im new to this forums, and i want to buy my first snake, a hatchling. And i have bought a glass tank, and a fluro light, and a heater light, and a warmth mat. Now i want to buy my first snake. i like the looks of water pythons, i dont know why. But 2 things got me thinking. 1 they r a pretty cheap snake, does that mean there not a good pet or not good in some way, and 2 it said there snappy. The water python would be a QLD one and from http://reptile.senet.com.au/ , they say water pythons can be snappy? so what im tryin to say is are water pythons good pets, and would they be good for a starter.
Otherwise i was goin to opt for one of those blueish murray darling pythons or a coastal python. |
26-Apr-04, 09:00 PM
|  | primitively archaic Moderator | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 Gender:  | | | | The main reason I believe they are cheap is because they are easy to breed. (Supply and demand)
Any snake you choose can be snappy. The best guide is to handle the snake first before you buy it.
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26-Apr-04, 09:00 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: central coast, nsw, aus | | | | My first was a coastal, no problems at all
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26-Apr-04, 09:07 PM
| | | | Water pythons can be snappy, so can all snakes. They are a very underratted snake for sure. No other Snake is as beautiful when taken out into the sun after a shed. Usually good feeders as well. They are also very easy to care for. Havent bred them so I can't really comment on that, but I am sure other members can help you out on that. If you get a nice quiet one, it will be hard to find a better snake IMO. |
26-Apr-04, 09:11 PM
|  | Regular Member | | | | | they are great snakes i had a 6ft female for 10 months that was just awesome but then again they can be snappy but so can all snakes,
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26-Apr-04, 09:13 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Feb-04 Location: Sydney | | | | I have the little one that came in with the busted spine and he is snappy when he's hungry but is a sweety after he;s been fed.
If anyone is interested he's doing really well but I still have to undo the knot he ties himself in sometimes.
Peter
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26-Apr-04, 09:17 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-04 Location: Brisbane | | | | cause i have no idea about handling, but i read in another thread it said in 1 and a half weeks they will not be as snappy, and r water pythons or snakes in general snappy all through life or just when young |
26-Apr-04, 09:20 PM
| | | | You should have no trouble calming them down, My smallest were snappy for about or three months, now they are sweeties, but my sub-adult female is a psycho snake and tries to kill me whenever i enter my room |
26-Apr-04, 09:24 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Feb-04 Location: Sydney | | | | I had a childreni that never ever calmed down. I am not to worried about being tagged by pythons except for Cuddles the olive. That really hurt but childreni, you know, what the hell. But after you have been bitten a dozen times in one session and the little bugger still wont calm down its time to go upstairs. Pullthe teeth out of your hand and organise to get rid of it.
See your snake befor you buy it. Pick it up and handle it. that way you shouldnt end up sorry.
Peter
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26-Apr-04, 09:27 PM
| | Regular Member | | | | there should be some breeders of water pythons up your way, i saw some a while ago on www.animalattraction.com.au for like $180 each.
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26-Apr-04, 09:29 PM
| | | | Ben Wright has CAPTIVE BRED hatchlings for around eighty to one hundred bucks. I am happy to inspect them if you would like
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26-Apr-04, 09:42 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-04 Location: Brisbane | | | ok thanks for the info. So i shouldnt buy from the website cause i cant see them. makes sense. Oh and who is Ben Wright. and thought that captive snakes from the wild were bad. ? but i know lil to none about breeding.
EDIT: Oh and i cant seem to get onto www.animalattraction.com.au . says cant fnd server. |
26-Apr-04, 09:59 PM
| | Regular Member | | | | | yeah it will be back up soon he is having problems with it. his site name is stockeh if he is on when your on he is the owner of the site
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26-Apr-04, 10:01 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-04 Location: Brisbane | | | | ok thanks, lol and i also have alot of questions about snakes habits and stuff in general, do i ask them here or on a new topic thingy? |
26-Apr-04, 10:15 PM
| | | Browse through the forums for a while and get a good book or two and look up care on snakes on other sites, then if you dont understand anything, ask away and people will be happy to help  | | |
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