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20-May-06, 07:58 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: wollongong Age: 17 | | |
are coastal carpet pythons hard to handle when full size.. what size enclosure should i keep an adult in??? and how placid are they.. do they make a good 1st herp?? |
20-May-06, 08:04 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Gold Coast , Queensland | | | | yeah they make a pretty good 1st herp are you looking to buy one and are you getting a hatchie or what age |
20-May-06, 08:06 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: Somewhere in the great SE (QLD) Gender:  | | | It depends on the coastal you have and it's temperment. I've had my coastals pair for over 10 years now and my big male 9ft + is a big pussy cat. I've only be tagged twice by him at that size and both times where my fault. ie not washing hands after cleaning out the rats and BANG! food response, good fun everyone should try it 
Pick your snake for temperment, treat it well and know it's habits and you will know what it's about to do before it does. I believe they make great starter Herps though others might recommend children's, it all depends on the size your wanting as an adult.
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20-May-06, 08:06 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: The far and bewildered mountainside of the strange region of Carpathia Age/Gender: 33 | | | | They may be a bit of a handful, requiring a 2nd person to help hold larger specimens but they are reasonably docile as adults. Younger specimens may remain flighty but even then they're usually reluctant to give a good bite.
I think coastals make an excellent first python.
I'm not big on cage height. My adult coastals are in enclosures with dimensions 1.4m long, 65cm wide and 50cm high.
I think you may want to go higher in height, though. Many people have 1m as their enclosure height.
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20-May-06, 08:06 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Gold Coast , Queensland | | | | forgot ---> yeah they are pretty placide and they get pretty big so youll have to adjust enclosure as they grow |
20-May-06, 09:29 PM
|  | The Devils Reject. Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Rugsville..... Gender: | | | | coastal carpets
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Originally Posted by cameron are coastal carpet pythons hard to handle when full size.. what size enclosure should i keep an adult in??? and how placid are they.. do they make a good 1st herp?? | no they are good as long as they are bought up being handled
i use 6ftx2ftx2ft size enclosure for large adults.
they make a great first herp.
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20-May-06, 09:57 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: wollongong Age: 17 | | | | can people post some pics of there adult coastals and there enclosures please id really appreciate it |
20-May-06, 10:12 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: Somewhere in the great SE (QLD) Gender: | | | | my male Monty |
20-May-06, 10:32 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: wollongong Age: 17 | | | | how old and how long is he?? |
20-May-06, 11:07 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: Somewhere in the great SE (QLD) Gender: | | | over 10yo this year and about 8.5-9ft. About as thick as you forearm. Absolute champ of a snake and likes his lady's too
I started with coastals but favour stimmies and Aspidites now.
You've got to start somewhere and coastals are a good starter snake but down the track will grow large and you'll need to change cage size as it grows.
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20-May-06, 11:15 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Central QLD | | | Coastal Carpets (not Coastal Taipans  ) are a fantastic first snake  The first one that I ever bought just "for me" is a coastal, but in reality I walked into herp keeping with a whole heap of different animals all at once courtesy of my partner Kris. This is my baby, Jezebel.
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29-May-06, 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by africancichlidau Coastals are not only excellent first snakes but also great 2nd, 3rd, 4th snakes etc. I still regret selling Mustang, the one strangling me in my avatar I have 5 at the moment but none compare to your first | thats right afro i had my first ever python a coastal for 10yrs befor she died
and none i have had after her compare to her. she was the best.
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29-May-06, 08:36 AM
|  | Osteopath Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Sydney Age: 27 | | | | What do you all think of keeping a coastal in a 2ft x 3ft x 6ft high (ie. like a large upright cupboard) enclosure? | |
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