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10-Jul-07, 08:21 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Country NSW Age: 40 | | |
Hi, Im looking into getting myself a "friend." I have a few questions as Im very uneducated in owning any sort of reptiles.
Can anyone tell me a good site for info and pictures of snakes and pythons........please ?
What would be a good beginner snake/python ? 
Thanks
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10-Jul-07, 08:26 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Brisbane Age: 18 | | | | This is the good site you are after =]
Alot of beginners seem to choose from a Children's Python, Spotted Python or a Stimsons Python. Majority of those don't exceed a meter.
Other than that some generally placid snakes are Bredlis, Murray Darlings or Coastal Carpets. |
10-Jul-07, 08:26 PM
|  | Subscriber | | | | | Most of the forum sites have good references to care sheets on different reptiles.
As far as a good begginers snake it really depends on what you like, try also looking through the gallery pics and see what you like then perhaps look for info on those snakes too.
Price will also be a factor as to which ones you may or may not want.
I like maccys or childreni for a first snake, but others will say coastals or bredli, it really depends on how big or small you would like. The maccys, childreni and stimmies are a smaller snake
and the jungles, coastals will get quite big.
Do a search for australian reptile forums and you should come up with enough to get you started.
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10-Jul-07, 08:27 PM
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Childrens pythons like Spotted is a good start.
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10-Jul-07, 08:29 PM
|  | - Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: hornsby area, sydney Age/Gender: 13  | | | Hi Teena
There are 3 pythons that come to my mind of a good first snake/python. The carpet pythons, childerens pythons, or spotted pythons <-(antaresia maculosus)
Besides this site, http://www.snakeranch.com.au/index.c...on=collection2 has pics of them
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11-Jul-07, 10:45 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Country NSW Age: 40 | | | | Thank to everyone who has replied. Will update and ask a lot more questions. lol |
15-Jul-07, 06:15 PM
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hey guys im new to all this to,i purchased my first snake about a month and a half ago i got a female blonde spotted python she is seven months old n i love her.i am thinkin about gettin another snake but not one that will be snappy or grow to big, the Bredli look realy good how big do they grow and what is there temperment like?
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15-Jul-07, 06:49 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Alice Springs Gender: | | | Welcome Ilovetoad and Steph. I've never seen a Bredli much over 2.5 metres. That isn't saying they can't get bigger as I'm no expert. I've only ever had one and she's only a juvenile 
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16-Jul-07, 02:14 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: QLD Brisbane Gender: | | | | ok thanx i think they might be a bit to big for my likings,what about pigmy pythons are they good pets.my mum wants a corn snake but i dont no if you can get them in Australia can you? |
16-Jul-07, 02:40 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Cranberry Fields Age/Gender: 28 | | | | Pigmies are hard to come by (rare in captivity), and expensive.
Corn snakes are a foreign species and amateurs here aren't allowed to keep them. |
20-Jul-07, 06:07 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: QLD Brisbane Gender: | | | | ok thanx anyways |
20-Jul-07, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by spilota_variegata  Welcome Ilovetoad and Steph. I've never seen a Bredli much over 2.5 metres. That isn't saying they can't get bigger as I'm no expert. I've only ever had one and she's only a juvenile | agreed, they usually are only about 2.5m, but are a very heavily bodied snake too.... they get alot larger around the middle than say coastals or MDs which are more slender....
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20-Jul-07, 07:00 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Melbourne Age: 23 | | | | make sure to look through the "Wiki" section at top of the screen, it has FAQ's species profiles etc. | |
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