Water pythons

[Neil j]

Got one today. Orange belly Who has one? Tell me what you know!

 

[Stompsy]

My ex kept one and it was very cage defensive, but once it and about, he was a dream to handle. That’s about all I know.

 

[cagey]

I don't have one; it is on the "futures" list... there seems to be a dearth of them for sale these days

 

[Neil j]

Hi stompsy cheer for reply. One of first snakes was a NT water python. I loved that snake but nobody was as impressed by it as me. Which was a disappointment so I sold it eventually to try keep up with the hobby. It was agro cage defensive and would try eat you.

The one I got today is a QLD it has a better nature and an orange belly which may continue into adulthood.

I’m curious is there any difference between NT’s and Qld’s other then location. As far as I know they both get orange undersides.

I know they eat anything I used to feed my nt chicken breast. I’ve heard of fog dam and their abundance there. Also eat baby crocs.

Deadly pythons I really like them.

 

[Tyloop]

I received my water python hatchling unfeeding and I knew about their defencive reputation, I wanted the chalenge to get it feeding and handling something with more spunk.

Ironically it fed frozen-thawed on the first offer and is the only python that I own which has not bitten me yet!

 

[Mick666]

This is the mother of our water pythons Neil. She's at Bredl's farm.

 

[pythoninfinite]

Great snakes. They have an explosive feeding response, and would occasionally launch themselves right out of the enclosure when striking at the offered food - never offer food by hand.

Jamie

 

[Sdaji]

A few years ago I put up a couple of nice Water Python threads which were unfortunately lost in the big APS kerfuffle.

I really miss working with these things day to day hands on. Probably still my favourite Australian python. I had a lot of good times with them.

I always preferred the yellow bellies to orange, but I admire both.

Here's one full of eggs, showing off her belly.

The yellow bellies are beautiful, but it was always their irridescent rainbows which I thought were their most striking visual feature.

One of my many clutches

I tried seeing how fast I could grow one up. This is her at five months and twelve days! She didn't end up particularly large, but gee, she grew very quickly!

That same snake about a month later

And a head shot of the same girl at about a year of age, if I remember correctly.

This girl's name is Rowena, possibly my favourite Water Python other than her mother. Now about 6.5 years old, she still lives with a friend in Australia.

 

[Mick666]

I found a pic of Snappy

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