Herp Collection

[+Gecko~Gaze+]

Hey all. I am wanting to start a Herp Collection consisting of the following.

Geckoes

Monitors

Pythons

I only have a Coastal Carpet hatchlie who is very snappy, so I dont have experience with other reptiles. What species do you think are best?

P.S I dont mind getting snappy snakes...^^ Im getting used to the pain :lol:

Any help is much appreciated!

 

[frodo]

where did you get your coastal from champ???

 

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[frodo]

yeah me 2 is he a hatchling or a juvi?? when did you get him? got mine about a month ago from URS hes 6 months old and hasnt lookied like bitting i wanted a hatchling but they didnt have any available at that stage!!!

 

[+Gecko~Gaze+]

Err...bout 3 or 4 months ago...He'll grow out of this snappy thing. I enjoy showing my friends all my snakebites all over my hands and fingers....:LOL

 

[Morelia_man]

i think you will have to be more specific with what you want, for example, you say you want pythons... do u want large, small, aggressive, placid and price range etc
i could say:
gecko:NFI
monitor:Varanus giganteus
python: green tree python

but these i think would be way out of your league, although i could be wrong.

 

[+Gecko~Gaze+]

Yeah GTP WAAAAY outta there. Lol...Sorry, I will be more specific next time .
With the pythons under $400 each, large. Geckoes under $200 each dont mind on size. Monitors under $500...There is only 4 I can own but I think Ill go for an Ackie or Sand monitor. Was going to get peoples opinion on the two before hand though.

 

[Alexahnder]

i got my coastal juvie from URS a few months ago too. He is snappy but once you handle him for the first 30 seconds or so he is fine.

Also go for ackies first- sand monitors can get very big and in some cases agggressive especially during feeding. A bite would probably need stitches or some sort of treatment

 

[+Gecko~Gaze+]

Yeah, thats the same with mine. When he is out he is fine but Snappy in his enclosure...It must be a male thing

 

[Stevethepom]

What are you people doing to your coastals....mine were better handlers as hatchies than they are now......wouldnt bite etc....only now if they smell rat its tag on!



cheers
Pom

 

[Greebo]

You could look at Murray Darlings (or inland pythons) , Centralian (or Bredlis), Proserpines and Darwins.
In fact all the carpet pythons are pretty good for beginners.

 

[ackie]

hey gg, mabey u should sort of bakaway from the gouldis for a while, start off the monitors with small easy to care for species- ackies, pygmy mulgas ect.

Brendan

 

[NoOne]

Bitten by juvi carpets LOL thats not a bite, wait till the buggers 8ft long thats a bite. :lol:

 

[marc]

try starting with the easier herp, any of the velvet geckos( tryoni,caslelnaui,filicipoda,marmorata) these easy to keep and cost between $90-$250 depending who you buy them from. Varanids go for acanthurus or storri, pythons childreni other carpets. there is a great range to choose from it is what you like I guess

 

[carly689]

Hi

I got my juvi coastal from URS and it has never ever bitten me or wanted to.

Carly

 

[Whaa]

Thick Tailed Gecko

Black Headed Monitor

Olive Python

 

[jake0476]

my juvi coastal has its moments .... just when you think the biting stage is over WHAMMO hes got you again lol