snake suggestions

[adfel]

I am after your suggestions on the best snake to get. I already have a murray darling carpet python and want to look at getting a second snake. I want you to tell me what species you have found to be good natured and which ones you prefer, etc. I dont want a large snake looking at under 2mtrs.

 

[Guest]

well I think there all good!
what types do you think you want?

 

[adfel]

im thinking maybe a jungle or a bredlis

 

[Guest]

Well Jungles arn't exactly known for being "good natured"! Id probably suggest looking into the bredli if temperament was going to be an issue to you!

 

[adfel]

what size do they get to

 

[gozz]

Go the jungle

 

[Guest]

Like most carpets they have an average total length of around the 2m mark

 

[adfel]

or do i look at some thing like a darwin python

 

[Chris1]

bredli apparently grow to between 8 and 10 foot. (so 2.4-3meteres)
(if u were happy to go a bit over 2 meters id def suggest bredli)
or diamonds

jungles arent generally the friendliest, a 'for the hell of it bite' from my 2 foot jungles seems to hurt more than a feedign bite that hangs on and wraps around my hand from my 4.5 foot bredli fro some reason.

 

[Guest]

Its your choice really! we can only give advice on the ones you want!
I think if you bought a snake that I wanted it would be a bad decision!

darwins are a nice snake!
have you looked at Boodarie womas there the smaller of the womas

 

[adfel]

didnt even think about them what sort of size do they get to

 

[pythonmum]

Tanami or WA womas (which includes the gorgeous Boodarie types) are under 2 m. The SA form gets bigger. I'd love to get a WA because I like the bold bands, but my other half has called a halt for now:cry:.

 

[Guest]

Well iv never kept them so I couldn't really tell you, I wouldn't want to give you a bum steer! Iv been told they average around 4-5ft alot of people on here with experience with womas could give you a better answer!

 

[adfel]

the sound like they could be the way to go

 

[adfel]

im thinkin the darwin might be the way to go, they really good

 

[adfel]

is there anything out of the norm needed to keep a darwin python ,like for humidity etc

 

[Guest]

Darwins aren't a hard species to keep! they do like a bit of humidity and the rest is much the same as other carpets they can be a bit snappy when they are small but thats just a general as the ones I have are the most placid in my collection

 

[blakehose]

A mate of mine has a darwin and it's a dream of a snake. all are different though as you already know. bredli are great, but are a slightly larger form of the carpets I think, a lot I know of are over 2.5m and full of girth and strength