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mattc142
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 03/06/2012 : 23:20:36
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| hey guys im wanting to exspand my snake family but i want abit of veriaty i would love another royal in a differant morph but the prices are so steep. ive been thinking hog nose or a mexican black but i cant decide. what do you guys recon? HELP please lol. |
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chrisc
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
3326 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2012 : 23:39:17
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hognoses are fun an so are kings ive not owned a king but handles a few mad ones.
other options are
rat snakes
milk snakes
boa's
beauty snakes (think there of the rat family)
bull, pine or gopher snakes
carpet pythons
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Posted - 04/06/2012 : 00:05:38
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Oh, pits!
(that is pituophis - name literally means 'pine snake' as their scales are 'keeled' ie rough like those of pine cones, plus gopher and bull snakes - big fast stunning snakes!)
And carpets - soooo cool! Love carpets.
And of course if you've got the space and strength, boas, although there are dwarf boas too. (You have to quarantine these away from pythons though.)
Love Mexican blacks myself but have never met one yet ...maybe one day.
And a 5' corn, although regarded as a beginner snake, is pretty impressive, and very useful for recycling food during the royal fast ...though the above snakes will do that too of course.
But well, basically, every snake that takes your fancy, down to you lol. |
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chrisc
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/06/2012 : 00:31:13
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just for ideas heres a bull snake
and a texas bairds rat snake
there are loads of different types of rat snakes to choose from |
1.0.0 burmese python,giblet. 1.0.0 BCI, william. 0.1.0 blue tongue skink, 0.1.0 green iguana, jasmin, 1.0.0 cape house snake, 0.1.0 checkered garter snake
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Posted - 04/06/2012 : 00:46:49
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And get a load of this gopher lol - I was told that Ziska could reach 8' - she's 18 mths and 5' already, and a handful lol. A real character!
This is a gopher in the wild -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sohLr5xm_Pw |
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Posted - 04/06/2012 : 01:09:37
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Ziska ate a small/medium rat last meal; she's on fortnightly feeds now and finishes up royal leftovers or else gets a couple of large mice - not really up to her weight but it's a mistake to overfeed gophers as they really are eating machines and run the risk of becoming obese - that girl would eat me out of mouse and home lol!
That girl would size me up and eat ME! |
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mattc142
Hatchling
United Kingdom
95 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2012 : 07:52:35
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| gready snake lol. well cheers for your help guys but im non of the wiser what to get lol their all beautiful snakes which makes it harder lol im still swaying towards the mexican black because thats what i was actually gona get when i got corey ha ha but i fell in love with him straight away. im not looking to expand untill after my hol in september so ill have a good think need to get my other viv made as well. then might just go with a fist full of cash and surprise myself ha ha gona have to start using RUBs then i can get a few might go for goafer and mexican black grrrrrrrr cant decide. |
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mattc142
Hatchling
United Kingdom
95 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2012 : 08:01:19
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| cheers again guys some great pics and some good info should help me choose in the end ill keep thinking.thanks |
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Posted - 04/06/2012 : 12:44:08
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You're welcome :)
Gophers do need plenty of room imo - Ziska's in a 5' viv - they're an active 'wild-type' snake and long and heavy bodied for a colubrid. Mexicans I don't know too much about but I gather that, though still lively, they don't grow as big as gophers and bulls and they're slenderer - perhaps a better choice if space is limited.
(Mind you, lol, I've been saying myself for a couple of years that space is limited in this house and that I can't have another snake ...so where did all these vivs come from? That is the trouble when you want another snake, or several, they come, and sod the sofa, it's taking up valuable viv space. You have been warned lol!) |
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mattc142
Hatchling
United Kingdom
95 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2012 : 15:33:10
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| ive been given a large cuboard space at home it like a utility room of the living room so the vivs are going in there be great for winter to as i can shut the door and keep the heat in.can fit two or three vivs in and a good rack system lol i know what you mean tho if i was living on wy own id be eating and sleeping on the floor ha ha due to vivs and racking every where god help me if i ever get a place with a garage lol. ive got corey in a 3fter but gona transfer him to this 2 and half footer when ive finished it so if i get a goafer ill put it in the 3fter think corey will be happy in a smaller viv its alot taller tho so should be ok making it out of an old chest of draws |
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JanieW
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
2279 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2012 : 15:43:29
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Here is my baby hoggie: He is a cutie
Ra my Beauty Snake
Hope this helps :)
Then last but by no means worst..there is my baby puppy Boa, Feanor
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Peoples Of Middle Earth:
Bert (Staffy) , named after Tolkien's stone Troll
Popeye, African Grey
Gimli (Son Of Gloin), Baby Beardie
Slinky, Baby Royal Python
Fëanor..Baby Mexican Common Boa
Casper 2011 Male Ghost Corn Snake **RIP**
Hoard of Orcs (Dubia Roach Colony)
Pearl & Ivory--African Giant Albino Land Snails
Ra, Taiwanese Beauty Snake
Henry, Western Hognose *Missing*
Pippin, Coastal X Diamond Carpet Python
Elanor, Pastel Royal
Timmy, Western Hognose
Flake, Calico male royal, Eowyn, Arabesque Boa |
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/06/2012 : 16:16:08
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Yeah its a toughy deciding which snake is next, I have always decided I want another snake and go to the reptile shops, one will always win you over, I've done this with every snake of mine except my Corn snake, I knew exactly what I wanted with that one, I went to have a look at some king snakes as I thought I wanted one and fell in love with a little Royal instead. Next I went to look at king snakes as I thought I wanted one and fell in love with a little Hogg Island Boa instead, then I was buying mice and spotted an albino house snake, I handled him and well guess what, I fell in love with him too and he came home with me that day as I had a tub all ready to go. So yeah I never did take to kings. lol.
The point been you dont pick snakes, they pick you. |
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mattc142
Hatchling
United Kingdom
95 Posts |
Posted - 05/06/2012 : 09:35:33
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you have a really good point there. like i say i think the best thing to do is save some money and go with a fist full of cash then see which snake chooses me. lol im deffo getting a mexican black ill keep him in a RUB so its gona be between a boa and another royal. just see which morphs are in. you watch ill come home with a beardy or sumet lol.
and dude those pics are awsome ,beautiful snakes. |
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mattc142
Hatchling
United Kingdom
95 Posts |
Posted - 10/06/2012 : 20:02:00
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| hey guys ive decided on a common boa seen one in a new reptile centre ive visited today.fell in love with her but cant get one untill ive been away so thats it ive made my mind up lol. at last . |
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mattc142
Hatchling
United Kingdom
95 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2012 : 09:20:58
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| How many years does it take for a boa to reach adult age ? |
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mattc142
Hatchling
United Kingdom
95 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2012 : 09:27:10
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| Ha ha ha ha my mrs has just looked up boas on the internet and seen how big they get basicly im back to the drawing board. Gona stick with royals i think lol cheers for your advice anyway peeps x |
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JanieW
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
2279 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2012 : 11:15:26
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Aww Matt,
Not all Boas get huge, my Fea is expected to reach 5-6 feet, and a sweeter snake you could not imagine. |
Peoples Of Middle Earth:
Bert (Staffy) , named after Tolkien's stone Troll
Popeye, African Grey
Gimli (Son Of Gloin), Baby Beardie
Slinky, Baby Royal Python
Fëanor..Baby Mexican Common Boa
Casper 2011 Male Ghost Corn Snake **RIP**
Hoard of Orcs (Dubia Roach Colony)
Pearl & Ivory--African Giant Albino Land Snails
Ra, Taiwanese Beauty Snake
Henry, Western Hognose *Missing*
Pippin, Coastal X Diamond Carpet Python
Elanor, Pastel Royal
Timmy, Western Hognose
Flake, Calico male royal, Eowyn, Arabesque Boa |
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mattc142
Hatchling
United Kingdom
95 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2012 : 13:57:11
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| I would love one belive me she has given me a room off the living room to put my snakes in but its only 4ft by 4ft ive got two 3 ft vivs in at the momant shes not a pet lover at all lol. I might just get one anyway then over the years it will take for the snake to get to adult size she might get used to the idea ya never know what will happen lol ill see. If they have a male when i go to get my new snake then ill get one ive told her if she lets me have a boa then ill stop at that but thats not gona happen he he sneak a few more in lol ill keep you informed |
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LittlestarRed
Yearling
United Kingdom
197 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2012 : 12:50:34
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You can get Dwarf/Locality Boas. They are much smaller than standards although they do need a little higher humidity and temperature, the general husbandry is the same.
Mine is a Honduran, but there are loads of others. They grow to around the same length as Royals!
Hogg Islands are just gorgeous! |
Royals:1.2 Normals 'Hector'(He's my Baby! lol),'Lily' & 'Satan',0.1 Albino 'Alice', 0.2 Bumblebees 'Belle' & 'unnamed', 0.1 Pinstripe 'Stripy', 1.0 Pastel het Albino 'Pasty' 1.0 HG Woma 'Helix' & 0.1 Lesser 'Honey' 1.0 Enchi 'Max',0.1 Pewter Fader 'Pandora' and 1.0 Clown 'Krusty'. Others: 0.1 Corn 'Nagini', 1.0 BRB 'Juju', 1.0 Honduran BCI 'Lucius', 1.1 Beardies 'Beanie and Snuggle' and 1.0 Yemen Chameleon 'Jasper'(a.k.a Hissy Fusspot). |
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mattc142
Hatchling
United Kingdom
95 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2012 : 14:22:33
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| Yep ive just done my reasurch on hog islands and im deffo getting one no more changing my mind its decided lol ive just phoned my rep centre and they have quoted me 200 pond but i think thats abit steap. Has anyone used 888 before because i can get one of there for just under 150 need to know if they are reliable and safe to use? |
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