in a few days i'm gonna have an empty 35 gallon tank, and i've been seriously considering getting a pair of children's pythons to go in it. i've done tons of research, but i was just wondering if you guys would like to share some of your personal experiences and/or pictures. thanks in advance
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Good choice, very super mega easy, very small, very tame, and all CB. Its surprisingly hard to find specialty breeders of the childrens complex, but you can find them often at generalist reptile dealers for between 60-120.
Which type are you getting? Anthill, large-blotched, classic childrens, spotted, granite spotted? I prefer granite spotteds, you can go with that or a normal spotted if you want something a tad bigger. I'm not sure about anthill prices, but they only get 2 feet or less.
Haha, nice pike catch!
Which type are you getting? Anthill, large-blotched, classic childrens, spotted, granite spotted? I prefer granite spotteds, you can go with that or a normal spotted if you want something a tad bigger. I'm not sure about anthill prices, but they only get 2 feet or less.
Haha, nice pike catch!
i think tat i'm gonna get the regular children's, because i have already found a canadian dealer, but i'm gonna look at the others too.
p.s. thanks for the compliment about the pike. do you fish much?
p.s. thanks for the compliment about the pike. do you fish much?
Oh, Henry Piorun! D'oh! Forgot about him! He's the only specialist breeder of the childrens complex I know of, and a GREAT breeder to go to. He wrote an article on the Antaresia genus in the 2007 (I think) REPTILES USA magazine.
Wow, I've never seen a normal childrens that pretty though, looks almost like a spotted!
I used to fish a bit, I wish I could get into it more, but I wouldn't have time. I almost caught myself a 3 foot-ish gar in east Texas, that would have been my biggest fish! It swam right up to the shore and under the dock, but we had no bait left and no net! >.< Oh well, I was only like 8 and I would have hurt myself! Hahaha! Any pics of the mounted pike?
Wow, I've never seen a normal childrens that pretty though, looks almost like a spotted!
I used to fish a bit, I wish I could get into it more, but I wouldn't have time. I almost caught myself a 3 foot-ish gar in east Texas, that would have been my biggest fish! It swam right up to the shore and under the dock, but we had no bait left and no net! >.< Oh well, I was only like 8 and I would have hurt myself! Hahaha! Any pics of the mounted pike?
I had a children's and a spotted a few years back. Both were yearlings when I got them. Like you, I read up on them and thought they were a good choice. I got rid of them a few months later. They were so aggressive that they would come out of thier hide boxes and continuously strike the glass of the tank whenever someone passed by. I hope you have better luck.
loconorc, you have to remember when these guys were imported in the 60's, all the Antaresia were under one species. I am willing to bet 90% of the Antaresia pythons out there are hybrids. It is just that they straightened out the mess a bit like what they did the Carpet Pythons by choosing the less amount of mixed blood during the 90's. It really does look close to a Spotted hatchling though. Andrewftw, that is so unusual. I have heard of defensive Children's, but never a defensive Spotted Python. Odd.