all have different levels of care. Feeding routines, different humidity and temperatures and how "forgiving" certain species are to outside their optimum conditions. Some find docile snakes easier to work with. Every species is different. I am a believer in if you do all the research you can and if possible get help from someone with experiance you can keep a lot of snakes as your first... if you can provide the correct environment for an animal, you should have no problems... experiance brings you how to do it and behavioural signs more than anything. Read up about them and see if they are the right snake for you... there are lots of other arboreal snappy snakes available too.
Couple Of ? on Green Tree Pythons
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Well the guy that im looking at getting from has kept some of the most and exotic/and venemous snakes. But im deciding between a gtp and ball(I no thats a huge dif).
Well really it's a personal choice for you. They have different personalities and different requirements, different habits and different looks. GTPs have a bad rep due to all the wildcaught animals, but CB are an entirely different kettle of fish. However yes, a GTP would be more of a challenge, even the localities have different traits (both behavioural and in looks).
davo;1198857; said:
Couldn't agree more, especially with the first part. Sure GTP is a more difficult snake but researching/having a little smarts and you should be able to take care of it if it's what you desire in a snake.
But again if you get one/it that 60g tank won't really work for it.
I have an adult male Aru-type GTP and I have to say, they are awesome. I keep it in a 24 x 24 x 18 cage that I built myself, and it is big enough for him and he is about 4-5 feet. He was quite snappy when I got him but with a little handing has calmed way down. I can even help him get shed off the back of his neck occasionally without him pulling away or getting snappy. I would not recommend getting a snake that tends to bite to any beginner just because if the owner becomes too intimidated by said snake they are not going to handle it enough to calm it down. GTP's can also be quite tame at times and get aggressive suddenly like flipping a switch, and from what I have seen they dont calm down as easily as other snakes, once they are pissed off they are pissed off until you leave them alone. But like Davo said a lot of this rep comes from wild caught animals and ones that were not handled enough when young. Any snake can be an exception to the rule so handle the particlar snake you want and see what its attitude is like. I have also seen GTP's that were very docile and just as "safe" as handling a red-tail boa or Ball Python. If you really want a GTP you should probably buy a slightly older animal like one that has gone through it's color change (1-2 years old) because most of the extreme health issues and problems with the spine are more prominent in younger more sensitive animals. Also by then someone has probably worked out any aggression issues the snake may have had. Read "The More Complete Chondro" by Greg Maxwell! If you follow the advice of the many people who have kept them before you and are willing to provide a proper environment for the animals they are not that hard to take care of, just do your research first.
Rass;1202623; said:
perfect size for a male, might need a bit more for a female (give or take individual/locale). I'd like to suggest a biak locale if you go for a younger snake, just because these are probably the best to get feeding out the lot (as yes they are more agressive), one of the bigger/est of the locales too. Then again if you go for a CB, captive raised older animal that is doing fine, it shouldn't be a problem either way.
I don't mean to de-rail but I just got a new yearling Female and she is gorgeous. Hope to breed them in the future. I would post some pics if I could figure it out but I'm pretty lazy when it comes to that, I usually just read, post and go to a different site LOL.
