suggestions for a medium size boa/python
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Upon reading more for humidity with rainbows they recommend sphagnum moss humidity box but i don't know where to get it would peat moss work ?[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
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Thanks man all ways thought carpets got big do they just get bigger in the wild ?logo;1986244; said:
The peat probably wouldnt work it would be too much of a mess. If you cant find any around the herp stores by you I would try online and get it in bulk. And ya carpets can larger in the wild sometimes you will get one in captivity that gets 7 feet. And I messed up on the dumerils(I was thinking madagasar boas) they have the possibility of getting 10 feet
When I read the topic, I was like "define your ideal size... since a lot of people consider anything under 14'-16' as medium."
Logo... you might want to mention that the sizes of the snakes vary on the locality and subspecies. Also it vary based on the way they were fed and how soon they were bred.
For instance, a Central American boa (pure) rarely exceeds 5'-6', while a Colombian can certainly can exceed that.
Carpet pythons varies by subspecies as well. Jungle carpet can vary from 5'-7', Coastal can vary from 6'-9' (in captivity, in the wild it is between 8'-14'). You see a lot of 6' coastals, but that is because every bloody breeder out there is trying to get their hands in the game (for the jaguar morph), so they powerfeed them and breed them soon as they hit 6', then they slow down in growth after that. They should only be bred when they hit 8'...
Diamond pythons can vary from 6'-8', Irian Jaya vary between 3'-5', and Bredl's pythons vary between 5'-7'. (All carpet pythons)
Blood pythons are tricky as well, certain locality of blood pythons can hit 7'.
Never account for the length of the snake... but rather the weight of the snakes though... a 45 pound 6' blood python is more dangerous than say a 14' olive python, 9' carpet python or an 8' boa.
Logo... you might want to mention that the sizes of the snakes vary on the locality and subspecies. Also it vary based on the way they were fed and how soon they were bred.
For instance, a Central American boa (pure) rarely exceeds 5'-6', while a Colombian can certainly can exceed that.
Carpet pythons varies by subspecies as well. Jungle carpet can vary from 5'-7', Coastal can vary from 6'-9' (in captivity, in the wild it is between 8'-14'). You see a lot of 6' coastals, but that is because every bloody breeder out there is trying to get their hands in the game (for the jaguar morph), so they powerfeed them and breed them soon as they hit 6', then they slow down in growth after that. They should only be bred when they hit 8'...
Diamond pythons can vary from 6'-8', Irian Jaya vary between 3'-5', and Bredl's pythons vary between 5'-7'. (All carpet pythons)
Blood pythons are tricky as well, certain locality of blood pythons can hit 7'.
Never account for the length of the snake... but rather the weight of the snakes though... a 45 pound 6' blood python is more dangerous than say a 14' olive python, 9' carpet python or an 8' boa.
9' diamond pythons here are rare, but I suspect is because everyone is trying to cross them over to jaguar carpets to make 50%-50% diamond pythons/jaguar coastal carpets, then breed them to become 66% diamond/jaguar coastal until it is almost pure diamond jaguar (but never pure anyway.) So all virtually all the females here are bred before they achieve their true length. It's sad because properly grown specimen have bigger clutches and breed fertile until the day they die; but all the ones bred too young or too fast are only good for a few years.
At least that's the trend happening with the jungle jaguar crosses and Irian Jaya jaugar.
At least that's the trend happening with the jungle jaguar crosses and Irian Jaya jaugar.
thanks for the info i suppose i'm gonna need a boa/python on the small side one that could fit in a 6'x3' for life i was thinking of sand boas as small but mabye there more dwarf
