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TheBloodyIrish;974274; said:
If you ask me... I rather have a Carpet Python for an aggressive arboreal, okay... semi-arboreal, or a Diamond Python for a beginner arboreal if you don't mind the unexplained sudden deaths. Well... not all Carpets are aggressive, however the ones I had handled were.

Anyway, remember tree boas are usually display only. So don't let other people open the enclosure... LOCK it. Once in awhile, you get a nice one, but most time they will draw blood if picked up. Too bad you are not going for Green Tree Pythons, I know an excellent book I could recommend for keeping them in captivity.
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doens't happen to be by greg maxwell does it? I wouldn't say a diamond would be better, because they are a different type of husbandry again, but you could get a really nice high yellow jungle carpet python, or maybe a jag...
 
Yeah... you read my mind, it's by Greg Maxwell. Too bad I don't have any books on ATBs and ETBs to recommend to LC.

A lot of snakes are different type of husbandry. ;) I just find Diamond to be more handable and is pretty much a world-class of their own.

Carpet pythons are sweet though. When I get back into the hobby again, I am going to track down my old Australian herps and see if the owners want to give them up, then add the Carpet and Children genus to my collection.
 
Oh yeah, diamonds are great at the handling part and are good feeders, they just need to be kept cooler and not fed often at all. Shame they cost about 2000 around here... even for just the black and whites, they are my fav. snake.
On the other hand, I don't know any great books for emeralds or atbs to be honest, not specifically for them anyway, i know there is a book on both gtps and emerald tree boas, but i don't know if its any good. This one http://www.amazon.com/Green-Tree-Python-Emerald-Boa/dp/3980420736
If anyone has the more complete chondro for sale, please pm me, can't get the book at all, and i regret selling the first edition one.
 
Okay...I've been gone for while, so I'm not sure what all LC currently has in his menagerie.

But LargeCichlids, I would not recommend a GTP or a ETB. Not trying to be mean, but you're simply not ready. You cannot afford either snake on your budget, and you will end up killing it, simply because you're not prepared for it. Try an Amazon Tree Boa first; like everyone said, they're cheaper and hardier.
 
I think it's 2 Tokay Geckos, 2 Leopard Geckos and a Mangrove Monitor... which is better. He started taking care of them better than before. He already started planning a bigger custom-made vivarium for his monitor, which we pushed that it need a lot of horizontal as well as vertical space.

I am recommending him to keep his snake under lock since his parents made him gave away his Nile Monitor since it drew blood when it bit his sister.
 
yea i have two tokays,1 patternless leo gecko,and a blazing blizard gecko.and a mangrove monitor.they are all doing good.:headbang2
 
What about using rubbermaids/sterlite for babys? I use one temporarily for my baby gtp and it has locking clips that come on it. Don't know if it will work with the snakes you want but maybe someone can say if it will.

I will tell you to do your research and do it some more.. I research GTP's like no tommorrow and still don't know everything.

I will also tell you find out if it's a snake thats able to be handled or not. Can't handle my GTP right now and he although beautiful is a total prick when it comes to territory. So he is a display only snake for a while. Honestly I feel like I'd be more impressed with just a pastel ball morph sometimes.


Another thing is I know you like to feed stuff to your animals you can find around the house like ground beef/eggs/etc really you will have to start buying live or preferably frozen mice which will require a small income.
 
I've kept my ATB in a 73qt Sterlite tub for over 2 years now.
 
Rubbermaids/Sterlites/Really Useful Boxes/Click Clack are all good if you are into keeping them or collecting for yourself, however I feel that he is more into putting them on display for observation and showing off to other people... otherwise he would not have those herps in his aquariums. Not to mention he would have to make sure it is escape-proof and rendered closed so other people, like his sister, cannot access it.

Man... I miss the Neodesha lines... they were like $50-120 bucks depending on the model back in the days.
 
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