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I'm a news paper kind of guy very easy to clean. Not the best to look at but easy. When I got my jungles they had mites and once you get them it is very very hard to kill them. they spread to two other snakes now jungles that are young DON'T LIKE PEOPLE and I got bit alot.

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Comerford, i've never seen a nice carpet python. lol. Seriously, when i worked for the science foundation, those thing would bite, and strike at me all the time. The jungle carpets are pretty, just not my type i guess. Use some provent-a-mite for that mite problem.

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did all that. when I was at the Philadelphia zoo the guy at the reptile house hooked me up with some stuff to treat the snakes and used prvent a mite for the cages. that was like two years ago but what a pain. I can hold my jungles now with no problems they are tame now. I have a king snake with a personalty problem and a crazy never know when she will strike boa. As my wife would say she has got some issues.

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lol, Were all snake nerds............. Thats a killer setup.

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thanks for the comments. haha, i couldnt tell you off the top of my head what kind it is. the only thing ik is thats what they told me to get and i love the way it looks.



wow. you have one amazing collection there. lol. id love to see some of your snakes so find them pics.

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I had some good photos but can't find them the computer went down and lost all[:@] So I just took these not the best and some snakes have no color today I'm starting to cool them down. It won't let me upload the files I'll try later

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I guess if you have to ask then you just don't get it. It's like asking a cat owner why they like cats, or asking a dog owner why they got one. Either you get it or you don't.

EDIT: BTW I used to own a few ribbon snakes as a kid. I always wanted something like a python or boa but my parents couldn't afford it. When I finally got old enough to afford one I wasn't into it any more.

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IMPO Pythofan should get the python

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some more pics of my corn snakes

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great looking snakes! i used to have a creamsicle corn snake, but sadly she died.

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Nice pics! Heres a pic i just took, of my male ball python. I just love these snakes. :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...P1010020-1.jpg

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that is an awseome snake! i almost have the money!!!!! I cant wait till this weekend.

oh and i came across a carpet python at my friends neighbors house, thoe are bad ass snakes too. Any one have a Spotted python? My friend has one and is selling it for 40 bux, well sold it. But i am wondering if it is rare? cause ive never seen one before, or even heard of it.

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oooo man thermal. that is my favorite style of any snake: albino. i just love the color. i wish i could have gotten an albino but no one around me had them. :(.

quick question for those with ball pythons. how big will a male get fed properly?? ive heard sooo many different lengths that i dont know who to believe, others than those who have them. mine is just under 3ft and he is a little older than 2 yrs of age.

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Depends on what size cage. Correct me if i am wrong bit wont they anly get as big as thair cage..

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Nope spotted pythons arent really rare. They are an affordable snake though. I see them at the reptile shows, but they dont interest me. I like all snakes, just dont find those attractive enough to own one. Thanks Pyro, glad ya like my albino. Im actually relatively obsessed with albinos. In fact, my collection is currently ALL albino right now. LOL. Ball pythons are not huge snakes. They are short, stocky snakes. I've seen ONE in in a photo, that was about a 5-6ft MONSTER. The snake had to have been very old, and the pic looked old as well. This is just a random pic from the net, but dont expect your male ball python to get much larger than this. If any larger at all. They are a small breed, that give birth to a small number of eggs. Which is what keeps the fancy ball morphs in high demand, and cost. And socal, the cage size does not determine the snakes size. Thats a myth. Im sure it CAN stunt the growth to a small degree, however the snake growth is determined primarily by feeding... Personally, i love large snakes. If my wife would allow me, i'd have anacondas and retics again... I WILL have a burmese again when i find the one i want...

http://scarnyc.org/images/BallPython2.jpeg

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OK i was wondering. I dont know where i heard that.....

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ThermalRD what reptile expo do you go to? I hit Hamburg Pottstown and the Philadelphia show's hamburg is the best what ever you want is there.

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Primarily just the local event, thats monthly. There are a few local, but i only go to the one near me. Years ago i used to go to the Colombus show as well. That one is pretty big.

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I like to go to as many shows as I can. My wife takes the cridit cards from me before I go that's the deal I made with her. I don't think I would ever go bigger then the Boa. I would like to get back to bearded dragons and geckos. I also like spiders I have the mexican red knee. I hope to get some Het for albino balls (i go the cheap way) and het for snow boas. Also like the pie ball.

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thanks for the info thermal. i love big snakes as well, but my mom WOULD NOT let me get anything bigger than this. lol. maybe later on in life.

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Well im getting it this sunday!

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Get a guinea pig, they are so much fun, you can play with a guinea pig, you can't with a ball python, guinea pigs are not meat eaters, ball pythons are, ball pythons can kill you, which would mean bybye socalnitrobasher, guinea pigs can't kill you... IMPO guinea pigs are better:D

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you just don't like snakes, you should show a little back bone;). rodent's killed more people then snakes and snakes keep rodents in check when left alone. mosquitos killed more people I think to date. But people think it was pigs or chickens that caused the 1918 pendemic.

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you offended my sisters guinea pig, #1. they are not rodents, they are loveable creatures
#2. I have not gotten sick because of one (unlike rats...)
#3. They don't eat mice... and no, I am not a vegiterian, I love my tri tip[sm=tongue_smile.gif]

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A guy I work with is from Cambodia and would eat my snakes and your guinea pig and told me so. I told him I bought a rabbit and thought it was for me to eat I was like it's for my snake and then he said you eat snakes? THEY ARE GOOD.