what snake would fit this discription?

[Scarlet_Rain]

Get a Male of any of the top 5 and as long as you rear it from a baby I don't see that you will have any problems just make sure you have a second handler if needs arise and hopefully with owning a male you won't need the third handler assuming you rear it well.

Good luck x

[strictly_scales]

Originally Posted by kniterider

my friend a couple of years back had a 9foot python (need to ask what type) was around 25years old and 9foot and was lovely to handle, im only 5foot 8 but im stocky (play rugby and body build) so handleing it shouldnt be to much of a problem with reguards to picking her up etc.


cheers chewy il keep an eye out and maybe have a word with the breeder to see what sort of sizes the parents are.

lol ryanr, i couldnt imagine a big snake moving that quick, my aby boa is so lazy now and trundels alongshe's great, if i need the toilet i pop her on the towel rail, if im on the comp pop her on top of the monitor. i think i shall have to find someone local with a big snake and ask advice etc and see how i get on with a bigger snake the local peshop had a 15foot burmese not long ago wish i had knwn, they had to get rid as it would have eaten there other pets when it was let out. (rabbits etc etc lol)

You would be amazed at how quickly the big guys can haul ass if they want to. My Burm once knocked a stick over which hit him in the back- he freaked out and shot under the Sofa so fast it would put a Corn to shame. And extracting 12 feet of pissed of Burmese from under a Sofa isn't a huge amount of fun.

I suggest you take the time to grow your Boa on to get a real idea of the power of a decent sized constrictor before you consider a massive one.
Find someone who keeps the big guys and is willing to let you work with them and handle them for yourself. In particular, try to get a chance to feed some of the big guys, because that is when they are at their most dangerous.

[Ian.g]

Originally Posted by strictly_scales

You would be amazed at how quickly the big guys can haul ass if they want to. My Burm once knocked a stick over which hit him in the back- he freaked out and shot under the Sofa so fast it would put a Corn to shame. And extracting 12 feet of pissed of Burmese from under a Sofa isn't a huge amount of fun.

I suggest you take the time to grow your Boa on to get a real idea of the power of a decent sized constrictor before you consider a massive one.
Find someone who keeps the big guys and is willing to let you work with them and handle them for yourself. In particular, try to get a chance to feed some of the big guys, because that is when they are at their most dangerous.

i agree with this 100%...my female burm once popped the back off her viv (when i lived in the flat) and i was defrosting their food at the time in the bathroom, i didnt even hear a thing...then turned round to see her head almost up to my waist level and in feeding mode! i had nothing in the bathroom to cancel her feeding response! luckily my other half was in and i called to her and she dragged her away by her tail back into our bedroom, this was a very solid viv (so i thought) but shows how strong they can be (she was only around 9ft at the time), and also how easily mistakes can happen! luckily i now have my own herp room...and she is in an extra strong viv! lol....this is embarresing for me to admit! as i consider myself very experienced with snakes since i grew up with them, but checking the back of the viv didn`t even occur to me! ...it does now though...

[wildlifewarrior]

Originally Posted by Scarlet_Rain

Not everyone has the confidence willwar has. Not everyone are so experienced. If the OP was like Wilwar he wouldn't of asked in the first place.

...awwww shucks

Originally Posted by Scarlet_Rain

so you shouldn't ridicule someone for saying that a large scrub is a 3 man snake. Some people like to have a second handler (which is common sense) and someone else incase things go wrong.

To be honest 3 men really isnt needed...for pretty much 90% of the morelia amethistina localities your looking at 9-12ft max....and with them being so slender you wouldnt really need 3 people for the job at all.

This is terry holding a 9ft wc aggressive hypo sorong scrub....as you can see with little to no trouble.


now i deal with all of mine alone as i live alone and prefer to work alone...i use 2 midwest python hooks to deal with all of my nasty ones...but ive had to learn how to do this...and as a result i have scars up me from bites so its not something i do reckonmend on your own no....but just saying you dont need 3 for a scrub.

Originally Posted by Scarlet_Rain

Oh wow just because Wildlifewarrior has a tame snake it means that everyones will be tame...Rofl



Its people like you who give new snake keepers the wrong perspective.

I think these 2 go in hand in hand...while i think joel was wrong for what he said,i do also think its unfair to put scrubs down as aggressive snakes...i have 15 scubs(morelia amethistina)...i have 7 very nasty and aggressive ones which are adults when i got them so ive never bothered taming them down and its really not worth the blood shed. But i have 8 which are sub-adult to adult which are tamer than any corn ive ever met....and i dont even handle them...just like other morelia such as your carpets, scrubs make great tame and docile pet snakes....theres no such thing as "a odd tame scrub"...they are very docile snakes, its just people are too used to reading all the crap on the net about wc ones.

30 years ago retics were these horriable nasty snakes that just used to bite...but that was because there wc...but now look how many people keep them and how tame they are

[Stan193]

Indian/burmese python, theyre a nice snake, they can potentially get quite qa bit bigger than 15 foot but probably on average they wont do? I'm more a colubrid person so not too sure but they'd be the one I'd be looking at with you're description.

[snickers]

You could do some research on olive pythons. They get nearly to the required size, but are slender like a carpet/retic and are supposed to be quite laid back. I saw a couple of babies a while ago and was nearly persuaded to buy. They get a bit big for my liking.

[kniterider]

cheers all, will deffo bookmarik this thread and get researching for next year if i decide to get one

think im going towards a male burmese but will deffo research all sudgested