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Favorite python size to work with

Favorite size range for pythons

  • 6 feet and under

    Votes: 65 35.1%

  • 6 to 10 feet

    Votes: 70 37.8%

  • 10 to 20 feet

    Votes: 41 22.2%

  • 20 feet plus

    Votes: 9 4.9%
  • Total voters
    185
Burm

I like any snake, no matter how big or small. But I guess my favorite snake is a burm, so I guess im in the 10-20ft category, I know they can get over 20ft fairly easily, but none of mine are there, yet.

:cool:
 
All of my burms have been a joy to work with til they hit about 10'. At this point they become a handful to handle. I love my big girls, but they are most fun to work with when they are about 8'.
 
size

I like my ball pythons for ease when giving them a exam but my 7 foot BCI s are fun you can really get a handle on then without feeling the you might break em but still small enough to muscle easly -Jeff
 
10 to 20.

85% of my animals are over 10 feet.
have not yet been graced with a 20footer.
cant wait for the day though:D
 
5-10. Carpets, bloods, and boas. Of course I still enjoy my small fry, like sand boas, you can just have more of them and it's not so much work. And smaller ratsnakes are cool. But 5-10 feet is the most fun to play with.

Erin B.
 
Once my burms cross over the 10/11 ft mark they become dead weigh hee hee. I must have the arms of a lumberjack by now!
 
Id say 6-10. my favorite python species are Leiopython sp, and Liasis sp, then of course carpets.

Gotta love the big guys tho!
 
Big ones

I love my tiger retics, they can be wrapped around your arms, legs, waist and still visit a friend!! I think it is the challenge of getting them to do what I want them to do, instead of what they want to do. My IJ Carpets are cool too, and I don't have to get a friend to be my back-up with them in case they get a little ....uh...spunky. I just love those big snakes!!!!!:D
Trina
 
i would have to say 6-10 just because of weight factors and the comfort of the animal being handled, ie; the heavier they are the more un-comfortable for them it is, and if you hurt them, they may bite you.
I have some 7-9 footers that just sit there when you hold them, great for pics, and kids, of course they are handled almost daily, for fairly long periods of time, however my boid's over 10 while still tame, i only handle with another person around to assist me , safer for me, easier on the snake......... :cool:
 
Since this got bumped to the top anyway...

I'd vote for under 6 feet. I would like to have big lug of a boa, ... but I like my dog too much :hehe:
 
PaulSage said:
I'd vote for under 6 feet. I would like to have big lug of a boa, ... but I like my dog too much :hehe:
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Must be a small dog. :p

Even my biggest scrub (Brutus is about 12 feet or so) would probably have trouble consuming my smallest dog (George, a ~20 lb pug). I suppose though that George would make a nice meal for a retic or a burm. :bolt01:
 
I prefer under 10 ft. I love (normal) burms, but I don't want to have to be restricted to only handling the snake when someone else is present and able to pull a huge boid off of me if something were to go wrong.

Gimme an 8 ft argie or 7 ft carpet and I'm in heaven :)

Some 5 ft balls aren't bad though :)
 
anywhere 10ft and under is fine by me.
I love holding the snakes at the 6-10mark though, real fun to get out of the tank. I dont have anything that big yet, not til my 2 baby boas start growing. They eat great, and I excpect the colombian to be 4 feet by the year mark, she is only 1 month old, and pounding rat pups.
 
10ft and under for me , because thats all im used to so far.
My biggest snakes were a pair of Argentine Boa's (BCOccidentalis) my female was the biggest at 9.3 ft and a hell of a lot of girth to her , great fun they were. regrettably i had to sell them with the rest of my collection when i went travelling as noone would look after them :( :hot:
 
I said 6-10' for 2 reasons.
1. my area allows no snake withthe potential to grow over 8'
2. A python that maxes out arund 10' for the most part won't be an escape artist and is easy to find when they do find a way out(and most of them do).

Just my oppinion on it. Looking forward to more peoples oppinions to be expressed
 
Jake The Snake said:
2. A python that maxes out arund 10' for the most part won't be an escape artist and is easy to find when they do find a way out(and most of them do).
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Jake - I just have to ask: why do you think that a python that maxes out at around 10 ft won't be an escape artist? Why is it that most of them do find a way out (and wouldn't that make them escape artists)?

And just a side comment - how hard a snake is to find is related to a combination of the environment and how thoroughly you look. The only reason that the snakes size is a factor is that smaller ones can fit into smaller holes so there are more escape routes/hiding places for them. A 10 ft snake can hide just as effectively, and it is just that much more frustrating because you think it should be easy to find, lol
 
hhmoore said:
Jake - I just have to ask: why do you think that a python that maxes out at around 10 ft won't be an escape artist? Why is it that most of them do find a way out (and wouldn't that make them escape artists)?

And just a side comment - how hard a snake is to find is related to a combination of the environment and how thoroughly you look. The only reason that the snakes size is a factor is that smaller ones can fit into smaller holes so there are more escape routes/hiding places for them. A 10 ft snake can hide just as effectively, and it is just that much more frustrating because you think it should be easy to find, lol
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Basically my reasoning is this, its easier to close off a room for a large python or boa than a small childrens python thats all. A large python needs a much sturdier cage but it can have a bigger gaps(1/4") on a large bodied snake, while a thin bodied snake you will have a problem with even the smallest openeing. Just my .02 cents. We all percive it differently. A 3' corn snake could fit through a tiny space while lets say a 3' blood would need a large hole. Maybe my idea in my head of a 6-10 foot snake is a heavy bodied boa or python. Again, just what I thought of in my head
 
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