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Thinking about a ATB or a GTP, any advice?

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Wow, so i have been reading quite a bit within the forums about both ATB and GTP. Both intrigue me and i am interested in learning more before i decide to purchase one or the other.
I was a little worried about getting an ATB only because i have heard of their aggression with they are stressed out. I handle my snakes, maybe not as frequently as i would like, but i can handle all of them as much as once a day to once a week. I'm gentle with them all but i still handle them, and my wife does as well. That was my one and only concern with an ATB. I see they are a little more hardy, can take a wider temperature range, have amazing coloring, and are fairly good eaters once started.
Now, GTB. I love the look of these guys. Chunky, menacing looking, but fairly easy to handle (from what i have read). My question is, which do you prefer, or which do you think would be good for someone beginning to get into full aboreals? I'm used to semi-aboreal snakes such as red tails, but now i'm looking into more of a full aboreal snake.
I wanted to get a bunch of people's opinions (even if they don't match up to each other). I like find out the pro's and the con's. As for now, i am leaning towards ATB's, but like i said i want to find out more from people who have first hand experience.
Any and all information is welcome and appreciated, thank you!
 
sorry new to this forum and i realize this is an old post but here is my 2cents. first things by atb do mean the amazon tree boa. and gtb is of coarse green tree python.

i got atb as an intro to venomous cause i was told to learn proper hook techniques you need some thing that will bite at every opertunity.

well once you get them out they are not that bad and mine were wc adults they would bite but not what i would consider truely aggressive. i had three kept in a very naturallistic cage they posed very prettily and were great as far aboreals go they ate on que once out of cage they were bity but not to bad.

kept them for about a yr or so.

got a gtb in a trade for suphan cobra a couple of yrs later kept him for about a month or so. much more acurite than the amazons little worse of a bite about the same the atb. ate on que but much more willing to bite this is based on one specimen not a collection and just my opinion

traded him for banded egyptian.
 
oh and the gtp just sat in the cage on a limb like they do at shows. the atb moved around and posed on limbs more like, for lack of a better example, boomslang or mamba. the atb's are also available in lots of colors.
 
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