Black head python

[red ink]

Hi guys,

There's a discussion on another thread about BHPs and it reminded me of pics e-mailed to me by a mate a few years ago.

Now i don't know if you guys have seen these before but these were taken by some miners in WA.

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn214/Red-Ink-Buldogs/BHP/a424ec0d.jpg

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn214/Red-Ink-Buldogs/BHP/fc2d1003.jpg

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn214/Red-Ink-Buldogs/BHP/bcb1b4e8.jpg

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn214/Red-Ink-Buldogs/BHP/4e39fe8e.jpg

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn214/Red-Ink-Buldogs/BHP/eae0709d.jpg

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn214/Red-Ink-Buldogs/BHP/1801dd05.jpg

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn214/Red-Ink-Buldogs/BHP/42124327.jpg

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn214/Red-Ink-Buldogs/BHP/ec93d174.jpg

Cheers,

[Gungirl]

Nice pictures.. that's one full belly!

[youngster]

:eek: is that a monitor? :p

[CK SandBoas]

Great pictures! :)

[red ink]

:eek: is that a monitor? :p

Most certainly is... V. panoptes

[SnakeyJay]

Who's a hungry snakey .... :D I'd like to know what he's eating as well..

[Lankyrob]

Now, is anyone worried about feeding their snakes prey that is too big???? ;) ;) ;)

[Swany]

No Rob I think this pretty much clears that one up lol

[shaunyboy]

RED INK
i've seen those pictures before,but everytime i see them again,they never cease to amaze me:shocked::shocked::shocked:

thanks for sharing mate

i'm always trying to convince new keepers,that carpets will take up to 4 times their girth,i think i'll reffer them to this thread,to proove how much larger than their girth a snake can take

i'm sure theres pictures kicking around of a scrubby eating a kangaroo...!!

cheers shaun

[Norm66]

Awesome stuff!

[shaunyboy]

just noticed its an AXANTHIC :shocked: black headed python,definitely my favorite type of bhp mate

cheers shaun

[red ink]

RED INK
i've seen those pictures before,but everytime i see them again,they never cease to amaze me:shocked::shocked::shocked:

thanks for sharing mate

i'm always trying to convince new keepers,that carpets will take up to 4 times their girth,i think i'll reffer them to this thread,to proove how much larger than their girth a snake can take

i'm sure theres pictures kicking around of a scrubby eating a kangaroo...!!

cheers shaun

Definitely mate, I've seen the pics of a scrubby taking a roo, there's also a pic of a coastal with a large possum in it's belly bout 8x the girth of the snake :eek:

Have you been to Denver's site, he has a white one that all BHPs would be measured by, there was also a bumblebee kicking about for a while here till some (insert inapproriate language) stole it and disappeared from the hobby before it could breed.

[jaleely]

wow little greedy thing! my cp is afraid of anything big, even though she could take a rat right now if she wanted. Shes curious about it when we offer, but eventually just bumps it with her nose and tries to run away. She HAS eaten one before! i guess she didn't like the indigenstion. She seems to only want mice now. So, we give her large mice and she stuffs it down. We keep trying on the rats. I'm waiting her out right now to try a rat again. Plus she just shed, so maybe she thinks she's a big girl now (40 inches!)

[spots]

Awesome pictures :D I have also seen the pics of the scrubby eating a kangaroo, aslo very interesting

[Kayla90]

Awe poor monitor XD
Poor snake for being so hungry he has to eat a monitor..

[millertime89]

that's crazy! I thought that python's eyes were gonna be bigger than its mouth, but nope!

[shaunyboy]

Definitely mate, I've seen the pics of a scrubby taking a roo, there's also a pic of a coastal with a large possum in it's belly bout 8x the girth of the snake :eek:

Have you been to Denver's site, he has a white one that all BHPs would be measured by, there was also a bumblebee kicking about for a while here till some (insert inapproriate language) stole it and disappeared from the hobby before it could breed.

i've seen them chuck,the one i did NOT like the look of was the albino black head,it just did not look right at all

a right fugly snake it was:shocked:

cheers shaun

[shaunyboy]

wow little greedy thing! my cp is afraid of anything big, even though she could take a rat right now if she wanted. Shes curious about it when we offer, but eventually just bumps it with her nose and tries to run away. She HAS eaten one before! i guess she didn't like the indigenstion. She seems to only want mice now. So, we give her large mice and she stuffs it down. We keep trying on the rats. I'm waiting her out right now to try a rat again. Plus she just shed, so maybe she thinks she's a big girl now (40 inches!)

imo the best way to get her on rats is to NEVER offer her another mouse

at first she will hold out looking for mice,but once hungry she should take a rat

try scenting the rat with a burst open mouse

or your going to need a huge amount of mice to feed an adult coastal mate

imo its always best to get carpet pythons onto rats as soon as possible.from the egg if you can

the older they get the harder it can be to cross them over from mice to rats

patients and perciverance is the key and never go backwards by giving in and offering a mouse.it just puts you right back to the start mate

cheers shaun