large snake

K1LOS · 08-29-06, 11:19 AM

Hello, i have a friend who is looking for a new pet snake. He has experience with some boa's and ball pythons and a few corns. He is interested in getting a large snake now. Something around the 13 ft or so mark when full grown. Any ideas or recommendations I can give to him as what species to look at? I can't really think of anything that would be that size, but I'm no snake pro.

Thanks,

K1LOS

redtails · 08-29-06, 12:10 PM

Male african rock python(3rd largest) or a burm(4th largest) would work. They sometimes can get larger but tend to avg about that length. He could also try a scrub python(5th largest?), but they are a little more expensive and usually wc seeing as they don't breed in captivity too easily. I'd go with a nice afrock though, seeing as I have 5 already, but a cool looking albino burmese python would be nice too. Feel free to ask me anything at all about these snakes if you need more info.

Baby female afrock

Small(6.5') male afrock w/ rabbit

Small(6.5') female burm

Ross

K1LOS · 08-30-06, 04:55 PM

hmm... I thought those snakes would far out grow that size. I know he is a fan of afrocks, but he specifically mentioned he wanted something with a less aggressive nature. I guess that pretty much leaves him burms then right?

I thought burms maxed at 23 feet though? Not in captivity?

K!LOS

Reticsrule · 08-30-06, 05:24 PM

yes, burms and afrocks MAX OUT at somewhere around that size but that is by no means their average length. anything over 20 ft. in either of those species would be a MONSTER female. a male of either species will probably stay under 15 ft., although there are exceptions. if size is really that much of an issue and every inch counts lol, a male afrock would probably stay a little smaller than a male burm. and dont worry about afrocks having aggression problems. as long as youre friend buys a CBB baby, i can almost guarantee you he wont have any problems taming it down, if its even aggressive in the first place. hope this helps

snake 101 · 08-30-06, 06:22 PM

I know some types of burmese pythons get up to 13 feet. theres also Dumeril's ground boas which I think they grow up to 10 feet.

Reticsrule · 08-30-06, 06:30 PM

snake 101: male burms often only reach 13 ft. in length as adults but they CAN reach up to 17 ft on rare occasions. and about the Dumerils, they tend to stay in the 4-8 ft range, with an 8 footer being a pretty large female.

fish3x3 · 09-03-06, 10:53 PM

get a argentina or peruvian boa from riobravoreptiles.com they r the pretiest snakes ever and the peruvians can easily get to 12 feet long. if i had a camera id show u some of mine that i got from a budy that got em from riobravo. i would never get a afrock. i hear that they have bad attitudes and can get very territorial but thats just what ive ehard. if i were him id get a super tiger retioc or a lavender albino retic

Reticsrule · 09-04-06, 09:41 AM

peruvian boas (or any boas for that matter) will be lucky if they reach 10 feet. sure there are exceptions that are 12 feet but that is by no means the average length. and as we have already stated afrocks have a very undeserved bad reputation. they are often as tame as any burm or corn when purchased as babies and handled regularly.

fish3x3 · 09-04-06, 08:36 PM

yah my peruvian is 10 feet and is only 6 years old and i fed one xxl rat every 2 weeks. i love boa's but i realy want a normal burm