Hello all. I recently purchased an amethystine python at a pet shop. I currently own a ball python, a corn snake, and an irian jaya x jungle carpet python. When I purchased the snake I was told its about the same level of difficulty as the irian cross....the only care instructions I was given were 80 cool/90 hot, keep it damp and use substrate that holds moisture, give it something to climb and handle it a lot. I was told it would get to 12-15 feet long and would never get big enough to eat anything larger than a jumbo rat or rabbit up to 2 pounds in size....but now that I am doing research I am wondering what the heck I've gotten myself into. I've seen some things online that say the snakes can get up to 7 meters long and can eat large chickens....OY!
And before anyone asks, my research has led me to discover the five sub species of this breed, however, I have no idea which sub species I have, because I havent been able to locate a picture that looks like her. Any care instructions, suggestions, thoughts would be helpful!
I'll attach a picture. She's roughly 2 feet long ish, very handleable currently, eating nicely on hoppers
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