Black Headed Pythons?

[EL Ziggy]

Originally Posted by XburntbythesunX

I really loved my CK but she was absolutely awful when it came to handling

I don't know anything about carpet pythons. What species should I take a look at?

If you want a larger carpet look into Coastals or Bredli. Those will grow to 7-9 ft or larger. Jungles and IJ's are a bit smaller at 5-6 ft on average. The husbandry is pretty simple and they make great display snakes.

[Derek Roddy]

Hey there, any information you want on the BHPs....just give me a shout.

derekroddy@hotmail.com


or you can check my website below.

The one thing I hear people say about BHPs are their size. BHPs are NOT supposed to be any bigger than 6 to 7 feet. It's very rare that you would see an individual in the wild over 7 feet. And even then...they are very slim and trim snakes in the wild.

The reason they get big in captivity (and the reason 95% 0f the people working with them can't get em to lay eggs or hatch them if they do) is the over feeding on the commercial rodents we feed in captivity.

They require a certain feeding regime to be kept and bred successfully over their life time.

Here's a video I recently made and it shows a good size range that the western BHPs should have. They are slightly smaller than other forms of BHPs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax9HyTecE28

Cheers,
D

[REM955]

As you mentioned the range for the "Western" variety, my next thought is that there is an "Eastern" variety. Is there such one that does get to that 10 foot length in a healthy fashion?
I have seen a lot of the 8ft+ adult BHPs in the online markets lately. All due to overfeeding/ power feeding?

[Derek Roddy]

Originally Posted by REM955

As you mentioned the range for the "Western" variety, my next thought is that there is an "Eastern" variety. Is there such one that does get to that 10 foot length in a healthy fashion?
I have seen a lot of the 8ft+ adult BHPs in the online markets lately. All due to overfeeding/ power feeding?

Yes, some of the eastern animals can get longer but, not necessarily "bigger".

7 feet would still be the average but, there have been 9 footers seen in certain localities. BUT, These animals are still very slender and thin.



Not like the overfed "Big" adults you see in captivity.

Cheers,
D

[Albert Clark]

Thanks Derek for the class and differentiation of the species.

[XburntbythesunX]

Originally Posted by Derek Roddy

Hey there, any information you want on the BHPs....just give me a shout.

derekroddy@hotmail.com


or you can check my website below.

The one thing I hear people say about BHPs are their size. BHPs are NOT supposed to be any bigger than 6 to 7 feet. It's very rare that you would see an individual in the wild over 7 feet. And even then...they are very slim and trim snakes in the wild.

The reason they get big in captivity (and the reason 95% 0f the people working with them can't get em to lay eggs or hatch them if they do) is the over feeding on the commercial rodents we feed in captivity.

They require a certain feeding regime to be kept and bred successfully over their life time.

Here's a video I recently made and it shows a good size range that the western BHPs should have. They are slightly smaller than other forms of BHPs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax9HyTecE28

Cheers,
D

Ah thanks! That's great information, and those are some beautiful animals! I had actually wondered about that b/c I'd watched a video of someone handling one he'd found in the wild, and it was not nearly as obese as the captive ones I've seen.

If in the future I decided to get one of these instead of a woma, I will definitely have more questions