beauty snake help - Page 3

Invictus · 04-04-05, 03:41 PM

My adults are also in 4 x 2 x 1.5 cages, but I'd love to give them more space. I know they will use it.

SnakeyeZ · 04-04-05, 10:40 PM

Great looking snake you got yourself, Im also a big fan of beauty snakes...only ones I have are the veitnamese blue's, GREAT intellegent snakes. Id love to get some chinese and macaudi's aswell.

Here's a few photo's of mine.

Invictus · 04-04-05, 10:58 PM

Gorgeous!!

I'm excited, I just got an adult pair of blues in a trade. I'll post pics as soon as I can.

SnakeyeZ · 04-04-05, 11:00 PM

You'll love them man...cant imagine there much different than any other beauty, but there still a nice addition to the collection.

hunter · 04-05-05, 06:30 AM

it looks like they have bigger heads, cool snake, how so they calm down compared to taiwanese??i heard blues and taiwans have relativley the same temperment

Invictus · 04-05-05, 08:00 AM

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i heard blues and taiwans have relativley the same temperment

You heard wrong. Blues have the worst temperament out of all of the beauty snakes, but many believe that there is just no managing them. I disagree with this, and I believe that like any snake, they can calm down once they know you're not a threat. Taiwans on the other hand, are usually born VERY reluctant to bite, prefering to flee instead.

SnakeyeZ - I've had blue beauties before, so they are nothing new to my collection at all. These are just my first adults. Admittedly, when I got my first pair, I really wasn't ready for them, but now that I have a lot more experience, they don't intimidate me.

Katt · 04-05-05, 01:25 PM

Ken, I am going to have to differ on you with this. Chinese beauties can be quite aggressive, and cave dwelling rats are known to be very pensive. I have owned blues, taiwans, chinese and cavers, and they are all pretty equal, with taiwans being marginally better than the rest.

Quit giving blues a bad rep!!

Invictus · 04-05-05, 02:07 PM

Marginally better? I've had a lot of taiwans go through my collection, none have bitten save for one, and that's because I smelled like rat. Every blue beauty I've ever owned has been an absolute terror, but I never did take the time to calm them down. We all speak by our experiences...

SnakeyeZ · 04-05-05, 06:48 PM

All I know is my blue have pretty defensive postures...but after handling for a few seconds..they calm right down. :-)

Invictus · 04-06-05, 08:27 AM

Like I said, I think the problem is that people believe they won't calm down, do they don't try. I'm not a believer in "mean" species. Blue beauties seem to be more defensive than most, and seem to require a lot more work to calm them down, but I'm totally sure it can be done.