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scottrussell

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ok so we've got colubrids that get 4-6 feet long
and we've got burms and retics that get 14-20 feet long

now what kind of snakes get in the 7-12 foot range?
i'm just looking for something new that gets big, but not so big you have to feed it huge rabbits every week; and just the normal girth of colubrids...not big fattys like burms or boas. i like retics cause they are more slender and active...but just get wayyy too big. i'm just looking for a bunch of snakes i can gawk at online to occupy me for a while :)

and when i used the term "we" i meant the snake industry...personally i just have corns and ball pythons.
 
What about something like a Childrens Python or Woma Python?

Or if you want a 5-6 ft max Boid.. try a Rainbow boa

Or even For a visual snake get a Emerald Tree Boa Or a Green Tree Python
 
im looking for something over 6foot. i just read that coastal carpet pythons can get like 8-10 feet but they are arboreal...which means you need a larger cage and they can also be aggressive...hmm. just bored but looking for new snakes is so fun.
 
well you would be best off with a MALE Bci RTB. They Are in the range of 8-10 Ft 90% of the time and have a VERY Calm tempermant IF you handle them alot as hatchlings/sub adults.
 
I'd second the male BCI - or even a female if you'd like to go a little bigger (males usually stay around 6-7' and females 8-10' I believe). That or a Hogg Island boa is slightly smaller - averaging 6' or so I believe.

~Katie
 
How about tiawan or blue beauties, which can get around 6-9 feet long. Cribos are another good choice for a longer colubrid. Carpet pythons are a good choice, they are only semiaboreal, and many as adults will spend most of their time on the ground (a 2 ft tall enclosure is usually enough room to give them some climbing space), they are often nippy as hatchlings but most grow out of it. Blood pythons are another good choice, they are a big snake in a small body.
 
I know it pertains to boas...but what exactly does BCI mean? I see that used alot, but can't seem to find what it stands for.
 
jennrosefx said:
I know it pertains to boas...but what exactly does BCI mean? I see that used alot, but can't seem to find what it stands for.
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BCI = Boa Constrictor Imperator.
BCC = Boa Constrictor Constrictor.
 
So, are they just different subspecies then? Do the look any different, or does it just depend on local?
 
if i remember correctly it refers to locale and blood line BCC being 100% pure therefor growing to the full exstend.. and BCI being bred out so much that they have a "Dwarfed" effect into there genes
 
I have not heard of that, especially not when seeing 9+ foot Bci's. They are two seperate subspecies that vary in pattern and scalation (and price oftentimes); Bcc's are the 'true redtails' while Bci's had that name tagged to them to get more sales. The easiest way for me to tell the difference is the shape of their saddles, Bci's have wider saddles while Bcc's have almost bat shaped ones.
 
your probaly right ^^


and shouldnt this topic be called SMALL big snakes ;)..

big small snakes would reffer mabey to a Giant Rubber boa or something lol
 
Here's an overhead shot of my Surinam BCC, Carmen, taken about 7 weeks ago...she's still quite a baby. =)

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She should get somewhere between 7-10'...she's had some eating issues, so is definitely not growing fast, hehe. She's 24.5" in the above picture and is probably near 28-30" now.
 
Eastern Indigo

The adult Eastern Indigo's I've owned were pretty large. Gaigae (black milks)
can get an impressive size too. :cheers: A friend of mine in Philly had the largest Eastern Indigo I've ever seen. Hugo was 9' and close to 20lbs. he would only eat Turkey necks & gizzards! He was owned by Jay Jacobi.Jay owned & operated a reptile store in Philly in the early 80's.
Blood pythons are also a great " big small snake". They are pretty impressive as adults,especially if one reaches the 30+ lb category. :cool:
 
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RyanR said:
What about something like a Childrens Python or Woma Python?
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Children's pythons are only going to reach 3 feet. Woma's are pricey, but very docile and about 7-8 feet.
 
Womas

dionythicus said:
Children's pythons are only going to reach 3 feet. Woma's are pricey, but very docile and about 7-8 feet.
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I'm sorry but I've owned and bred Womas and have never had one get 6 feet long. :shrugs: Blackheaded pythons will get rather large, 8'+ and much heavier bodied than a woma. :cheers:
 
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Thanks for the correction. I must have been thinking of the blackheaded. I thought womas were about four to five-ish feet.
 
Im gonna agree with DaemoNox i would get a beauty snake. i have a blue beauty now and its a great snake. they get up to around 9 foot but they dont get real bulky like a boa or some of the smaller pythons. great snake and colors too and are also entertaining snakes they move around a lot and are slightly aboreal and like to hang out in trees and stuff like that. i love mine. when they get adult size i hear they eat rats they got a great feeding response too. other than that i may say go with a jungle carpet python or the indigo's or Caribos
 
8-10 is pushing it for a male colombian, but they do happen. You're more likely to get females in that range though. From what I understand, you're going to be hard pressed to find a true-blooded BCC anywhere with the amount of BCCxBCI cross breeding that goes on. The BCCs do get larger though.

Looking for a not-so-fat snake, right? We have a 9 foot male Colombian BCI at the zoo and I can't even get both hands around the thickest part of his body (and that's on one large rat per week that he doesn't even eat sometimes!). How about either a central american (non-colombian) BCI or a Hogg Island? CAs usually stay fairly small, and Hoggs are always on the small side.
 
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