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Ailurus · Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:13 pm Post subject: Royal pythons

hey all,

i am really interested in getting some royal pythons, i was just wondering what size viv is needed when fully grown? can they live in contico boxes?
als how much do the following cost on average:
- normal.
- piebald
- het piebald
- a;albino
- het albino

cheers

tom
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rachel132002 · Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:09 am Post subject:

Royals up to 2KG can live in conticos yes but if it's a pet royal rather than breeding then a viv may be better suited for display purposes.

Costs:

Normal if it's CB anything from £60+ for a baby
Pied: i've seen em start from £3,500 i think offhand
Het Pied: 100% pairs for around £950
Albino: £1200-1500
Het Albino: £350-750 a pair depending on who you buy from and what age they are.

Rachel
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20 Corns
30 Royals
3 BCI
2 BCC
2 JCP
2 Leos
1 Beardy
2 Cresties

GJ · Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:13 am Post subject:

If your keeping them as pets then a single can live happily in a 3x18x18 or a 4x2x2 for a pair, provided that there are plenty of hides & coverings. They can also do well in suitable sized plastic containers.

Unless your are planning to invest into morphs, i would go with a normal. There not very good as a display animals so spending £1000s on a snake that hides away all day may be a bit of a disappointment for some. On the other hand if you have wads of cash why not treat yourself to pair of albinos Very Happy

DIABLO · Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:02 am Post subject:

How about this !!!

http://www.crystalpalacereptiles.com/proddetail.php?prod=WomaSpider&cat=33

Shes reduced !!!

There was a pair of platinums on here the other day at £28000
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Ailurus · Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:41 am Post subject:

cheers everyone, i have looked on that site diablo, it is great, really need to visit there though.

How long could one live in a medium sized contico box?
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Ailurus · Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:17 am Post subject:

one other quick question.

i found some royals for sale at very cheap prices but they are assisted feeders, what does that mean?
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Ailurus · Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:51 pm Post subject:

ok cheers, but i still understand what that means
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rachel132002 · Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:34 am Post subject:

Assist Feeding is when you put the head of the mouse into the snakes mouth or part of the mouse down the snakes throat and it swallows the rest itself.

Force feeding is when you get the mouse down the snakes throat all the way to the belly almost or some will just swallow once the rodent has disappeared into their throat.

hope that helps, Rachel
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20 Corns
30 Royals
3 BCI
2 BCC
2 JCP
2 Leos
1 Beardy
2 Cresties

Ailurus · Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:37 am Post subject:

cheers, i won't get those then
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Lizards: :Rhacodactylus: :Pogona: :Goniurosaurus:

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