my african rock python

ay male afrock. approx 7 foot, hates the world and everything in it lol.
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sorry this is the only pic i have lol, i plan to use this guy and try for cateaters with my normal burm.

I think these demand respect, like the burms, but simply terrify me. Sticking to my little guys but best of luck with the breeding plans :)

this guy is actually quite scary, just thrashes everywhere usually when i need to take him out.

The only response I have to that is lol

Ok so now I gota ask, WHY, like I get people liking an attitude in an animal and them having a big personality 'n' all but with something like this and I take it he's still got growing to do??

why? because he is a gorgeous looking snake haha. yes he does have a lot of growing to do, but hopefully a lot of taming to do too. in the short time that i've had him he's improved slightly... he doesnt spray, or try to bite as much outside the viv, and the mad loops and swings he makes arent as wild as they used to be. hopefully in a few months time he'll be ok to not 'handle' as such, but manipulate outside the viv for cleaning etc.

naja-naja wrote:why? because he is a gorgeous looking snake haha.

I fully agree. He does look beautiful but for me all the other factors outweigh his gorgeousness

Well done btw for all you've managed to do with him so far. It must take some amount of dedication to keep going and have achieved what you have so far in he short time you've had him.

hes gorgeous Ted, id have one of these but trying to talk the other half into letting me get a croc monitor lol

yeah id say his initiall 'badness' was because of stress, i mean, he was in reptile haven before and obviously on diplay with a lot of activity outside his cage, then brought on a 4hour journey to kerry, and so his spitfire attitude coming out of the bag was only understandable, after about 3weeks here, in a viv with only me coming in twice a day to check the cages, and my mom coming in maybe every day to do the laundry (as the washing machine and dryer also live in the snake room) he has a lot of time to ajust. he may never be completley tame, but as long as he doesnt spray and is manouverable outsde the viv i can live with that.

inkriminate... get both

inkriminate wrote:hes gorgeous Ted

Can anyone else hear Father Dougals voice when they read this Sorry guys, I knew there was a reason I didn't eat sweets :)

here is a vid of him
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wow its a bit scary thinking im gonna have somthing that size in a bout 6months lol

cateater?? isnt that the hybrid between burm and rock??
i actually had an idea to do somthing with royal and my rock...

yep thats wat a cateater is.
ballxrock should be cool, burmballs have been done so if anything ballxafrock should be slightly easier.

Ted, he'll start calming down properly just as soon as you stop using the washing machine to clean him ....

haha i have to share my snake room with the laundry stuff.

yea im on the look out for large female royals atm

just think of the size, the of the outcome litter an afrock get male 13ft+ and a female royal 5ft id say the litter would be reaching 8ft....

naja-naja wrote:here is a vid of him
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was this a video on how NOt to handle a rock python

hudsy13 wrote:yea im on the look out for large female royals atm

just think of the size, the of the outcome litter an afrock get male 13ft+ and a female royal 5ft id say the litter would be reaching 8ft....

i fought you rock was a dwarf hudsey it shouldnt get 13 feet

yep well he is supposed to be....
but i got no proof so im preparing for the unexpected....