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Just wondering if Taiwan beauties reach the same size and girth as blue beauties, and if anyone has some picture of Taiwan beauties with some scale, e.g. being held.

Thanks in advance.

From what I understand Taiwans get much larger then blues, I've never had a blue beauty or seen one in person, but I do have a Taiwan and she is near seven feet now, and over two inches in diameter. I'll take a current picture of her if you want to see her size.
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I'd love to see a current pic if you'll take one.

There are plenty of pictures online but almost never any scale so it's hard to tell.

thanks.

Both can reach lengths of around 8 to 9ft or just over but taiwans get much heavier bodied. Randy

Here are the pictures of my female Taiwan, very recent, took them about ten minutes ago, she is about 3 years old now, and it's hard to tell in the pics but she is 6'8". She is so strong though, stronger then most large pythons I've worked with. Enjoy and I'd be glad to answer any more questions you have.

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Wow, what a gorgeous animal.

How's her attitude? I can imagine how intimidating a snake of that strength could be.

What size enclosure do you have her in?

Also, what do you feed her? Medium rats perhaps?

Thanks again.

Thank you very much, they don't call them beauty snakes for nothing.

Her attitude now is awesome, I trust her was more then my kingsnake or even my corn. She did go through a very snappy phase last year though, I'm not sure why, but when she ate, after only two days or so she would be acting hungry again and would hit the glass when I walked by her cage and I was so nervous getting her out. Before that, she was just your typical baby ratsnake, jumpy, a little nippy, and squirmy as hell. But luckily for me, now she is a great snake.

I've got her in a 75gl long tank now, although I'm hoping to get a her a new enclosure soon, one that's about 6'tall, 3'wide, and 2' deep. I'm attaching a picture of her current enclosure here.

She eats medium rats, one every other week, she probably could stand to go longer then that but she wouldn't be happy with that.
I moved her to rats last year when her three mice failed to make any sort of lump, that might have been what helped her attitude also. She also is a perfect feeder, literally, in all the years I've had her, shes never turned down a meal, not even when she was blue. Twice I've had to leave the rat in her feeding box over night before she ate but that's still a great record.
Well I hope this was helpful, you know how we love to go on and on about our animals. Glad to help!

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My corn does the same thing. When she thinks she should be fed she comes flying out of the hide at the slightest sign of movement. And don't even think about sticking anything but food in the feed box.

The reason why I've been asking so many questions is I've been looking to acquire a larger snake (for many months) and am feeling out a couple of possibilities.

For at least 3 months I've been torn between a southern pine and a beauty snake.

They're both magnificent animals, might have to flip a coin.

It's awesome to see someone doing their research before getting an animal for once. Great job. That's why I decided to get my beauty snake, I wanted one bigger them my ball python but not as big as a red tail boa or large python. Pine snake eh? Never had one of those so of course my vote goes to the beauty snake. Good luck and make sure you so us pictures if you decide on the beauty.
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I couldn't imagine taking on any animal without finding out exactly what its care entails. To me the whole point of having a pet is to give it the best life possible.

Pine's are interesting snakes. They're large and stocky and reach impressive lengths (not quite as long as a beauty snake).

The reason I'm leaning towards a beauty snake is that a pine's personality seems more likely to be belligerent than other snakes. That, and they're very secretive. I would like a large, active and at least partially diurnal snake. The whole semi arboreal aspect is intriguing as well.

That thing is pants!