where can I get good info on the husbandry of BHPs? I don't have any yet but they are WAY at the top of my list.
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"Can't you just feed it vegetables"? No, no I can't you stupid hippie.
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Black Head Python Info???
johnavilla
Mar 20, 2007 08:56 AM
Replies (8)
johnavilla
Mar 21, 2007 12:52 PM
np
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"Can't you just feed it vegetables"? No, no I can't you stupid hippie.
Tom Keogan
Mar 21, 2007 06:57 PM
http://www.splitrockreptiles.com/aspidites_husbandry.html
johnavilla
Mar 21, 2007 08:23 PM
A few questions though. Am I reading that right, that for breeding you drop the night time temps into the 60's? Also when they refer to a "hood" do they mean like a hog nose? I've often wondered what makes a black head a python in the first place. Aside from having spurs the seem more colubrid like. This hood thing makes them seem even more colubrid like.
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"Can't you just feed it vegetables"? No, no I can't you stupid hippie.
Jaykis
Mar 22, 2007 10:13 AM
Pyhons are more primitive than colubrids, and Aspidites are some of the most primitive pythons.
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1.1 Blackheaded pythons
1.0 Woma
2.1 Aussie Olives
1.1 Timors
1.1 Savu
1.1 Juvie Bloods
1.1 Juvie Balls
1.1 IJ Carpets
1.1 Coastal Carpets
1.2 Macklotts
1.1 Papuan Olives
1.0 Jungle Carpet
2.2 Scrubs (on breeding loan)
0.1 Jungle/Diamond cross
0.1 child, CB
0.1 wife, WC
johnavilla
Mar 22, 2007 10:20 AM
I wasn't saying that they are colubrids just that they seem more colubrid-like than python-like. The thing that confuses me about them is that the head structure, scalation on the head and lack of heat pits don't seem consistent with python morphology. The hood thing confuses me too. Did they mean that they have a hood like a hog nose?
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"Can't you just feed it vegetables"? No, no I can't you stupid hippie.
Tom Keogan
Mar 22, 2007 03:53 PM
I believe the hood is what they are calling the black color on the head and neck.
johnavilla
Mar 22, 2007 07:32 PM
natural history section on the site you gave me and read that a little while ago. Thanks again for the link.
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"Can't you just feed it vegetables"? No, no I can't you stupid hippie.
Jaykis
Mar 22, 2007 11:06 PM
"I wasn't saying that they are colubrids just that they seem more colubrid-like than python-like."
I realize that. What I was saying is that although they may "look" colubrid, they are very primitive. Like Calabaria.
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1.1 Blackheaded pythons
1.0 Woma
2.1 Aussie Olives
1.1 Timors
1.1 Savu
1.1 Juvie Bloods
1.1 Juvie Balls
1.1 IJ Carpets
1.1 Coastal Carpets
1.2 Macklotts
1.1 Papuan Olives
1.0 Jungle Carpet
2.2 Scrubs (on breeding loan)
0.1 Jungle/Diamond cross
0.1 child, CB
0.1 wife, WC
