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ive been looking all over for a maclots care sheet but i cant find one. can anyone tewll me were to look.(i know most are pissed off but i found i tame one and im thinking about buying one

You should go back and do some more searching on the internet. Try a Google search for Macklot's Python - if you're spelling it the way you did in your post it's no wonder you can't find any info. There are plenty of care sheets. One place for sure that has a care sheet is VPI - Dave Barker's website - it's www.vpi.com - I don't agree with half of what he says about housing, but most of the rest of his info is correct. Also, if you found one that is not nippy and is 'tame' then there is something wrong with it. There is no such thing as a 'tame' juvenile Macklot's Python - they're one of the most nippy and aggressive species as juvenile that I've ever run across.
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Matt Campbell
25 years herp keeping experience
Full-time zookeeper
Personal collection - 21 snakes (9 genera), 20 lizards (4 genera), 6 chelonians (2 genera)

Hi,

well, the climate requirements of Macklot's pythons aren't that different from other pythons anyway. The only thing you should look at is humidity. Best would be a temperature gradiant of 82F (~28°C) up to 90F (~32°C) over the day and 68-71F over night. Provide a large water bowl if possible not round but more in length than wide, so that the python can swim.
They love to swim and will stay in water completely for days. Young ones also love to digg in the substrate, so make sure the python can't get burned when using a heat pad! Light cycle should be around 14/10 day/night. Provide perches as the also love to climb and will do alot!
If you get animals from Timor they will grow up to 9ft! The ones from Roti will stay smaller at about 6ft.

I love these pythons! They aren't the best looking, but one of the most interesting.

btw.: Be careful when feeding! They are able to catch a mouse "in flight" (when you throw it into the cage) and they are very fast and have a huge feeding response!
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thanks for the imput. The one im looking at is around 3ft and was handled with no probloms. he ws verry active and fast moveing so im not woried that he could be sick. the guy im getting him from has had him has produced him himself and hes been handled persistintly so hes one of the few thats acually been tamed

>>68-71F over night.

Are you sure about that? That seems awfully low.

Hi,

well I keep mine at these temps over night and never had any problems with it. But if you be on the safe side, use temps. at lower to mid 70'F.

Cheers,
Wulf
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Mine never go below 75, will bask at around 90-95, especially after a good feed. I just got a slim 5' female to go with my pair. Both adults are in the 7' range. Father and daughter, actually...and they had this incestuous thing last year that produced 11 eggs, 4 fertile. Her first, I assume. Both are dog tame. Female will eat anything, and has a nasty feed response. Seems to prefer rabbits at this point. I keep them in 4' Neos, seems to be fine. Babies ARE snappy, as with most young pythons.
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well i just got mine shes awsome. i started this post wanting info and i desided to go threw with it. I couldent be happyer shes a awsome snake. I allwayse here all thise bad things about thier temperment but ive had her for two days and she hasnt eaven hissed at me yet.(i do fully plan on getting bit though) if you have any tips on them let me know. ive got feeding, temps, humidity down fine....anything else?

I have a breeding pair from the island of Roti. They lack most of the light speckling that macklots have. My female is probably around 7.5 - 8 feet long. I dont believe these forms stay to much smaller. She also spits out about 30 eggs at a time. Awesome snakes

The gist is, treat them like carpet pythons & you'll be fine. No particularly odd things about them to keep track of, care-wise... just feed them, keep them reasonably warm, and good to have some humidity.

Patrick Alexander

just wanted to say that i once had a pair of adult macklots and they were great snakes, great to watch eat, and very well mannered, i ended up selling them bc i moved but great snakes, get some research and good luck.

I currently have a 4'11" female macklot's. When I got her
I was told that she was a great eater and would eat both
rats and mice. Well I tried feeding her both but she
wouldn't eat any of them. So I got a baby F/T chick and
tried that because I figured since she was an arboreal she
would like it. Well, she completely loved it! I fed her
chicks for 2 weeks and then switched her over to mice. By
the way, be careful when feeding because they have the
accuracy of a Corallus (Really Bad), so just use the size
of tongs you think is right for the size of the Macklot's.
Oh, and a place with lots of caresheets is Central Pets but
they're not as detailed but often have some essential info sometimes,here's the macklot's page in Central Pets: http://www.centralpets.com/animals/reptiles/snakes/snk2861.html
Remember this is a tropical snake so 75-80degrees at night and around 85degrees during the day with about 60-75% humidity. Since arboreal snakes like to clime have the cage tall, for young about 2-3ft in length have a 29 Gal aquarium, for around 3ft I recommend 35-40 Gal, 4 feet recommend 50 aquarium. Personally I use whatever I think the snake has enough room for exercise, hide, bathe, and warm up so use what feels like right the right amount of room is. Sorry I made this so long but I tend to do that when I wright.
Good Luck,
Mark Leppin
Central Pets-Snakes