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hey, im 14. i have a jungle/diamond cross carpet python and 3 leopard geckos. i have the time and room for something a little bigger/harder to keep. i was thinking of a dwarf monitor, savanna or black throat monitor, boa, BTS, or king cobra(j/k). can anyone throw out some suggestions?
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also i just moved to florida a month ago so i could go to the daytona reptile show, if anyone else is going, tel me. and my friend has some big pets that im used to so i could easily make the jump to some leos to a black throat but wondering if ishould tho.
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im wonderinghow in the world some of you guys are able to keep retics and burms while keeping ur parents sane. lol that reminds me of a story, i came home from the hamburg reptile show last year with a childrens python and told my dad it was a retic, he didnt answer just walked away, the next day he walked over to me and said
" son, i hope you made the right decision and that your snake doesnt grow up to be a thirty foot viciou man eater.........."
at this point i was laughing my head off and told him what the snake really was and he got all red and walked away. i went to the show with my mom so my dad only knew id be coming home with something with scales. sadly my baby snaked died. while sheddind he managed to jam himself under a rock and when i came home from skool he was dead.
bak on the subject i kno large snakes arent "vicious" unless u never handle it. my dad had no idea what he was talking about, lol. well i wanted to know how you guys talked ur parents into letting u guys get some retics and burms. im 14 too soo i kno how to talk to my parents into getting something but u guys must have bribed them rich lol

hey im 13 and i have 2 jungle carpet pythons and a burm at first my dad was gonna let me get 1 jcp but then i talked him into 2 saying that i would care for them really well. then i saw a burm (albino) that was really sweet and only had a little temper so i was talking about building a custom cage for when it got bigger and i also talked to my uncle because he has built cages before and he said he would help. i just kept begging them and one day they said ok but they knew i studied about the care of them and stuff. all my snakes are super tame and i do everthing im supposed to and clean their cages and everything with my burm my dad helps me since its about 17ft long and i never get it out with out anyone helping because it could kill me. ohh yeah you gotta have some money like i have from saving up because my parents told me i have to pay for everything my self and i have spent more money on my snakes then on me. ohh yeah if you get a large snake and have a girl friend they will never come over to ur house if they are scared.
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1.1 Morelia Spilota Cheyni - Jungle Carpet Pythons
1.0 Albino Burmese Python

17 ft male burm...and a 13 yr old boy keeping it......HMMMM

Don't get a burm. They are not for novices or the average keeper. Id go for an ackie or A blue toungue. I have a female bts whos 8 years old. She is my little baby. I have a few crested geckos also. They are easy to keep and breed. I have gotten 10 eggs from 1.2 in the past 3 months. I also have other snakes and lizards and I want to get a pair of ackies soon! don't go for a snake over 10 feet max. Id say go for a Bts or an Ackie. Those seem to be good choices.

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Coastal Herps

Crested Geckos Dominate!

2.2 Crested Geckos
.3 Leopard Geckos

If you wnat a "challenge", i would say a emerald tree boa, or green tree python. But they are very pricey.$$$$

i am a wee bit older than you guys but i do still live with my mom and look at my list of herps.
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1.0.0 bearded dragon
1.1.0 green iguana
0.0.1 black and gold tegu
1.0.0 knight anole
0.1.0 green anole
1.1.0 golden gecko
1.0.0 ball python
0.0.5 oriental firebellied toad
0.0.1 green treefrog
0.0.1 barking treefrog
0.0.1 cuban masked treefrog
0.0.1 gray treefrog
0.1.0 gulf hammock rat snake
0.1.0 eastern kingsnake
0.1.0 siberian husky

how about a yellow anaconda they only get ten feet

If you want a large lizard I would definantly suggest a Green Iguana. I have kept several over the years and they make great pets. I have noticed females are better pets but if you get the right male or spend enough time with an aggressive male they too make great pets. SSR. southernstylereptiles@yahoo.com
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There is nothing I hate more then a person buying a snake or any animal for that matter and not doing research and relizing what they are getting themselves into. Because of people like that we have such strict reptile and animal laws and they are ruining it for everyone. Not doing research is totally unacceptable and with the internet is super easy to do. There is just no excuse for that!!!