Re: Kinda OT, Just wanted to say hi!

feeds@yuku.com (Mel4short) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:18:08 GMT

Hi Danny! There seems to be a lot of "newbies" out there lately, including me! Nice pictures. I second the advice on get "the" book, you can even get an autograghed copy from Greg. Check it out on his website. I only have 3 gtps right now, but I plan on many more. All of mine have no pedigree and are still awsome snakes, but...save and buy from one of these guys(that's where I plan on purchasing next!). Bargain basement can be loads of trouble. I have a Sorong...

Re: Kinda OT, Just wanted to say hi!

feeds@yuku.com (xxlretic) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:08:18 GMT

Kim Burge wrote:
Really impressive pics everyone. I saw some of the most beautiful retics last weekend at our annual reptile & amphibian day. I might consider one of the dwarf sizes but the normal ones are more that I think I could handle!

Kim. IMHO you would be SHOCKED if you interacted with most dwarf retics vs there bigger brothers. The big guys tend to be a lot more calm! Keep in mind calm is...

Re: Kinda OT, Just wanted to say hi!

feeds@yuku.com (xxlretic) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:00:50 GMT

TexasChondro wrote:
Awesome, I'm also fairly new to gtps, but not new to reptiles. I've had retics, burms, boas. My biggest retic was just over sixteen feet in length. I've also had alot of monitors, water, nile, dumerils, black throats. I love the pics, keep them coming.
Here's a pic of my latest black throats:

Re: Kinda OT, Just wanted to say hi!

feeds@yuku.com (xxlretic) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:57:25 GMT

ohhwataloser wrote:
what kind is the 6th pic down?

cool stuff, thx for posting. love the tigers and the albino are pretty cool too

The 6th down is a male suntiger named solar. He is a great looking little boy. He was a hold back from a clutch my buddy had and for Christmas, he sold him to me : )

The tiger also came from the same guy. Great color on that girl, I have never seen anything...

Re: Kinda OT, Just wanted to say hi!

feeds@yuku.com (Kim Burge) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:11:28 GMT
Really impressive pics everyone. I saw some of the most beautiful retics last weekend at our annual reptile & amphibian day. I might consider one of the dwarf sizes but the normal ones are more that I think I could handle!

Re: Kinda OT, Just wanted to say hi!

feeds@yuku.com (TexasChondro) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:31:32 GMT
Awesome, I'm also fairly new to gtps, but not new to reptiles. I've had retics, burms, boas. My biggest retic was just over sixteen feet in length. I've also had alot of monitors, water, nile, dumerils, black throats. I love the pics, keep them coming.
Here's a pic of my latest black throats:

He was 14 months old in this pic.
Jay

Re: Kinda OT, Just wanted to say hi!

feeds@yuku.com (ohhwataloser) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:52:26 GMT
what kind is the 6th pic down?

cool stuff, thx for posting. love the tigers and the albino are pretty cool too

Re: Kinda OT, Just wanted to say hi!

feeds@yuku.com (xxlretic) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:40:27 GMT

ohhwataloser wrote:

welcome, im resently new also.

you said it was a price you didn't want to refuse, most likly a good thing you did, chondro seem to be a "you get what you pay for." i've herd lots of horror stories, and read even more. everyone will tell you, buy from a known breeder. another thing you will always hear is buy greg maxwell's book, like said above, it will answer all of...

Re: Kinda OT, Just wanted to say hi!

feeds@yuku.com (ohhwataloser) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:13:28 GMT

welcome, im resently new also.

you said it was a price you didn't want to refuse, most likly a good thing you did, chondro seem to be a "you get what you pay for." i've herd lots of horror stories, and read even more. everyone will tell you, buy from a known breeder. another thing you will always hear is buy greg maxwell's book, like said above, it will answer all of your questions and if you still have some, theres plenty of people on this forum who can....

Re: Kinda OT, Just wanted to say hi!

feeds@yuku.com (rksmrz) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:34:14 GMT
Hi, biggest thing I can say is buy USA CB for the most trouble free animal. At a lot of shows and on the internet they may call a GTP captive bred and captive born but they are actually farmed animals from Indonesia and imported. Stick to the ads here and at Morelia viidis who allow only USA CB ads. Second, buy Greg Maxwells book "The More Complete Chrondo" or at least read everything on his web site, fine green tree pythons. Lastly have everything ready before you bring one home....

Kinda OT, Just wanted to say hi!

feeds@yuku.com (xxlretic) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:33:37 GMT

Hi, my name is Danny, I live in Chicago IL, I just started getting into Chondro's over the past few weeks! I have always seen there beauty and wished I would own one, but I was scared that they a very mean and not to hardy. So, I held one at a show, and I wanted to buy it so bad! It had a great look and a price I didn't want to pass on. But I knew that I had to be responsible to the community and do my research 1ST if I was to get into this...