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I think the only reason they're not kept more widely is the fact that most of them (captive bred, not all) are nuts. Animals from different localities might behave differently, as might specimens that owners have put in a lot of time handling. It would be interesting to see if the progeny of quiet parents produce more tractable young. The temperament is a real put off because in every other respect they're a really lovely animal. If you have a real ratbag animal be prepared to either have toughened glass on the front of your enclosure or cover them up...and keep your first aid certificate current. (Yes I know there are nice animals out there but the majority of captive bred animals seem to be psychos.) I've seen wild adult animals in Kakadu and at Fogg Dam and they're very quiet - so what makes them cranky in captivity is somewhat of a mystery.
 
I'm not sure, either. I think husbandry has a lot to do with it- how many keepers treat their GTP's with kid gloves, then keep WP's in your standard heat globe, thermostat, bowl of water in the corner set up? These guys Love their humidity being kept higher than average, but it's something that gets overlooked so often...someday I'll take some video of a WP swimming aound in my 8' aquarium, doing the crocodile style nostril breathe and underwater drink combo.
 
Looking good there sadji,the one the little girl is holding is a rip snorter!

Those here at the moment are from "the Brad" captive bred,very docile dont bite. Others ive had that were captive bred by a well known gosford breeder were docile also except for one that was always fiery.
 
I got mine home today and there sweet hearts already my male is very docile the female is a bit more inquisitive. The girl did try to bite when I got her but we where on the side of a busy road with a crazy six year old being all graby. My stimi is more crazy then the hatchie WPs. I'm a big fan.
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Interesting to hear people say wild caught ones are docile but captive bred ones are snappy. I certainly have some lovely-natured ones I bred myself. A bit snappy for their first few months of life but darlings after that, and they're not young animals now.

The few wild caught Water Pythons I've been familiar with came into captivity snappy and stayed snappy, completely unworkable, all were NT animals. Have people found that friendly wild caught animals stay friendly in captivity, or they start out friendly then get pissed off after a while? What about wild caught hatchlings vs. wild caught adults? I would really love to hear about people's experience there.

Undoubtedly, friendly Water Pythons are more likely to have friendly babies, and snappy ones snappy babies (on average, in general, etc.). Behaviour in all species of animals has a strong genetic component. Obviously if you traumatise a snake and it gets snappy that's not going to be passed on to the babies, and if you socialise it to get used to people and handle better that won't either, but a snake predisposed to one extreme or the other will have a tendency to produce babies which are similar.

For the record, my adults are all darlings, they produce some babies which are darlings from the start, most hatch snappy and are lovely by about 3-6 months, and a few stay snappy. I obtained some as hatchlings and have kept some I've bred. The original animals came from Townsville blood.

If Water Pythons were all as good as the good ones I think they'd be extremely popular, highly sought after snakes. They look absolutely fantastic and the good natured ones are brilliant. They have a (partly deserved but misunderstood) bad reputation, but if you get a good one you'll be thrilled.
 
I have heard that NT Water Pythons have more of a snappy attitude than QLD Water Pythons too can anyone confirm this information?
 
I have heard that NT Water Pythons have more of a snappy attitude than QLD Water Pythons too can anyone confirm this information?
Ive had wild caught adult water pythons from both NT and queensland,they were all reasonably good temperament wise.
Ide go the captive breds from queensland though if i was getting more,they all start of snappy like most little pythons and become docile in most cases.
 
Had some townsville waters years ago, placid as most olives are, if I were to get waters again I would source these 1's again. Had mates with NT waters & all were nutters in their cages but alot more subdue once out of cage. Oh yeah the percentage of olives that ain't placid I have 2 of them ha ha.
 
I produced a couple of clutches this season, I'm such a sucker for them, I still haven't advertised them, and I'm getting attached to some. I've chosen a new girl for myself and am considering keeping another male too, which will bring my total to six or seven adults. I really love these things.

This is my new girl, coming up for three months old. She was a little snappy for her six weeks or so but is lovely now. Taking two adult mice per feed about twice per week. Excuse the grass covering her face!

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I have a male 2.6 m water python. Still on the hunt for an adult female!!
 
some beautiful water pythons guys n girls ,cant wait till mine gets bigger ........
 

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does anybody know where i can purchase a water python from it seems impossible and they are on of my favourite snakes! any help would be greatly appreciated
 
Kel_Worly on here had some very very nice snakes indeed. I got my self a pair of hatchies from them and they are great. You can check his website pythons1 I think.
 
does anybody know where i can purchase a water python from it seems impossible and they are on of my favourite snakes! any help would be greatly appreciated

I have 2clutches for sale at the moment if you check the for sale section
 
I love my water python, when you get one with a nice temperament you've hit the jackpot. The first time I weighed my girl she was 137 grams, that was in February last year. I weighed her the other day and she's now 650 grams. It was only a few months ago that I started feeding my snakes 15% of their body weight, they've been growing like mad since!
 

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I can't wait to get my water python and olive in a few months
 
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