Pythons

Snakes, being reptiles, are cold-blooded. Cold blooded animals cannot control their own body temperature - it is dictated by the air around them. If it drops too low, the reptile dies, yes. This is just as true of pythons as any other snake - or reptile.

It depends on what you call large. Male ball pythons average 3-5 feet, females 5-6. Male Hogg Island boas, which are a dwarf locality of the boa constrictor imperator, are usually 3-4 ft and females are 4-5. There many types of small boas and pythons, those are just a few.

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Their range is 3-5 feet typically. Males will stay smaller than females. Females are still quitehand-able.

maybe a yolk or trace of the umbilical cord.

alligators crocodiles and big cats

There are thousands of different ball python morphs with new ones being made pretty much every week! The most common are probably the spider, pastel, albino, pied, bumblebee, pinstripe, mojave, fire, cinnamon, clown, lemon blast and killer bee. worldofballpythons.com is a good website for the full list of them.

It depends mostly on the temperament of the Ball Python in question. Some Ball Pythons will share a tank with many other species of Python and Boa while others want to be alone. for example > I have a Nicaraguan Boa who shares a very large enclosure with 3 Ball Pythons and they get along well. In some emergencies when i have to leave and take all of my snakes with me all 15 of my various Pythons, Boas and Corn Snakes get along well enough to share the 8ft by 6ft travel container that I have.

I think so. My ball python is less curious when I reach into her cage than when an unknown person does.

Greenland, Iceland, New Zealand and Ireland all lack native snakes; however, some keep captive specimens in zoos and nature parks. Antarctica would also be included if it was a country.

a type of rattle snake.....

Pythons use internal fertilization.

There are a few snakes that are orange and black. These snakes include the rat snake, rainbow snake, eastern corn snake and the eastern indigo snake.

Approximately 2ft long.

I would strongly recommend getting it straight from a reputable breeder. The reason for this is because the chances of a respiratory infection is way lower, they tend to eat routinely (ball pythons that are called picky eaters are often from the pet store), and the chance of mites is less. I would recommend BHB Reptiles.

Alternatively if you can find a reptile show, you can purchase a bp there.

Ball Python bites can not kill you because they are not venomous. The way that they classify snakes is constrictors which are Pythons, Boas, and Colubrids which are corn snakes and other cylinder like snakes. Then there are the venomous snakes which are Elapids, and Viperids. Elapids are the Cobras, coral snakes, kraits, mambas, sea snakes, sea kraits and Australian elapids and so on. Viperids are the true vipers, pit vipers and so on.

Yes, it would be. I use a 75 watt heat bulb in an 110 qt tub for my boa constrictor, and it keeps it a cozy 95 degrees. A 50 watt bulb with a UTH for your cage should be sufficient.

There is only one recognised species of Reticulated Python. Its latin name is Python reticulatus. However - there may be variations in colouring - including albinos.

it may be scared or it just likes to ball up

Big enough to eat the things it does.

They actually do. Pythons, like that of the Burmese python or African Rock Python, have been set loose into the Florida everglades and spread into Alabama and Louisiana as a result of pet owners. Unfortunately, pythons are not native to the Everglades nor the swamps but because the climate there is perfect for snakes, they were and are able to not only survive but thrive. With plenty of food available and shelter to crawl into they are able to propagate their species and grow to quite a large size, thus making it capable of hunting down and eating (or at least trying to) an alligator and other animals native to the swamps of Southeastern USA. Nat Geo has a real good program on this and is worth watching. They predict that the snake could spread across the country to CA and they have all ready spread to the outer islands off the FL coast by following the roads.

No - ROYAL Pythons (from their designated latin name of Python Regius) are constrictors.

on the rain forest and bushes of western new guinea

Age is not the factor here.
Size is.
It really depends on the snake, so measure her approx. and then go to the pet store and ask an associate for the right sized mouse.