Will BLOOD PYTHONS become the new KING, and dethrone the BALL PYTHON??

[@SqueezyQueen]

Temperament is the only thing that has kept me away from bloods tbh. Because my dream snake is a big heavy meaty giant snake in a pint size package (meaning 4-6ft)

[@OlympusReptiles]

Don't stay away then. Captive bred individuals often have a good temperament

[@609raider7]

I picked up my first pair of bloods last month and they are Awesome!!

[@nathanhill6042]

I think for beginners the ball pythons will always win due to attitude and being slightly smaller and easier to hand for me bloods are cooler

[@PrehistoricForests]

YES!!!! My projects should pay off! Bloods are my personal favorite.

[@bsmsportcards451]

lol love the show and I’m tho of getting a blood I have a few BP and two boa time for a new pet I think

[@PrehistoricForests]

Are you west coast?

[@OlympusReptiles]

We are nocoast. Lol, right in Kansas

[@PrehistoricForests]

@@OlympusReptiles I got a buddy that lives there! That's cool though. If you come to any of the west Coast shows come say hi at the Brad's World Reptiles booth!

[@Ibaneddie76]

Interesting and cool video Matt, I agree blood and short tail pythons are beautiful and amazing snakes but the only reason they won't replace ball pythons in my worthless opinion is they are temperamental and don't really like being handled as much as ball pythons and their care is for a higher level of keeper. You can't give a newbie a blood python and expect that snake to thrive it will die of over heating or not being handled correctly. They don't really like being picked up even the ones that tolerate it, they seem to be very uneasy off the ground and their bites are more substantial than a ball python's. I think they make amazing pets just not as easy as a ball python. Again my opinion and I realize it means about 0! Keep up the good work guys!

[@srt4kid21]

Enclosure size also, big ball python female in a fb70 no prob a big female blood you’ll need bigger. Bigger tub racks also mean more moneyyyyy

[@he-mansuncle7661]

Juggernaut reptiles has a crazy STP collection on KZbin. In terms of colors, BP don’t compare with the richness.

[@2kdime]

I don’t think that Bloods are hardy enough to ever dethrone the Balls. They’re able, but just not the hardiest in captivity.

[@reedwetzel1324]

I bought a 2 year old female blood , who was not handled much. She bit me a few times , but no regrets, I'm working with it now. Length is no big deal but shes a big fat girl. Its to heavy for my girls to handle .

[@SLHexotics]

Although some points here are valid as a short tail breeder I don’t think you’re really looking at the big picture potential of these species, mostly with the point of not having many morphs. You have to remember all species start with 0 morphs in captivity, including balls. And with each new morph more interest is garnered. And they both depend on eachother. More interest equals more breedings and more breedings equals discovering new morphs and thus the cycle continues. Just in the past couple of years two albino borneo lines, pied bloods, and leucistics have hit the market. The trajectory is definitely upward, especially when you look at what the pied morph did for balls

[@OlympusReptiles]

There is truth to that certainly, and i think each of the species we talk about in this series (except WDB, that was just for fun) will pull a piece of that marker. That video will be a culmination. As for replacing, i looked at each one as it stands now. As it is very hard to predict the future of number of morphs etc. I do think more are out there, for bloods, carpets, and hogs. More are also there for balls. Balls are now also suffering from a rush to a new morph without doing the work. Then, ee end up with 3 morphs (trick/blitz/hurricane for example) that are actually the same thing genetically. But will be debated forever.

[@MeisMorphs]

I've been keeping my ears to the ground about some breeders trying to make blood and ball python hybrids...

[@SavageryReptiles]

Facts. I’m fine with keepers keeping the ones already born, but the ones that are intentionally making more should halt it

[@MeisMorphs]

@@SavageryReptiles hence the already flooded Morph Market, the rise of auctions, breeders working with other breeders for projects, and 100's of snakes being rehomed because people are quitting...

[@walkingwolf8072]

@@MeisMorphs Eventually the dam will break, and then levels will become reasonable. Once new breeders realize it takes big money to buy fancy morphs, that pet owners mostly do not care about. With the economy the way it is, eggs at 3 dollars a dozen, bread getting close to 5 dollars, lower cuts of meat approaching 10 dollars a pound who is going to spend 5,000 dollars for a pet snake? OTH morph hognose snakes are bringing good prices, many other species move so fast online due to youtube videos from the top creators. Most of the snakes "rehomed" are being sold to other breeders, or new breeders. With the pet quality ball pythons being so available there are only so many people looking for balls. Hey I bought mine because he was fifty dollars, and I could have got one for less, but I got mine local.

[@OlympusReptiles]

Its been done, but isn't my personal cup of tea

[@hhpythons]

I like there is not alot of morphs in python brongersmai. The value of the snakes stays stable. The ither market that is not being explored is hybrids. I plan to do bloodballs.

[@EarthWalkerOne]

The problem with STPs is that the normal bloods are prettier than most of the morphs.

[@tyborg314]

I don't want to have frozen rabbits in my fridge so I'm good on the blood

[@Brongs4life]

They don't need rabbits, except maybe the rare adults that get around 7 feet. The average adult can live on rats their whole lives. My 6 year old adults, get XL rats or large chickens once a month to 6 weeks.

[@shaunmabey9790]

What about sand boas.

[@OlympusReptiles]

Can't cover all species.

[@NugShrub]

Not having a STP can't really say alot about them... but with many BPs, I can say I they are where they are for a reason. Beautiful and easy to handle. I can just hand a BP off to someone no problem, but there aren't many other snakes you can do that with and definitely not an unsocialized blood. Both are beautiful, but neither are exciting as far as life down the road. I can leave my bps enclosures unlocked, and they will still be there in the morning, my carpet, or boas, not so much. To take the BP off the pedastool it would have to be active, intelligent, crazy beautiful, and friendly from birth. So impossible since the smarter/ more active snakes also like to share their teeth with you from time to time.

[@walkingwolf8072]

I don't know about handing off snakes too much. But I have had always been able to tame a snake from the wild so that I could handle it. I remember my father threatening me to whip me if I brought home another cotton mouth. To be fair I did not know he was a dangerous snake until my father saw him resting in a bucket of water. Size never mattered for when it came to snakes, morphs do not matter, temperament does. My BP has a great temperament, but he only eats mice, all my other snakes eat rats. The top three youtube reptile creators are going to determine what snakes are going to move in the market. Clint's Reptiles, Snake Discovery, and Wickens Wicked Reptiles. DMExotics is one of my favorites but he is on the exotic end of snakes.

[@NugShrub]

@walkingwolf8072 I remember getting in trouble with a bunch of frogs and a few turtles I had gathered in a tank I had stashed in my closet as a kid. Fun times lol. I've only been bitten by snakes when I earned them but I have never found one I can't get to calm out

[@BayAreaBallers]

Not unless a puppy python comes along nothing will replace the ball market

[@TLBreptiles]

Nothing will top the ball python they are the perfect pet snake. P.S. Old Smoky is the best, we always have salted caramel whiskey and a bunch of flavored moonshines in the house.

[@jamesperry459]

Nothing take over balls there to easy care for and decent prey size . Require minimal working with to make it clam great range of prices available for any income home

[@walkingwolf8072]

Most people are not prepared for hunger strikes, as far as income if they are eating, adult ball pythons eat large rats. Unless breeding your own rats feeding a large group of BP can get expensive. People living with limited space may not have the room to breed both snakes, and rats. I don't breed snakes, but do breed rat for my snakes, BUT with three female rats that put out 15 babies each a month selling for 3 to 5 dollars a rat(size). That more than covers the cost of food for both my rats, and my dogs. IF a person can sell the rats, a person can make a good income. OTH dubia roach breeding does not take up much space, and feeding them is just reducing the trash from food.

[@DEAexotics]

what about the bull snakes and pine snakes and lets not forget the Gopher snakes I do think they are the up and coming snake in the reptile hobby

[@OlympusReptiles]

Plan on doing this type of video for multiple snakes. May have to do one for tgem.

[@DEAexotics]

@OlympusReptiles yes please ..look up the sales on them it's crazy how fast they sell and the prices they go for

[@thewomboldt7899]

Blood are my fav python. i think people fear the 360 stike and people misidentify that as aggressivness.

[@ToddAutry]

Atrox, obviously

[@OlympusReptiles]

Lol, already filmed for release

[@marchall1970]

Blood pythons are awesome. There beautiful all on their own. Awesome patterns im sure there's morphs im not a expert. Their are some that are puppy dogs. Ball pythons are cool to it all depends on the person and what their into

[@SavageryReptiles]

I definitely think Bloods will take over with all the new morphs coming in. Blood are all I work with

[@he-mansuncle7661]

A snake that doesn’t really “brown” out.

[@SavageryReptiles]

@@he-mansuncle7661 Their colors get better with age

[@heatherbrunner2165]

I think hog nose are getting pretty popular now.

[@OlympusReptiles]

They are. But are outlawed in many cities

[@heatherbrunner2165]

@@OlympusReptiles very true.

[@walkingwolf8072]

As long as ball pythons are inexpensive they will dominate the market. Pet value blood pythons are considerably more expensive than Ball Pythons. I will not be getting a blood, but I am about to buy my third boa.

[@sodalines]

no way, if you are talking about for a pet or for selling them. its the same answer. They are not make the money the used to by alot. Local boas are the next thing i think. morph boas too.

[@DblK-BMorphs]

Haven’t even watched 30 secs of the video and the answer is absolutely not.

[@parsonspythons4305]

Western hognose will be next. I already see an increase in interest and sales.

[@walkingwolf8072]

I agree to an extent, they will never out sell ball pythons though. What they do offer is a breeding platform that is more economical. Hognose take less space, they eat smaller prey, and they bring more stable prices in the market. If a person is breeding for a stable income they make more sense.

[@OlympusReptiles]

We will have a similar video on hognose (already filmed it) soon.

[@thisislargemouth5566]

Bloods aren't good for everyone. They are too large bodied and tend to be a bit cantankerous

[@spencergotcher]

Before watching the video I'm just gonna say no, they will not dethrone the ball python. They have a temper, big teeth, and much heavier. That doesn't make for a good "family/starter" snake.

[@walkingwolf8072]

I remember when I roamed the streets of Key West there was a man that walked Duval street with a Burmese python, and a macaw for a sum of money a person get their picture taken with both. The python was around 15 feet, and never went for the parrot. A well fed snake that has been socialized is not a danger to anyone. To be fair I would not let a large snake near small children though. BTW a large parrot can do far more damage than most non venomous snakes. A macaw or cockatoo can easily take a finger off, yet people have them around children. Unlike snakes that bite for food or defense, a parrot will bite for emotions.

[@spencergotcher]

That has nothing to do with Blood pythons taking over the ball python space. It won't happen for the reasons already mentioned.@@walkingwolf8072

[@knots9119]

I mean I'm never gonna have a blood because their body language is harder to read and they can strike from any angle. fuck that lmao

[@SavageryReptiles]

They are actually very vocal snakes and their body language is actually super easy to read.

[@walkingwolf8072]

Snakes strike for two reasons, self defense, and food. I always wash my hands before handling a snake. Even wild snakes once they learn to trust do not strike, there is no need to. When I was a child I brought home a cotton mouth, but I worked him with a hooked stick before I handled him. My dad made me release him though. I had a friend in the Keys that had several venomous snakes that he free handled. Never ever handle a snake with the smell of chicken on you, or rodents, work the snakes with hooks until they trust you. I don't want a blood because I already have a ball python. I am thinking of getting a sand boa, I already have a rosy, and a rainbow boa. I would like to get a captive bred eastern black rat snake, I can catch a wild one, but then I don't want to deal with the parasites that wild have.

[@Brongs4life]

Their body language is pretty easy to read, once you learn your animal and the species. If they are barely sticking their tongue out and holding it, they are very stressed and probably going to strike. If you're holding them and you feel their whole body tense up, they are stressed out and probably going to strike. If their tail is wagging, they are getting "excited" and that can be good or bad. Pretty much just keep them cooler, the low 80s and build a relationship with them. Gain their trust and you have an amazing animal.