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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oursapoil" data-source="post: 196087" data-attributes="member: 33266">Hi,They can indeed live very long. As they reach adult size, please be aware that they can make massive dump and their urine smell is quite strong too. If you are planning on having many be prepared for a lot of cleaning. They will also need to be separated during feedings). Depending on where you live, heating them up in the winter can also become costly. I was not lucky with mine as they would trigger an attack only on moving preys (lucky me I had a Petco next door). I was lucky a couple of times with frozen jumbo rats (to feed my adults) by letting them warm up (after fully thawed) on a heater and "jingling" them by the tail in front of the pythons (use a long tongues for that, they are very nice and never tried to bit me or my son but when feeding it is not worth taking the risk).Break a leg my friend.</blockquote>