from kavyarnya.trac.models import Ticket from kavyarnya.projects.models import Project project = Project.objects.filter(slug='kavyarnya') t1412 = Ticket.objects.filter(pk=1412,project=project) t65 = Ticket.objects.get(pk=65,project=project) print t1412, t1412[0].estimatedhours, type(t1412[0].estimatedhours) print t65, t65[0].estimatedhours, type(t65[0].estimatedhours)