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Joined: May 15, 2007 Posts: 67 Location: Gilbert, AZ
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 6:19 am Post subject:
DaveDragon wrote:
dorton wrote:
Beautiful collection, I'm a sucker for the carpet pythons.
YES!! Very nice!! I've wanted a Jungle Carpet for a while.
Definitely think some more about it. My Jungle is one of the nicest snakes I have. Tame most of the time (some stuck shed is aggravating him lately, but that's a given with most snakes) and very easy to care for. I'd actually say that if you can get past the fact that they get 6-8 feet on average, they're one of the better beginner snakes. Usually no problem feeding, taming down, and a lot less shed problems than most beginner pythons and boas.
Personally, he was a far better choice for me than a Ball, since Arizona has very low humidity, and Carpets deal with that fine most of the time (except during sheds).
Funny thing, that Beauty snake is actually supposed to get quite a bit larger than the Carpet. She's already getting close to surpassing his length, even though I've had her for a year less.
Joined: May 16, 2007 Posts: 643 Location: Connecticut
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:18 am Post subject:
Anubis wrote:
Definitely think some more about it. My Jungle is one of the nicest snakes I have. Tame most of the time (some stuck shed is aggravating him lately, but that's a given with most snakes) and very easy to care for. I'd actually say that if you can get past the fact that they get 6-8 feet on average, they're one of the better beginner snakes. Usually no problem feeding, taming down, and a lot less shed problems than most beginner pythons and boas.
Personally, he was a far better choice for me than a Ball, since Arizona has very low humidity, and Carpets deal with that fine most of the time (except during sheds).
Funny thing, that Beauty snake is actually supposed to get quite a bit larger than the Carpet. She's already getting close to surpassing his length, even though I've had her for a year less.
My 1year old BP is about 40" so far, he'll probably reach 5 feet (he's a great eater!). We have a Trinket snake which (I think) is a Taiwan Rat snake, very similar to the Beauty snake. He's about 8 months old, still small, a problem eater and very flighty.
I've seen some Jungle Carpets that were stunning!! 6-8 feet is OK with me, they stay thin. We've spent $450 on 2 Tegu's recently (both unplanned!) so if I got one it would probably be in the fall. Bloods are very interesting, don't get too long, but they get THICK!! We saw a guy walking around the Hamburg PA show with an adult Blood, it was almost as thick as his leg!! I've thought about getting a Redtail but they can get big and are a handful. _________________ 1.1 Blue Tegu +21 EGGS, 1.0 Red Tegu, 0.1 B&W Arg. Tegu
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa, 0.1 Dumeril Boa, 1.0 Suriname Boa
1.2 Ball Pythons, 1.0 Coastal Carpet Python
0.1 Cuban Rock Iguana
2.1.3 Bearded Dragons, 1.0 Veiled Chameleon, 0.0.1 Tokay Gecko
Joined: May 15, 2007 Posts: 67 Location: Gilbert, AZ
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:23 am Post subject:
DaveDragon wrote:
I've seen some Jungle Carpets that were stunning!! 6-8 feet is OK with me, they stay thin.
There are definitely a lot of upcoming morphs and crosses with carpets and Morelia in general. Mine is just a normal JCP, with slightly higher yellow. I kind of wanted to get a Diamond x JCP once, but for now, I'll pass on that. I'll be taking in a Reticulated Python soon enough, so space might become limited.
Joined: May 16, 2007 Posts: 643 Location: Connecticut
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:02 am Post subject:
Anubis wrote:
There are definitely a lot of upcoming morphs and crosses with carpets and Morelia in general. Mine is just a normal JCP, with slightly higher yellow. I kind of wanted to get a Diamond x JCP once, but for now, I'll pass on that. I'll be taking in a Reticulated Python soon enough, so space might become limited.
I really like the high yellow! I think I saw a green one once.
Here's a pic of a Jungle/Diamond cross I took at the Hamburg PA show last Saturday.
This a nice Jungle carpet, but not as good as yours.
_________________ 1.1 Blue Tegu +21 EGGS, 1.0 Red Tegu, 0.1 B&W Arg. Tegu
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa, 0.1 Dumeril Boa, 1.0 Suriname Boa
1.2 Ball Pythons, 1.0 Coastal Carpet Python
0.1 Cuban Rock Iguana
2.1.3 Bearded Dragons, 1.0 Veiled Chameleon, 0.0.1 Tokay Gecko
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