Jungle Carpets

[Ritzman]

Congrats man.
I checked his page and he had quite of a variety of patterns in the Diamond coastal department.

 

[ballpython2]

Sure does. I lowered my collection down so all i have left now is a ball python and a brazilian rainbow boa so my total will be these four after i get my last two!..unless I get some of his tree boas

 

[scorpio1]

post pics when you can!

 

[ballpython2]

post pics when you can!

Yes!!!!...The second part is done. Tomorrow night I'll have the tracking number and then Thursday morning by 10:30am I'll have my snakes.

 

[ballpython2]

Yes!!!!...The second part is done. Tomorrow night I'll have the tracking number and then Thursday morning by 10:30am I'll have my snakes.

I got em both!! Real striking (literally). They ate nippy
I'm trying to let them relax

 

[scorpio1]

congrats how old are they ?

 

[ballpython2]

congrats how old are they ?

They are juveniles so I want to say at least a year old

 

[Ritzman]

Wheres the pics at?
We demand pics!

 

[scorpio1]

i love juvies so fiesty lol (although not all of them are)

 

[ballpython2]

i love juvies so fiesty lol (although not all of them are)

Yes the two I have are very fiesty nippy and hiss a lot. I definitely need to invest in a hook LOL. How long do they stay nippy for? It's a good thing I have tongs or I'd be donating blood to the substrate LOL

 

[scorpio1]

How long do they stay nippy for?

in my opinion there isnt really an age when the snake will calm down its all to do woth how much interation u try to have with the snake and when it feels comfortable that you are not a threat, my boy wasnt too bad hes a coastal carpet python (morelia spilota mcdowelli)he was nippy but never managed to tag me, but he could be moving up my arm and then if i moved all of a sudden he would be in the striking position as fast as lightning, he did strike but not always, and it was only half hearted really(i guess you could say he was quite hesitant to strike) but after about a month of handling about three times a week he was as good as gold (this is just my experience yours may not be the same) 4 years on (at 7 1/2ft) and he hasnt bit me sisce, there has been times when he (halfheartedly) tried but this was because i was careless like trying to pick him up literally just afta hes finished eating or trying to get skin off his head, but thats onli if i havnt held him for a while more often than not i can do even those things with him, he even lets me kiss him on the nose and check inside his mouth without getting mad at me, the girl i used to have was a bit more grumpy she did tag me a couple of times, and took a bit longer to calm down(i dont have her anymore as i dont have the room but should have room for another soon as i am in the process of getting a shed and insullating it for all my exotics so i cnt wait)

It's a good thing I have tongs or I'd be donating blood to the substrate LOL

you need to be quicker lol, just patience and persevierence should do the trick, i take it you plan to breed them ?
also when can you take pics?

 

[ballpython2]

in my opinion there isnt really an age when the snake will calm down its all to do woth how much interation u try to have with the snake and when it feels comfortable that you are not a threat, my boy wasnt too bad hes a coastal carpet python (morelia spilota mcdowelli)he was nippy but never managed to tag me, but he could be moving up my arm and then if i moved all of a sudden he would be in the striking position as fast as lightning, he did strike but not always, and it was only half hearted really(i guess you could say he was quite hesitant to strike) but after about a month of handling about three times a week he was as good as gold (this is just my experience yours may not be the same) 4 years on (at 7 1/2ft) and he hasnt bit me sisce, there has been times when he (halfheartedly) tried but this was because i was careless like trying to pick him up literally just afta hes finished eating or trying to get skin off his head, but thats onli if i havnt held him for a while more often than not i can do even those things with him, he even lets me kiss him on the nose and check inside his mouth without getting mad at me, the girl i used to have was a bit more grumpy she did tag me a couple of times, and took a bit longer to calm down(i dont have her anymore as i dont have the room but should have room for another soon as i am in the process of getting a shed and insullating it for all my exotics so i cnt wait)






you need to be quicker lol, just patience and persevierence should do the trick, i take it you plan to breed them ?
also when can you take pics?

When you first got yours how soon did you hold them? Yes, I'm going to try to breed them. These mothers incubate their own eggs but I don't know if I should let her or buy an incubator myself. Pictures coming soon give me time.

 

[Ritzman]

I have a coastal, and she has never been nippy. She is a little over three feet right now. The only time she bit me, was an intentionally induced bite. I have had her for around a year and a half. She was so tiny when I got her. Man do they love to eat.

And yes, for the love of god, pics!
I wanna see which ones ya got.

 

[Aztek]

Which are the ones that get bright yellow?

 

[scorpio1]

When you first got yours how soon did you hold them? Yes, I'm going to try to breed them. These mothers incubate their own eggs but I don't know if I should let her or buy an incubator myself. Pictures coming soon give me time.

i held myn from day one as soon as i got them home i got hold of them they where a bit fiesty(female tagd me lol, i think they were grumpy after the time spent in a snake bag) but they calmd down after a while,the mothers do incubate their own eggs and they do a good job of keeping the temps up, if they eggs get too cold the mother shivers to raise her body temp, and if the eggs are too warm she relaxes her coils a bit, but the thing that she cannot control by shivering or relaxing her coils is the humidity, which you would have to maintain at about 85-90%, so it is easier to maintain that kind of humidity in a incubator as it would be smaller and more air tight so would retain moisture a lot better, i personally would use a incubator(i had plans to breed myn but had no space for the female so babies would not of been the best idea)

 

[scorpio1]

Which are the ones that get bright yellow?

that would be Morelia spilota cheneyi (jungle carpet python) they come from places like irian jaya in malasia and also other places but that is one of the main places that wild caughts of that subspecies come from, but also now with so many breeders for carpet pythons it could be possible to pick up many cross breeds with bright yellow markings, like for example the jungle jaguar carpet python which is a colour morph made by breeders not a naturally occuring species, i have not given the latin name as these can occur by using animals with copletely different blood lines like for example you could breed a coastal x diamond x Jungle carpet, diamond x jungle carpet

 

[ballpython2]

i held myn from day one as soon as i got them home i got hold of them they where a bit fiesty(female tagd me lol, i think they were grumpy after the time spent in a snake bag) but they calmd down after a while,the mothers do incubate their own eggs and they do a good job of keeping the temps up, if they eggs get too cold the mother shivers to raise her body temp, and if the eggs are too warm she relaxes her coils a bit, but the thing that she cannot control by shivering or relaxing her coils is the humidity, which you would have to maintain at about 85-90%, so it is easier to maintain that kind of humidity in a incubator as it would be smaller and more air tight so would retain moisture a lot better, i personally would use a incubator(i had plans to breed myn but had no space for the female so babies would not of been the best idea)

Ok so today I took them with me to my friends house and with within minutes
I got nipped at least 2-3 times but only one nip drew any blood. But it
was just one drop of blood. It doesnt hurt but the shock of being bit always
makes me jump LOL. What do you feed your carpet? Is it live or dead?..in the end I rather get bit when they are this size than two-three feet LOL

 

[ballpython2]

I have a coastal, and she has never been nippy. She is a little over three feet right now. The only time she bit me, was an intentionally induced bite. I have had her for around a year and a half. She was so tiny when I got her. Man do they love to eat.

And yes, for the love of god, pics!
I wanna see which ones ya got.

How/Why did you get her to bite you?

 

[ballpython2]

This is crazy yall…So yesterday I took my Carpet Pythons (www.ECTOTHERMS.NET Thanks Will Bird!!) to my friend house because he works at Petco and I show him all the snakes I get. I brought them over in a critter keeper type enclosure. My friend has a Tegu, crested gecko, a Sun Condor (which he got for FREE with a cage, and to those who don’t know this these birds go for at least $600 nothing included), and he has a leopard Gecko. So I went over there and he just reaches in the enclosure and takes out both snakes lol. Mind you since I received them on 6/18 I hadn’t taking them out by self because I wanted to give them a few resting days because they get jet lagged and that causes them to be nippy lol. I wasn’t ready to receive my first nip or two (I know eventually it was going to happen anyway) but of course I held one of the snakes because after all they are both mine and a herper isn’t allowed to be scared of his own animals. And of course within due time I was nipped 2-3 times in about 10 minutes, and its just like they say; between the bite/nip and the shock of getting bit by a snake we really over exaggerate the bite its self because the shock of seeing an animal sink its teeth into us is something no one will get used to well not me anyway lol. I’m also not used to get nipped because I’ve have snakes in the past like corn snakes and ball pythons and they have never bit me at all not even a nip. The first nip I got was with my boas I used to have. Anyway so most of the time at my friend’s house I was holding them I got nipped but it was cool because they were finally getting broking in to being held. Before I had went to my friends house the carpet that I keep in the tank (The other one is in a Rubbermaid bin) would strike at my hand repeatedly through the tank which clearly meant it wasn’t getting closer to calming down just yet. Then last night and today I put my hand up against the tank to see if it was going to strike it didn’t strike at all it just stayed in the striking pose so they are coming along very well. This morning I held each one for about 15-20 minutes to get them used to me and all three of us did well. I didn’t want to over do it so I kept the times short and I didn’t get nipped once but while I was holding the first one my knee was going up and down lol until I just relaxed and got a piece of mind which was quickly. The first one I held was funny because he responded to every movement around him so when I used my camera phone to take pictures he’d quickly turn his head in that direction until I stopped moving. Then he’d focus back on the TV. I don’t know what was on the TV at the time but he definitely struck at it lol but I wasn’t bit. Then I took my other one out she did well moving along my arm didn’t stay as still as the other one but didn’t bite me either. I didn’t like when she’d cruise my hand at angle because some times I wouldn’t be able to see where her head was at (literally) so I couldn’t tell when a nip might be coming. What I have learned from these snakes and past ones and information from this board is that when you get new snakes that are known to be nippy for a while don’t make any sudden moves just let them roam around your hand and get used to you and there are no words better than those. As these snakes would “walk” around my wrist and arm I was always expecting a bite because they were like a blood hound in the sense their face was always cocked downward with their tongue going in and out smelling each part of my hand they went over while gathering scents to send to their Jacobs organ. One of the many things I love about this species of snake is the dark colored mouth and tongues its grey and black really neat. Does the color of the mouth and tongue (some snakes have pink mouths and some have dark colored mouths) depend on the species? How come some snakes have pink mouths and some have dark colored mouths? The ironic thing about not getting bit when I took them out of their enclosure was the fact I use the same tongs (because I don’t have a hook yet) to pick up/hold their food with but I don’t clean those off so they always smell like mice. I have decided to name these two Skull & Crossbones because their faces look like skulls. The male is the darker one I’ll take pictures with them next to each other so yall can see the color difference once I get someone brave enough to hold a camera that close lol. The male’s name is Skull and the female’s is Crossbones.

(The top one is definitely the female...So you can go by her color to figure out which one she is in the rest of these pictures until I can ID their sex by their color...the male is darker)

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[Ritzman]

How/Why did you get her to bite you?

I feed her at night. I never hold her past evening. My buddy was over and didn't believe that it would bite me. Well, I stuck my hand in there, and she bit, and let go. There were 6 little pinpricks in my arm. That is the only time she has bit me. Every time I reach for her in the daytime, she smells me and thats it.

Awesome youngins you got BTW man. Especially the female. :clap: