New Baby Jungle Carpet

[KevinK]

Hello forum members. Today I went down to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Hoffers Tropic Life Pets with the intent to buy this little girl. She was the only JCP they had left. The lady at the store didn't know how to probe her so I popped instead. There was no hemipenis that I could see She has the typical nasty baby carpet attitude but she lets me hold her. She's chubby because she just got a rat pup. Any guesses how old she is?

[The Serpent Merchant]

Very nice, it's hard to tell age but I'd guess 9 months to a year old.

[redstormlax12]

I'm not sure if I would even give her that old of an age. She defintely doesnt seem to be a yearling. Id guess about 6 months old. I would also have to question if she is truly a pure jungle. They eyes don't really seem to be jungle eyes. There also seems to be different labial marks than on that of a pure jungle. The coloration seems to be a little off also even for a young jungle.

Also popping at such an old age isn't really a great way to determine sex, along with a danger to the actual animal since their muscles have basically fully developed to contain their hemipenes.

Nice looking carpet though. I would say she is an integrade but a nice looking one at that.

[KevinK]

I'm not sure if I would even give her that old of an age. She defintely doesnt seem to be a yearling. Id guess about 6 months old. I would also have to question if she is truly a pure jungle. They eyes don't really seem to be jungle eyes. There also seems to be different labial marks than on that of a pure jungle. The coloration seems to be a little off also even for a young jungle.

Also popping at such an old age isn't really a great way to determine sex, along with a danger to the actual animal since their muscles have basically fully developed to contain their hemipenes.

Nice looking carpet though. I would say she is an integrade but a nice looking one at that.

In your opinion what does she look like she's mixed with? I was thinking a little ij?

[The Serpent Merchant]

This is my 75% coastal, 25% Jungle carpet : old pictures but you get the point.

[KevinK]

This is my 75% coastal, 25% Jungle carpet : old pictures but you get the point.

Do you think mine is more coastal or more jungle?

[The Serpent Merchant]

i honestly don't have enough experience with carpets to say. I think that yours looks more like it has all 3 major subspecies (Coastal/Jungle/IJ) in it... carpet python blood lines are very difficult to trace.

[gman8585]

Looks to be a mix of coastal.

[Foxtuning65]

Gorgeous snake and definitely looks at least coastal crossed. Not to thread jack, but i wanted to ask redstormlax about popping, at what age do you feel carpets can be safely popped?

[redstormlax12]

Gorgeous snake and definitely looks at least coastal crossed. Not to thread jack, but i wanted to ask redstormlax about popping, at what age do you feel carpets can be safely popped?

Popping shouldn't really be done past the first few weeks out of the egg, and even that can be stretching it. Its best to do it straight out of the egg, and is actually easiest then because they really can't control if their hemipenes pop out or not yet.

I'd honestly say its a Ij X jungle cross. I don't really see any coastal in her, but hybrids very so much.