new to the forum and to carpets

[lefty]

new forum member, figured i'd say hi. i'm a long time ball python/lizard/box turtle owner but at repticon last month i bought a little IJ carpet on a whim and am quickly becoming a huge fan. here are a few pics of her:

[gman8585]

Nice IJ!

[lefty]

Nice IJ!

thanks man. i think this one might lead to others......

[Clementine_3]

Hahaha, ummm yeah...lots of others. Carpets, you can't just have one!

[vangarret2000]

Yeah get more. Carpets are great. Compared to the ball pythons it's like..... having a snake. As opposed to.....having a rock.

[chet1028]

Yeah get more. Carpets are great. Compared to the ball pythons it's like..... having a snake. As opposed to.....having a rock.

We recently got a BP as our first snake. My 12yr old desperately wants a Jungle carpet python. Are they easily handle able? We want a snake we can hold and interact with but not one that is excessively flighty or nippy. Would you recommend a Jungle carpet? There is a beautiful young one available locally and I'm considering it as a birthday gift for her?

[John1982]

We recently got a BP as our first snake. My 12yr old desperately wants a Jungle carpet python. Are they easily handle able? We want a snake we can hold and interact with but not one that is excessively flighty or nippy. Would you recommend a Jungle carpet? There is a beautiful young one available locally and I'm considering it as a birthday gift for her?

They can be nippy as youngsters but with a bit of handling most calm down easily enough.

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thanks man. i think this one might lead to others......

I have little doubt, welcome to morelia!

[The Serpent Merchant]

We recently got a BP as our first snake. My 12yr old desperately wants a Jungle carpet python. Are they easily handle able? We want a snake we can hold and interact with but not one that is excessively flighty or nippy. Would you recommend a Jungle carpet? There is a beautiful young one available locally and I'm considering it as a birthday gift for her?

They are great, but they are not ball pythons... where a BP is naturally wired to ball up[ when threatened a Carpet Python is not. That said I love handling my carpet python (75% coastal 25% jungle Carpet Python) Some can be nippy when they are young but 99% of them will completely grow out of it.

If there is one local to you then I would suggest that take a look at it first hand. (I would take your Daughter as well) hold this particular CP and get a feel for him/her. Jungle Carpets will get bigger than a BP will so keep that in mind.

Here is a good resource on Carpet Pythons:

http://www.acreptiles.com/main/index...=81&Itemid=140

Jungles are great for first carpet pythons, and if you already have some experience with BP's then I would say go for it.

[chet1028]

They are great, but they are not ball pythons... where a BP is naturally wired to ball up[ when threatened a Carpet Python is not. That said I love handling my carpet python (75% coastal 25% jungle Carpet Python) Some can be nippy when they are young but 99% of them will completely grow out of it.

If there is one local to you then I would suggest that take a look at it first hand. (I would take your Daughter as well) hold this particular CP and get a feel for him/her. Jungle Carpets will get bigger than a BP will so keep that in mind.

Here is a good resource on Carpet Pythons:

http://www.acreptiles.com/main/index...=81&Itemid=140

Jungles are great for first carpet pythons, and if you already have some experience with BP's then I would say go for it.

Thanks. We actually visited him yesterday and she held him for 15-20 minutes and absolutely fell in love. She has giving me the puppy dog eyes for 2 days, begging me to buy him. He was very calm. Definitely more active than most of the BPs we've handled. But not at all flighty or aggressive.

[chet1028]

Sorry Lefty. Didnt mean to high jack your thread.