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  • 06-21-2012, 06:15 PM
    lefty
    new to the forum and to carpets
    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:

    http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h2...4/IMAG1355.jpg
    http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h2...609_082221.jpg
    http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h2...8_222009-1.jpg
    http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h2...4/IMAG1278.jpg
  • 06-22-2012, 07:05 AM
    gman8585
    Nice IJ!
  • 06-22-2012, 08:32 AM
    lefty
    Re: new to the forum and to carpets
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by gman8585 View Post
    Nice IJ!


    thanks man. i think this one might lead to others......:snake:
  • 06-22-2012, 12:28 PM
    Clementine_3
    Hahaha, ummm yeah...lots of others. Carpets, you can't just have one!
  • 06-23-2012, 09:14 PM
    vangarret2000
    Re: new to the forum and to carpets
    Yeah get more. Carpets are great. Compared to the ball pythons it's like..... having a snake. As opposed to.....having a rock. :D
  • 08-13-2012, 09:58 PM
    chet1028
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by van_garret2000 View Post
    Yeah get more. Carpets are great. Compared to the ball pythons it's like..... having a snake. As opposed to.....having a rock. :D

    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?
  • 08-13-2012, 10:07 PM
    John1982
    Re: new to the forum and to carpets
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by chet1028 View Post
    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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    Quote:

    Originally Posted by lefty View Post
    thanks man. i think this one might lead to others......:snake:

    I have little doubt, welcome to morelia!
  • 08-13-2012, 10:09 PM
    The Serpent Merchant
    Re: new to the forum and to carpets
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by chet1028 View Post
    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.
  • 08-13-2012, 10:18 PM
    chet1028
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant View Post
    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.
  • 08-13-2012, 11:36 PM
    chet1028
    Sorry Lefty. Didnt mean to high jack your thread.
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