Going Coastal

Ball Pythons they are not lol. Mine was pretty defensive at first, luckily he was just a hatchling at the time so he didn't pose much of a threat. I feed mine in his cage, I would be more worried about getting but moving him from his cage to/from a feeding bin. One thing that I have found is that if I just go in and grab him he responds better than me being cautious with him.

He's starting to settle down. I've been doing simple things like changing his water every day, moving his hides/substrate back in place, and touching him with the hook. All to which he responds well to and appears to be more curious then anything else. Soon I'll have to take the plunge and get him out.

One thing I've noticed is he will rub the glass with his mouth open. I think he is scenting his cage but has anyone else noticed this behavior in young male Carpets before?

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Mine hadn't ever done that, but mine is only about a year old so I can't say for sure. As long ad it doesn't look like RI you should be fine.

It's not something he does all the time but we've seen him do it on occasion. I don't believe it's an RI but that didn't even cross my mind. The only time I hear him wheeze is when he's trying to act tough. :snake:

The 'poofing/wheezing' is normal carpet behaviour. As far as the mouth rubbing thing, I've never seen that. I wouldn't be concerned unless he starts getting rub marks or you notice signs of an RI. Sometimes my carpets do some weird stuff:cool:

I noticed him soaking in his water bowl yesterday. Tonight when I came home from work he was in there again. After a good look guess what I found......:cens0r: mites.

That sucks, I hope you are able to get them under control, I'm sure it is a little more difficult to treat when you are dealing with an angsty coastal

Much to my surprise a local pet store I get feeders from caries PAM! I ordered some online last night but am picking another one up today regardless.

I know mite threads are a dime a dozen here. Could someone please post a link to one that has the most accurate methods in treating these buggers (thanks in advance).

And yes, I am sure he will LOVE the extra attention over the next few days and weeks. :D

I've never dealt with mites myself, but this is what I have gathered from this site

First remove everything from the enclosure and wash/sterilize it all.

use paper towels for substrate until the mites are gone. keep a minimalist set up until mites are gone. soak your snake daily with a drop of dawn dish soap this helps to get the mites off of your snake, spray down the enclosure and everything in it (NOT THE SNAKE) with PAM, follow the direction on the can to the letter, this stuff is extremely dangerous if not used properly.

Yeah! That's carpet pythons for ya, you piss them off you're in for a big surprise! Lol!

My little guy is 30" long right now and doesn't currently have a RHP, but I have an Animal Plastics T12 (4'x2'x2') reserved for him, and that cage has 2 RHP's in it and I ditched the flexwatt. The 2 RHP's are set up so that 1 controls the hot side and the other maintains the cool side.

Carpet Pythons are great, they are more active and exploitive than Ball Pythons. Some are nippy others are not. Mine is pretty chill most of the time but if you piss him off you are in trouble lol.[/QUOTE]