Who's Got The Largest Carpet?

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

I can't remember her hatch date.

Here she is about a year ago. :)
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/07/re7anyru.jpg

I'm hoping she will be a monster. I don't "power feed" I do feed once a week, but her meal doesn't even leave a lump.

I love Carpets :D

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What's your version of power feeding? because I start hatchling Carpets off on day old rat pinkies every 5 days for the first year and then every 7 days and once adult 6-10ft size once every 2 week. It's almost impossible to overfeed a baby Carpet python unless you feed it every 2 days, as they have a pretty high metabolism. Carpet pythons are known for being able to take prey items far larger than the widest part of their body. Like I said I start hatchling Carpets on day old rat pinkies and move along from there as this decreases chance of your carpet being a "Mouser" which is a pain in the butt, and rat pinks have more nutrition than mice. I've been keeping nothing but Carpet pythons for the last 3 years and have dealt with over 150-200 Carpet pythons from work to my personal collection.

My girl is between 6.5 and 7 I believe i gotta measure and weigh her soon and get new pics. She's a rescue was told shes three but who knowshttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/13/ugu2ava5.jpg http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/13/puda8u5y.jpg only a few bad pics on phone I guess

You feed them rat pinks for a year?


I'm at work right now and my records are at home. I have only fed her every 7 days and never an item that ever left a big lump.

Definitely not me, my whole house is tile and laminate.

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

You feed them rat pinks for a year?


I'm at work right now and my records are at home. I have only fed her every 7 days and never an item that ever left a big lump.

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LOL No! Obviously I go up in food size as needed, by the end of the first 12-14 months they should be eating rat pups up to small rats.

I start off on Rat Pinks, then to Rat Fuzzies, Rat Pups, Rat Crawlers, Small Rats etc. But leaving a small lump in your Carpets tummy isn't a bad thing at all, I've learned from some of the best Carpet Python breeders. Feeding every 7 days is a fine schedule to feed but you should switch to rat pinkies if I were you to avoid a mouser Carpet python as feeding a 5ft+ snake 3-4 mice every feeding is a pain in the butt.

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Originally Posted by Austin C.

LOL No! Obviously I go up in food size as needed, by the end of the first 12-14 months they should be eating rat pups up to small rats.

I start off on Rat Pinks, then to Rat Fuzzies, Rat Pups, Rat Crawlers, Small Rats etc. But leaving a small lump in your Carpets tummy isn't a bad thing at all, I've learned from some of the best Carpet Python breeders. Feeding every 7 days is a fine schedule to feed but you should switch to rat pinkies if I were you to avoid a mouser Carpet python as feeding a 5ft+ snake 3-4 mice every feeding is a pain in the butt.

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Haha ok. I misread the whole thing. I thought you were saying I was "power feeding" and that I should be feeding rat pinks the first year. :o

Yeah, my Carpets never see mice. I also don't think leaving a large lump is a bad thing. Just with her, I have never gave her a larger meal. She is on medium rats now.

I have also gave them chickens and Guinea pigs.

I don't have any size comparison pictures, but she is about 8.5 foot.

http://www.owalreptiles.com/style/si...n/ffa8c5d5.jpg

this is my biggest girl, she is only about 8 foot but she is much more round than the jag.

http://www.owalreptiles.com/style/si...n/ef05c53d.jpg

A couple of pretty girls there. :)

Nice Irian Jaya...