2019 0.1 Rockhampton Coastal Carpet Python Progression

One month here, 5 meals down, and kinda calming down with handling. She’s still a very nervous and jumpy snake when out though.
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So much hatred in such a small animal. Hasn’t landed a bite in a little while, but she certainly gets an A+ for effort hah! Had her last two pink mice two nights ago and will start on fuzzies next. Whenever she has her next shed I may try to get a weight on her.


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Bonus pic up on her perches right now
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Great colour tho,
hopefully start to relax a bit for you soon

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So much hatred in such a small animal. Hasn’t landed a bite in a little while, but she certainly gets an A+ for effort hah! Had her last two pink mice two nights ago and will start on fuzzies next. Whenever she has her next shed I may try to get a weight on her.


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She looks like she has some very nice, healthy size on her already.

I'm expecting the defensiveness to really slow up in the next 4-6 months.

She is a great looking carpet!

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She looks like she has some very nice, healthy size on her already.

I'm expecting the defensiveness to really slow up in the next 4-6 months.

She is a great looking carpet!

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Thanks man! She’s definitely grown but not a ton, though I haven’t attempted to weigh her since the day she arrived.

I imagine she’ll calm down with time. Mike Pennell said all the Rockhampton babies he’s hatched all try to eat him but the adults are calm.

Really tempted to get more morelia now. I want a male Rockhampton, Brisbane, Bredli... also wouldn’t mind some more locality boas. It can be a bad situation when I’m the only one that can tell me “no” haha. Tarahumara Mountain Boas and Tamaulipas cloud forest boas have been subtly catching my eye too.


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Thanks man! She’s definitely grown but not a ton, though I haven’t attempted to weigh her since the day she arrived.

I imagine she’ll calm down with time. Mike Pennell said all the Rockhampton babies he’s hatched all try to eat him but the adults are calm.

Really tempted to get more morelia now. I want a male Rockhampton, Brisbane, Bredli... also wouldn’t mind some more locality boas. It can be a bad situation when I’m the only one that can tell me “no” haha. Tarahumara Mountain Boas and Tamaulipas cloud forest boas have been subtly catching my eye too.


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Holy cow man!! I leave the forums for a couple months and you get a new snake!! Grats on the new worm, looks pretty awesome. If you love carpets, I would definitely add a jungle carpet to the list. Allison was awesome, should have probably kept her but it is what it is.

And I hear you on keeping yourself in check lol. I have been getting the itch to fill my last T15 and I have really been wanting that Peruvian BCC. Luckily I haven’t seen anything yet but I think Brian Vuillemboa might be having a litter this year.....might be bad on my wallet. Also still thinking about those ETBs but haven’t talked to Ed Marino yet.

Anyways grats again man.

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Holy cow man!! I leave the forums for a couple months and you get a new snake!! Grats on the new worm, looks pretty awesome. If you love carpets, I would definitely add a jungle carpet to the list. Allison was awesome, should have probably kept her but it is what it is.

And I hear you on keeping yourself in check lol. I have been getting the itch to fill my last T15 and I have really been wanting that Peruvian BCC. Luckily I haven’t seen anything yet but I think Brian Vuillemboa might be having a litter this year.....might be bad on my wallet. Also still thinking about those ETBs but haven’t talked to Ed Marino yet.

Anyways grats again man.

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Thanks dude! Good to see you posting around here again!

Trying not to make hasty decisions but man do I want more snakes hahha. Bredli and Brisbane are so tempting but so are more boas. I feel ya about the Peruvian BCC. Those are incredible, super hard to come by, and like $1500 if you can get them lol.

Gonna wait for this semester at work (my classes start tomorrow) to get underway before make any decisions about new critters. I’m already going to be stretched pretty thin


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Thanks dude! Good to see you posting around here again!

Trying not to make hasty decisions but man do I want more snakes hahha. Bredli and Brisbane are so tempting but so are more boas. I feel ya about the Peruvian BCC. Those are incredible, super hard to come by, and like $1500 if you can get them lol.

Gonna wait for this semester at work (my classes start tomorrow) to get underway before make any decisions about new critters. I’m already going to be stretched pretty thin


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Yeah, I quit my old job and started a new one where I run an automotive shop for the owner as he runs his second shop. So I’ve been pretty busy. And yeah, not sure about dropping $1500 again yet as I just dropped a little more than that for each gila and beaded lol. My wallet took a huge hit on the “trio of trouble”. And a basin ETB would wipe me atm as those are around $4-5k for a uscbb one 😭

Take your time, half the fun is just looking around for that perfect one also.

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Yeah, I quit my old job and started a new one where I run an automotive shop for the owner as he runs his second shop. So I’ve been pretty busy. And yeah, not sure about dropping $1500 again yet as I just dropped a little more than that for each gila and beaded lol. My wallet took a huge hit on the “trio of trouble”. And a basin ETB would wipe me atm as those are around $4-5k for a uscbb one 😭

Take your time, half the fun is just looking around for that perfect one also.

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Nice to see you again.

There used to be a reticulated trio with the three of us here.

I'm the only one left with one of those.

I will post a Wallace update eventually. He's probably topped off in size. He's OK as a pet but a lot of work and caution go along with his care.

JM has the carpet bug, and I really am happy he does.

If I did everything over again, I'd have two boa constrictors and 2 carpets.

JM, I can't wait to see this one in a naturalistic cage setup with the perches!

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Nice to see you again.

There used to be a reticulated trio with the three of us here.

I'm the only one left with one of those.

I will post a Wallace update eventually. He's probably topped off in size. He's OK as a pet but a lot of work and caution go along with his care.

JM has the carpet bug, and I really am happy he does.

If I did everything over again, I'd have two boa constrictors and 2 carpets.

JM, I can't wait to see this one in a naturalistic cage setup with the perches!

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Thanks. I’ve been busy so really didn’t have much time.

I tried catching up and read about your recent dealing with Wallace. Retic are a lot of work. I miss Caesar but honestly, as active as relics are, anything over 6 feet was just something I wasn’t really comfortable dealing with solo. An 8 foot boa is MUCH different than an equal size retic.

If I was to redo everything, I would have started with gilas and GTPs sooner and just stuck to pure local boas like BCC, BCL, BCO etc. Although all my critters were definitely learning experiences and I don’t regret owning any of them. Luckily none of them were really defensive

Fresh coat of paint on the sassy shoelace and weighed in at a whopping 36grams hah!
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Going out for a friends 40th bday dinner and then little Sally Jo will get her first f/t fuzzy mouse when I get back. Love the nearly perfect symmetry of her head stamp. Half a scale shy of perfect


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Looking good!!!! She really is gorgeous!!!

Fernie ate last night, she was 62 grams as of Monday. She's arrived at 35 grams just over three months ago.

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Looking good!!!! She really is gorgeous!!!

Fernie ate last night, she was 62 grams as of Monday. She's arrived at 35 grams just over three months ago.

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Thanks man! I’m hoping to see more growth here once she starts getting more developed prey items in her. Doesn’t miss a beat when it comes to eating so I think she’ll do well when moved up a prey size


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Thanks man! I’m hoping to see more growth here once she starts getting more developed prey items in her. Doesn’t miss a beat when it comes to eating so I think she’ll do well when moved up a prey size


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It will happen. She will start growing like a weed. Yafe went from 140G in January last year to 400G at the end of the year (2019). I started him on Rat Pups at 165G and he didn't look back. He's pounding weaned rats now, and has for some time, and is almost ready for small rats. He's also spent much of the year eating every other week.

I know she's nowhere near 150G now, but he was 100G or so when I got him and just over a year. He's also an IJ/Darwin so on the smaller side.

The more nutritious prey will make a big difference.

Keep us posted on your little girl.

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Thanks man! I’m hoping to see more growth here once she starts getting more developed prey items in her. Doesn’t miss a beat when it comes to eating so I think she’ll do well when moved up a prey size


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I've got Fernie on hoppers every 5-7 days now. And something tells me she'll be moving up in no time. She's a great eater too. She's halfway out of her enclosure before I even get it open at feeding time.

Has she tried to eat you yet lol.

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Has she tried to eat you yet lol.

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Lmfao! That’s her favorite leisure activity. This animal has bit me probably 50+ times and still not drawn blood. But only when she sees a somewhat quick moving object about the size of a finger. She won’t strike at a closed hand.


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Just took care of her first fuzzy in short order, and evidently is wondering where her next one is


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She's looking great JMC! I'll let you in on a little secret about carpets. They can take surprisingly large meals without any issues. I'm not talking about anything extreme but carpets can take mice fuzzys out of the egg. Your girl could easily smash a mouse hopper. I remember when I got my first carpet and asked the breeder, Nick Mutton, what I should feed him. The yearling snake weighed a little over 100g and he told me a jumbo mouse would be just fine. I thought to myself no way, but who am I to argue with the guy who literally wrote the book on carpet pythons. It amazed me to see how easily he slammed what I thought was surely too big of a meal. Since then I've been impressed a few times seeing the meal sizes these snakes can take down. Again, I'm not advocating for any type of power feeding, or extreme meal sizes, but these are not BPs or corn snakes. You can push the envelope a bit with carpets.

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She's looking great JMC! I'll let you in on a little secret about carpets. They can take surprisingly large meals without any issues. I'm not talking about anything extreme but carpets can take mice fuzzys out of the egg. Your girl could easily smash a mouse hopper. I remember when I got my first carpet and asked the breeder, Nick Mutton, what I should feed him. The yearling snake weighed a little over 100g and he told me a jumbo mouse would be just fine. I thought to myself no way, but who am I to argue with the guy who literally wrote the book on carpet pythons. It amazed me to see how easily he slammed what I thought was surely too big of a meal. Since then I've been impressed a few times seeing the meal sizes these snakes can take down. Again, I'm not advocating for any type of power feeding, or extreme meal sizes, but these are not BPs or corn snakes. You can push the envelope a bit with carpets.

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Thanks Ziggy! I’ve read that from multiple sources as well, but started a bit more conservatively just due to Michael Pennell’s recommendation. I’ve quickly learned that this girl will slam anything offered to her. Her first fuzzy did leave a much more substantial lump but by no means excessive in my mind. I’ve got 9 more in the freezer that will be offered at a fairly quick 5-7 day pace and then will probably bump up to hoppers. She may actually work her way up to adult mice before the boas finish their stockpile which would be nice as I’m realizing they could be ready for their weaned rats sooner than later.


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I love this article.

Big meal? No problem!

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Moved this girl into her rack that just showed up from RBI today. Bit me when moving her and drew her first blood, two tiny little pin prick sized drops lol. She’s also getting aspen shavings so I can start just spot cleaning instead of changing paper towels every two days after she eats.
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Classy setup.

She's still got some spunk too LOL!

Maybe after she settle into the new home she'll calm a bit more.

Looking good bud!

Just weighed in at 49grams up from 36. Need to look into getting hoppers and weaned mice for her next. She’s doing quite well and kinda calming down a little, but not much lol.
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Love the head markings
Hope she settles for you
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WOW!

Looking great there my friend, an exceptional carpet locale!

It seems, at least in that photo the biting has gone by the wayside?

Keep the updates coming.

She'll get there. She's still tiny! You are huge to her. She's moving in the right direction. WOW - looking good.

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WOW!

Looking great there my friend, an exceptional carpet locale!

It seems, at least in that photo the biting has gone by the wayside?

Keep the updates coming.

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She'll get there. She's still tiny! You are huge to her. She's moving in the right direction. WOW - looking good.

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Thanks, y’all! The biting has been much much less frequent. Partially due to limited handling sessions recently as work has got me spread incredibly thin right now so she hasn’t had as many chances to try and eat me. She’s still very much on the defensive when getting her out and has started hissing rather than flying at me mouth open though haha. Good thing she’s pretty and when she does land a bite it’s more hilarious than anything


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She's such a stunner!! I'm loving watching her pack on the grams :)

She's looking really nice JMC. Glad to hear she's calming down some too. Keep up the good work.

Two great handling sessions the last two nights. Hasn’t taken a shot and hasn’t had a death grip on my fingers. Still takes a little while to relax though
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Look at that contrast!

I'm envious and rather like the small, baby sizes. I remember being so eager to see Jewel grow to a large, Coastal size and she did, but after seeing these pictures I miss the days of one handed handling!

Looking good brother.

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Look at that contrast!

I'm envious and rather like the small, baby sizes. I remember being so eager to see Jewel grow to a large, Coastal size and she did, but after seeing these pictures I miss the days of one handed handling!

Looking good brother.

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I imagine I’ll have the same relationship to her size. Can’t wait to see her at 5-6’+ but also I love tiny little baby snakes, I think partially because I know that size won’t last long.

Having empty tubs in this new rack is making it very tempting to add new Morelia here... should probably exercise some restraint. But honestly 5 snakes wouldn’t be that much more work than 4.


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Third shed here just now. This animal is the coolest.
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Fantastic colour and markings [emoji7][emoji7]

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Very cool indeed! I love his colors and head stamp.

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Third shed here just now. This animal is the coolest.
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Contrast city there. What a beauty!

I can't pick between boas and carpets.

They are the two favorite species that I keep here.

They cover all the bases.

You are at the Utopia of snake keeping with that collection sir.

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Contrast city there. What a beauty!

I can't pick between boas and carpets.

They are the two favorite species that I keep here.

They cover all the bases.

You are at the Utopia of snake keeping with that collection sir.

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Would be slightly more utopian if she would stop biting me lol! The bites are downright comical though. Want her to be broken of that habit before she’s got some size on her.
I think she’ll be much more entertaining to watch in a display enclosure than either of the boas, but the boas are both chill as can be when handling.
Thank you for the kind words! I’m pretty happy with the current critter arrangements here


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Would be slightly more utopian if she would stop biting me lol! The bites are downright comical though. Want her to be broken of that habit before she’s got some size on her.
I think she’ll be much more entertaining to watch in a display enclosure than either of the boas, but the boas are both chill as can be when handling.
Thank you for the kind words! I’m pretty happy with the current critter arrangements here


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JM,,

Try a branch when you handle her if you haven't already.

I know this clown ended up being a problem, but Jewel was really broken in easily with the branch. She bit and bit but eventually crawled over my hands when she had a branch.

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I miss the early days with Wallace. I wish had some Jewel branch pictures. She came around rapidly after I started using a branch to handle her.

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JM,,

Try a branch when you handle her if you haven't already.

I know this clown ended up being a problem, but Jewel was really broken in easily with the branch. She bit and bit but eventually crawled over my hands when she had a branch.

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I miss the early days with Wallace. I wish had some Jewel branch pictures. She came around rapidly after I started using a branch to handle her.

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Most of the time she’s on her perch and I just pull the whole thing out of the tub and let her do what she wants. Tonight was actually the first couple bites she’s landed in a while.


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She gets better looking every time you share pics. She's absolutely smoking after shedding!!!

How often are you handling her? For about how long?

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She gets better looking every time you share pics. She's absolutely smoking after shedding!!!

How often are you handling her? For about how long?

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Thanks man! She really is getting better with every shed.

Handling maybe a few times a week, for at least 5min at a time. Longer if she’s being relaxed.


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Spot cleaning her tub earlier and she poked her head out of a hide very inquisitively, not defensive. Handled for a little bit and she was pretty well behaved. I think she’s just going to be a bit nervous until she gets more size.
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Damn,,

That contrast is amazing!

Dude, she looks great!!!

Last few handling sessions with this critter have been splendid. Hasn’t even squared up on me in strike posture in a while now
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Great news JM!

I’d trust any of my Carpets with anybody.

Sweeeeet!!! That's awesome man. I can only speak for my limited experience with Fernie, but once she "turned the corner" she never looked back. She's been sweet as can be since. Hopefully you have the same luck.

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Last few handling sessions with this critter have been splendid. Hasn’t even squared up on me in strike posture in a while now
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Hitting a home run brother! As stated, once you hit the point where they no longer fear you, its a done deal. You are on the fast track to really enjoying the species.

Last night I had another friend out.

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She's the best and most "social" handling snake I have.

Something about those Aussie snakes!!!!!!!!!!

Your's looks fricking awesome to boot!