Morellia Madness

The carpet group is a wonderful family of pythons.

The diamond python reminds me of the southern most boa species, the Argentine boa constrictor.

Coastals seem to be abundant and hardy like the Boa Imperator.

The Bredli species is very unique and one of the easiest keeps when it comes to pythons.

In general I think the carpet pythons are some of the most rewarding animals to keep, easy and social once mature.

It is hard to pick a favorite and honestly with carpets, you can't go wrong.

The Diamond python is the only one in the group that needs some special care however a mindful, semi advanced keeper would not have many issues.

Aussie snakes are special!

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Speaking of special,,

There are locality animals like this that are somewhat rare in captivity.

This is something that needs to be kept pure and not made into any morph!

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Speaking of special,,

There are locality animals like this that are somewhat rare in captivity.

This is something that needs to be kept pure and not made into any morph!

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I agree that we should keep this and other localities pure as best we can. My only hesitation or area where I could foresee issues is the very limited gene pool we have for this locality. The entire captive population descends from a single breeding pair 4 generations ago. So far the offspring seem to do well that I’ve seen from folks that have bred them, but no telling how long that can be kept up?
I do think that as they’re better established nowadays they could provide a nice outcrossing to some of the red coastal projects. Given that Brisbanes tend to throw reddish babies.
Nonetheless, I love having a pair of these animals. There’s something about them that just does it for me.
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It would be nice if somehow a small sample of locality Brissys were allowed to cross into the states.

I don't see why there would be any hangup if it were to help sustain a species in US captivity.

It is unfortunate that reptile keeping in general is fairly regulated.

So far, we've been lucky with the Brissys here.

I'm lucky enough to have one!

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Oh, are we reflecting on the joys of carpet pythons again? [emoji16]

So glad I took the dive into Morelia and picked Pandora up. She's such a wonderful little snake. Can't wait to see her when she's big and mature!

I wouldn't be surprised if there's a few unrelated-to-US-line Brisbanes floating around in Europe, but I have a feeling Nick would have tracked them down and imported fresh blood by now. I suppose we'll just have to enjoy the ones we have while we can.

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Oh, are we reflecting on the joys of carpet pythons again? [emoji16]

So glad I took the dive into Morelia and picked Pandora up. She's such a wonderful little snake. Can't wait to see her when she's big and mature!

I wouldn't be surprised if there's a few unrelated-to-US-line Brisbanes floating around in Europe, but I have a feeling Nick would have tracked them down and imported fresh blood by now. I suppose we'll just have to enjoy the ones we have while we can.

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Nick’s Brisbanes came from Europe from the only documented remaining living pure pair he could track down that were owned by Paul Harris’s girlfriend. Anything pure Brisbane in the US or Europe (unless it was smuggled in the last 30yrs) descends from that one pair that was bred when they were like 25yrs old as a last attempt to keep that bloodline from disappearing entirely. Nick’s actually had to send Brisbanes back to Europe from whence they came to help replenish the captive population over there.


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Dang! Oh well, at least with still have Brisbanes for the time being. Hopefully everyone's snakes will make it to 25 like that last pair did.

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Dang! Oh well, at least with still have Brisbanes for the time being. Hopefully everyone's snakes will make it to 25 like that last pair did.

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Nick’s on a 2015 episode of MPR where he talks briefly about that project. It’s close to an hour into that show when he’s talking about them and how absolutely ancient those founder animals looked when he visited Paul in Germany I believe. He told me all about it on the phone too. “These snakes were like 30yrs old and looked like they were 30,000 years old!”


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Some of the wild Australian carpets I've seen while browsing social media and iNaturalist look... not always ancient, but definitely very weathered. Many are "ancient snake" large, and more than a few have big old heads and scarring from big prey. It's amazing how tough these snakes can be and how long they can last.

I'd be lying if I said that looking at those wild carpets hasn't left me wanting another, haha. Some of those wild carpets are gorgeous. It would be cool to have Morelia from both ends of the genus' distribution, ie. Pandora and a more southerly coastal or diamond.

Good discussion.
JM, I learned something I didn’t know about the the state of the Brissy’s here.

Having reviewed the last 45 “Feeding” threads that have been posted I’m happy to say this tidbit of information was a breath of the fresh stuff 👍