2018 0.1 Brisbane Coastal Carpet Progression

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Originally Posted by RickyNY

No, you already have one. LOL :rofl:

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But... I need moar... [emoji83]


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One thing I am discovering with my coastal, mutt is they don't stop growing as quickly as you think.

She's been a strange feeder, and I always thought she'd be tiny. Today is the first day I questioned her 4 x 2 x 2 cage.

I'm not jumping the gun saying she's out grown it, but Jewel is no longer a small coastal carpet.

Her head has grown, she's thicker and heavier this year and I feel like she's probably going to gain a bit more size this year.

That is a bit strange to me as she'll be 7 years old in June.

My thought on this is simply genetics. You can power feed, under feed, or let the snake do its thing and the animal grow to its potential eventually.

WOW, sorry I'm off topic here.

The Brissy will get pretty big over time is what I'm thinking.

I agree with you, Gio. Short of starving or a gluttonous feeding regimen, snakes will grow to their genetic size potential in time.

I certainly don’t plan to power feed or maintenance feed Charlotte, but will offer food as dictated by her waste eliminating patterns/metabolism and according to her general physical appearance.

Within my power and within reason, she’s going to be kept trim and athletic in build here. Those that have read The Complete Carpet Python know that the upper limits of size potential for coastals, and particularly Brisbane locality, is in the 10-11’ range.

But with one noteworthy exception, the upper range of weight is relatively light for a snake measuring 11’ and the book lists their upper weight range “as much as 14.3lbs”. Sure, that’s not a lightweight snake. But at 11’? That’s a pretty darn lean animal.

Regardless of the length she ends up, I plan to keep her lean and mean!


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Originally Posted by jmcrook

I agree with you, Gio. Short of starving or a gluttonous feeding regimen, snakes will grow to their genetic size potential in time.

I certainly don’t plan to power feed or maintenance feed Charlotte, but will offer food as dictated by her waste eliminating patterns/metabolism and according to her general physical appearance.

Within my power and within reason, she’s going to be kept trim and athletic in build here. Those that have read The Complete Carpet Python know that the upper limits of size potential for coastals, and particularly Brisbane locality, is in the 10-11’ range.

But with one noteworthy exception, the upper range of weight is relatively light for a snake measuring 11’ and the book lists their upper weight range “as much as 14.3lbs”. Sure, that’s not a lightweight snake. But at 11’? That’s a pretty darn lean animal.

Regardless of the length she ends up, I plan to keep her lean and mean!


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Hey, I’m going to recheck the book but I thought I saw one coastal described in there weighing in at 49 pounds.

If I saw that correctly that’s insane and absolutely not the norm.

Yep, page 54. 11.3 foot female.
Wow!

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Originally Posted by Gio

Hey, I’m going to recheck the book but I thought I saw one coastal described in there weighing in at 49 pounds.

If I saw that correctly that’s insane and absolutely not the norm.

Yep, page 54. 11.3 foot female.
Wow!

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Yep! That’s the noteworthy exception haha, the one in the pic that looks like a burm in the shape of a carpet python [emoji1787]


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Fresh skin on Charlotte just now. Unfortunately I don’t think I’ll be able to capture a decent image of her until she’s in a display enclosure. She’s a busy body to say the least.
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Beautiful. She beat Kevin to the shed. She looks brand new and the colors are perfect. One, if not the, favorite species of carpet of mine.

Cute little face Charlotte!
Don't you love when they shed? They never look better.

Perfect example of a Brisbane coastal carpet. Exactly what you could find if you took a vacation there and caught one in the wild. Tremendously exciting to see!


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Awesome stuff!!!!