Anybody Identify This Pic??

Who can identify this snake?

I'm thinking a Carpet Python?? But I could be totally wrong.

It's at a Reptile Rescue about 2 hours from me,

I knew you guys/gals would be quicker on the ID then emailing them

Thanks for any help!!


https://i.postimg.cc/8k2M52qr/75d21.webp

It’s definitely a carpet python.

100% a carpet, looks like a nice Irian Jaya

If it doesn’t have an RI, looks like you get a new pet.

Did animal control get the cages also?

Good luck!

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Originally Posted by 303_enfield

If it doesn’t have an RI, looks like you get a new pet.

Did animal control get the cages also?

Good luck!

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That's unknown to me, I sent them an email asking if they had any other pictures, any known issues,

and the approximate length and weight if known. Waiting to hear back, They have a pretty stiff re-homing fee (in my opinion) but if it includes the enclosure

and maybe it's negotiable to a point if I'm willing to drive a few hours each way. Just maybe I'll have this years new pet.

I've been looking at a few that needed homes but they seem to get adopted a lot faster than they use to.

Hopefully that's a good thing and more people are accepting snakes as a pet and not to be afraid of.
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Well got a reply back this morning....

"He’s full grown, about ten years old.

We don’t generally weight adult snakes unless they look emaciated. No known issues.

He’s easy to handle."




Not a lot of help there.....



So full grown is ???? 6 feet? 8 feet? Longer???

If it's (no clue on sex) 10 years old it another 5 to 10 years in it's life span, maybe more?

It would need a standard terrestrial enclosure or an arboreal enclosure with lots of climbing?

We have a full grow male carpet who is just over six feet. I don't think they get much over seven feet, tops. Females get a foot or so longer.

They're semi-arboreal and they do like to climb/perch. Mine is in a 6'x18"x24" enclosure and is usually coiled up on top of his driftwood jungle gym under the DHP.

At least he's "easy to handle"...what's another foot or two anyway? ;) (pardon my enabling, hahaha!)

All of my adult carpets are 6-7ft. I don’t expect them to get much larger length wise. Life expectancy can be 20+ years. A 4x2x2 or 6x2x2 enclosure would be awesome for an adult carpet. Mine aren’t very active but they do appreciate branches and shelves for climbing and perching. They’re really easy to care for and fun to keep. If he’s healthy then I hope you take the plunge.

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

At least he's "easy to handle"...what's another foot or two anyway? ;) (pardon my enabling, hahaha!)

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Yeah but "Easy To Handle" compared to What?? :D

And don't worry about "Enabling" , I'm a self Enabler, I manage to talk myself into all kinds of things :rofl:

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Originally Posted by Gocntry

Yeah but "Easy To Handle" compared to What?? :D

And don't worry about "Enabling" , I'm a self Enabler, I manage to talk myself into all kinds of things :rofl:

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That's okay, you're among friends...we "understand". :grouphug: :rofl:

And we look forward to your updates...;)

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Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

All of my adult carpets are 6-7ft. I don’t expect them to get much larger length wise. Life expectancy can be 20+ years. A 4x2x2 or 6x2x2 enclosure would be awesome for an adult carpet. Mine aren’t very active but they do appreciate branches and shelves for climbing and perching. They’re really easy to care for and fun to keep. If he’s healthy then I hope you take the plunge.

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6-7 foot is definitely doable, and as life would have it I just ordered a 5x2x2 from AP Cages this month and will order another one about mid June,

I could come up with temporary quarantine housing, until then......

Wow you guys are good and this enabling thing :rofl:

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Originally Posted by Gocntry

6-7 foot is definitely doable, and as life would have it I just ordered a 5x2x2 from AP Cages this month and will order another one about mid June,

I could come up with temporary quarantine housing, until then......

Wow you guys are good and this enabling thing :rofl:

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Many many years of practice...:D On others as well as on ourselves. ;)

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

.....And we look forward to your updates...;)

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Update:

From back on the "Monty" thread in January.......

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Originally Posted by bcr229

If you don't have an enclosure, head to Lowes and pick up a Hefty 100-qt tub, it'll be plenty big and has four latches to hold the lid on so he can't take an unauthorized slither-about. Add a heat pad + thermostat and he shouldn't have any more shedding issues.

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So I filled out the application/ questionnaire for Theodus the Carpet Python, I mentioned that he would be in a 100 quart tub (Purchased 2 of them just to have after that advice Thanks bcr229) for at 90 days under quarantine.

I got a reply back this morning: "You final plan looks great! But you’ll need something much bigger than 100 qt for quarantine. He definitely can’t be in something that size for 90 days. Would you be able to provide something larger?"

So what's larger? the 100 quart is 3'x18"x12" approximately. An AP Enclosure is on order but we all know how that is going to go.

What can I use for quarantine that is bigger that the 100 quart? All the Exo-Terras and glass enclosures like that at the local pet shop are 3' wide also so no help there.

I did reply to their email, added the size of the 100 quart tub, and told them bigger is no issue what size would they suggest?

This is why I keep a stash of IRIS VE175 Christmas Tree tubs. WalMart usually has them during the holiday season for about $30, not sure who would stock them now at a reasonable price. Closest I could find for you is The Container Store in Richmond, but maybe you can get it shipped to one in northern VA at no cost since a lot of the larger retailers are doing free "ship to store" options now.

https://www.containerstore.com/s/sto...uctId=11005991

You would have to find a way to secure the lid along the middle of the two long sides, a strong snake could push it up pretty easily.

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This is why I keep a stash of IRIS VE175 Christmas Tree tubs. WalMart usually has them during the holiday season for about $30, not sure who would stock them now at a reasonable price. Closest I could find for you is The Container Store in Richmond, but maybe you can get it shipped to one in northern VA at no cost since a lot of the larger retailers are doing free "ship to store" options now.

https://www.containerstore.com/s/sto...uctId=11005991

You would have to find a way to secure the lid along the middle of the two long sides, a strong snake could push it up pretty easily.

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Another life saving post :gj:

Seems there's a Container store in Reston Va. There are 3 in stock, and I'll be about 8 miles from there Sunday afternoon.

I'll just order one for pick-up and grab it on my travels.

And I have a garage full of bungee cords in the garage, I can secure the middle with no issues hopefully.

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Originally Posted by Gocntry

Another life saving post :gj:

Seems there's a Container store in Reston Va. There are 3 in stock, and I'll be about 8 miles from there Sunday afternoon.

I'll just order one for pick-up and grab it on my travels.

And I have a garage full of bungee cords in the garage, I can secure the middle with no issues hopefully.

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Nice! Bungees stretch though. Get a set of non-stretching nylon luggage or camping straps, I think they're $8-10 at WalMart.

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Originally Posted by Gocntry

Update:

From back on the "Monty" thread in January.......



So I filled out the application/ questionnaire for Theodus the Carpet Python, I mentioned that he would be in a 100 quart tub (Purchased 2 of them just to have after that advice Thanks bcr229) for at 90 days under quarantine.

I got a reply back this morning: "You final plan looks great! But you’ll need something much bigger than 100 qt for quarantine. He definitely can’t be in something that size for 90 days. Would you be able to provide something larger?" ...

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Congratulations, it sounds like you'll be getting "new carpet" very soon...:D

Well being life likes to challenge me Always....

The container store doesn't open until 11am tomorrow, Ugh so that snafu's the plan...

So, going to be home from work tonite about 4:30pm, Container store open until 8pm, it's about 40 minutes away.....

going to go for the evening run, about 1.5 hour round trip run with traffic. to get a plastic tub, Lol

Have the pick-up date set for Tuesday (day off). Should get down there about 11am.

I'll make this work one way or another :D,

Got a Harbor Freight right here in town to grab some non bungee straps from, have the heat mat, have the thermostat.

Going to order 2 of the biggest hides Reptile Basics has.....

Am I missing anything else:confusd:, And I thought I had this under control :rofl:

Sounds like a plan...:D :gj:

And you might want to start a new thread for him once he's in your warm hands. (& just include a link to this) This title won't quite fit, if you know what I mean?

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Originally Posted by Gocntry

I got a reply back this morning: "You final plan looks great! But you’ll need something much bigger than 100 qt for quarantine. He definitely can’t be in something that size for 90 days. Would you be able to provide something larger?"

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This sort of nonsense and ludicrous rehoming fees are why I won't even try adopting anymore. I highly doubt they have it housed in anything better. I commend your patience. The poor animal is not to blame for their ignorance.

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Originally Posted by nikkubus

This sort of nonsense and ludicrous rehoming fees are why I won't even try adopting anymore. I highly doubt they have it housed in anything better. I commend your patience. The poor animal is not to blame for their ignorance.

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They said he was in a 120 gallon enclosure, so that's a 4x2x2 I believe. I'll see when I get there.

And I thought the fee was a little stiff, but I'll also see what I'm supporting when I get there, and after the other thread

discussing 6500.00 snakes.... well a snake is worth, what it's worth to each individual I guess.

It's a reptile rescue not a CL ad so they would have some operating cost I would think.

5 of my 6 snakes were $20 to $30.

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Originally Posted by Gocntry

They said he was in a 120 gallon enclosure, so that's a 4x2x2 I believe.

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Maybe I am mad about nothing then. That would be very different from my experience with reptile rescues. Can't tell you the amount of times I've seen an adult colubrid in a bare 10 gallon aquarium, all while stating in the contract the bare minimum they expect you to have is 1.5x the length of the snake. Either way, I think they are being overly picky about a 90 day quarantine enclosure, especially if you can show them the receipt for what is on the way. I can understand the fear that maybe a person just says its temporary and then never upgrades it with the "I'm out of money" excuse, but the wait time for enclosures right now is an actual limitation.

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Maybe I am mad about nothing then. That would be very different from my experience with reptile rescues. Can't tell you the amount of times I've seen an adult colubrid in a bare 10 gallon aquarium, all while stating in the contract the bare minimum they expect you to have is 1.5x the length of the snake. Either way, I think they are being overly picky about a 90 day quarantine enclosure, especially if you can show them the receipt for what is on the way. I can understand the fear that maybe a person just says its temporary and then never upgrades it with the "I'm out of money" excuse, but the wait time for enclosures right now is an actual limitation.

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Yep, poor Sicle, the corn snake, when I adopted him, he was in a 20 gallon with only one of those open ended logs, and a small water bowl

The 20 gallon was cracked on the bottom and looked liked it hadn't been cleaned in 6 months or longer.

Old sheds in there, feces, so urine or spilled water caked I had to literally scrape it out into the garbage

He was a scared, nippy, tail rattling guy :(.

But he's now in a 36x18x18 Exo Terra and seems to be a happy snake, no tail rattling and easily handled.

Ok, Iris tub is in hand....

That trip tested my patience to the absolute limits. Between the traffic, construction and the GPS getting us lost in the city

The place itself being next to impossible to find, then had 4 employees helping me find where they had it. I'll give them major credit, they

didn't give up and found 5 hidden it the back storage room. Great job!!

As far as Reston, that place will never see me again. That turned into a 2 1/2 hour trip. UGH!


Now for the tub....

The bottom has small ribs on it (for strength I guess) Should I just install the heat mat over the ribs or file them flat the size of the heat mat.

And how many vent holes should I put in the top? The whole top? just 1/4 of each end to support air flow in and out? Some on the side too?

Thanks Again for your input!!

I wouldn’t worry about filing the ribs on the tub and just rest it on the heat mat. Maybe build up several layers of foil tape around the perimeter of the mat to make a spacer of sorts if you’d like.
As for ventilation holes it kind of depends on your humidity needs and such. I generally drill holes along the sides of the tub near the top the whole way around, but you could likely do fine with holes at either end as well.


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Glad they finally found your tub, what a pain. I'd go for the upper sides vs the lid personally for ventilation because you get nice crossflow, but evaporation holds in a bit better. I'll let someone with carpet experience answer the correct amount. The ribs shouldn't be a problem, a little air gap between the heat pad is fine.

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Originally Posted by Gocntry

As far as Reston, that place will never see me again. That turned into a 2 1/2 hour trip. UGH!

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Ugh, 30 years ago I lived and worked in Reston. Thank you for the reminder that I made a good decision to move into WV!

The gaps under the tub should be fine, it'll just give you a place to put the thermostat probe.

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Originally Posted by nikkubus

Glad they finally found your tub, what a pain. I'd go for the upper sides vs the lid personally for ventilation because you get nice crossflow, but evaporation holds in a bit better. I'll let someone with carpet experience answer the correct amount. The ribs shouldn't be a problem, a little air gap between the heat pad is fine.

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I concur.

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Originally Posted by Gocntry

Ok, Iris tub is in hand....

That trip tested my patience to the absolute limits. Between the traffic, construction and the GPS getting us lost in the city

The place itself being next to impossible to find, then had 4 employees helping me find where they had it. I'll give them major credit, they

didn't give up and found 5 hidden it the back storage room. Great job!!

As far as Reston, that place will never see me again. That turned into a 2 1/2 hour trip. UGH!...

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Oh the things we all go thru for our animal-families. :gj:

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Originally Posted by nikkubus

Glad they finally found your tub, what a pain. I'd go for the upper sides vs the lid personally for ventilation because you get nice crossflow, but evaporation holds in a bit better. I'll let someone with carpet experience answer the correct amount. The ribs shouldn't be a problem, a little air gap between the heat pad is fine.

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I went around the tub and used a soldering iron to put a hole every 3 inches, I believe that should be enough. I can double that up if needed.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

Ugh, 30 years ago I lived and worked in Reston. Thank you for the reminder that I made a good decision to move into WV!

The gaps under the tub should be fine, it'll just give you a place to put the thermostat probe.

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I'll be looking for my forever home in about a year. West Virginia or Pennsylvania is where most of my family is from and the 2 states I'm looking at

So far West Virginia holds the lead, as far as how it's run, firearm laws ect it seem to be a better run state right now.

and just to make sure.....

Heat mat set to give an 88* hot spot, just like the Ball Pythons?

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Originally Posted by Gocntry

and just to make sure.....

Heat mat set to give an 88* hot spot, just like the Ball Pythons?

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Yeah that's what mine is, assuming the ambient in the room is mid-upper 70's. If it's cooler you may want a second heat pad set to about 82*F.

Well trip is set for pickup, leaving at 8:30am tomorrow.

Barring anything drastic I'll be coming home with a new family member

Will start a new thread, and post pics when I can.