Annual Deck Rail Snaps.

[Gio]

Jewel, the coastal carpet python, made it out after a couple of good back to back feedings.

She has some decent sized parents but Jewel isn't more than average sized. I wondered if she'd topped off. "Wondered" because she has been a nontypical carpet as far as feeding.

She seems to be much more interested in food these days, and I measured her at just over 7 feet the other day, she seems larger today.

This is a decent sized deck and Jewel's size forces me to back up more this year to get her fully in the pictures.

I started out with this fun little exploration shot. She likes to check things out but is NEVER jumpy, twitchy or flighty. I have my retic for that behavior.


This looks like the same as many of the "days gone by" pictures. I am happy to say it is brand new. She's bigger both in girth and length.


This one makes her look pretty long. I know Reinz (member here) had a girl a while back that was over 7 feet. Jewel is just there now and seems to be making a surge toward the 8 foot mark.



When is comes to stretching out on the rail, she's the easiest snake to work with. She never feels the need to wrap or ball up.

A lot of her juvenile coloring is browning out, which I like as the more natural a snake looks, the more I like it,,,usually. One thing she seems to keep is her cool colors near the upper parts of her. The color isn't yellow, but it glows a bit even on a cloudy day.






Stretched out and chilling.



Every snake enthusiast deserves a good carpet python!