She'll be here Tuesday!!!!

[Craiga 01453]

I'm super stoked to announce that I can cross one species of my wishlist!!!

I will be receiving this beautiful girl from Casey Cannon at Cannon Fire Reptiles on Tuesday.
This will be my first time having an animal shipped, so I'm going to be an anxious mess once she ships, hahahaha!!! Hopefully I don't chew my fingernails down to the bone while waiting for her!!

I am excited to be venturing into morellia and learning from some of the fantastic morellia keepers here on the forum.

Bredli Carpet Python - ✓

I'll be getting to know her before deciding on a name, but her personality will tell me if she'll be named after Berta from "Two and a Half Men" or Lana from "Archer".


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[Craiga 01453]

Here's the screenshot from MM.com

More pics to come once she arrives...

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[rock]

Here's the screenshot from MM.com

More pics to come once she arrives...

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Awesome, Craig!!!! You will not be disappointed.

[Craiga 01453]

Awesome, Craig!!!! You will not be disappointed.

Thanks Rock!!! I'm pretty positive you're right!!

[dakski]

Mazel Tov! Sorry, I just saw this - was sick all weekend.

Awesome pickup buddy.

Carpet's are beautiful and inquisitive snakes. They are awesome eaters and fun to handle. Lots of fun, but they like food, and can be nippy when young (again no issues there with Yafe, although he will hiss occasionally when I go to pick him up). I encourage hook training with them.

Two things I've learned on my "carpet ride" with Yafe.

1. Carpet's can be sensitive to RI's.

Yes, Yafe came with one, probably because of fedex losing his package. However, in researching and working with Yafe for a while now, Carpet's seem more prone to it than other species who like decent humidity, but not crazy humidity. There have been a few times, either because of a bad shed, or random, or me being paranoid, that I've raised his temps and humidity for a few days to ensure he doesn't get another one/have it come back. I've also read and seen other instances where people have experienced RI's in Carpet's, especially in conjunction with stress.

2. I've heard, although Yafe had zero issues, that switching to rats from mice can be difficult. Try to do it ASAP when she is capable of taking them (I switched Yafe to rat pups when he able).



Again, congrats and keep us in the loop!

[Sonny1318]

Nice man, congratulations and wishing you the best. It’s a rush opening a fedex box

[Craiga 01453]

Nice man, congratulations and wishing you the best. It’s a rush opening a fedex box

Thanks!!! I can't wait to open that box!!!

[ballpythonsrock2]

Thanks!!! I can't wait to open that box!!!

Are you having it shipped to your house or will you have it shipped to a Fed-Ex facility and be picking it up directly from there. Because I think the picking it up at the facility works the best Imo. The last time I had one shipped that's what I did and it worked great. They had it sitting on the counter behind them. They knew it was a live animal.
I've heard some bad stories from folks on here who got house shipments (eventually.) I have a hard time trusting Fed-ex or UPS drivers. I'm lucky if they find my house at all. Ordered a gun clip one time never did get it. But said "delivered". Had to get my money from the shipper after raising some Cain.

[Bogertophis]

Looking forward to your updates on "Berta". Congrats!

[Craiga 01453]

Looking forward to your updates on "Berta". Congrats!

Apparently that's one vote for Berta!

I'm literally 50/50 on this one. In the past I always leaned a certain way when deciding on a name, but this one I'm perfectly centered on the fence. It's gonna come down to her personality. Time will tell...