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Re: 2019 0.1 Rockhampton Coastal Carpet Python Progression
Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy
She's looking great JMC! I'll let you in on a little secret about carpets. They can take surprisingly large meals without any issues. I'm not talking about anything extreme but carpets can take mice fuzzys out of the egg. Your girl could easily smash a mouse hopper. I remember when I got my first carpet and asked the breeder, Nick Mutton, what I should feed him. The yearling snake weighed a little over 100g and he told me a jumbo mouse would be just fine. I thought to myself no way, but who am I to argue with the guy who literally wrote the book on carpet pythons. It amazed me to see how easily he slammed what I thought was surely too big of a meal. Since then I've been impressed a few times seeing the meal sizes these snakes can take down. Again, I'm not advocating for any type of power feeding, or extreme meal sizes, but these are not BPs or corn snakes. You can push the envelope a bit with carpets.
Thanks Ziggy! I’ve read that from multiple sources as well, but started a bit more conservatively just due to Michael Pennell’s recommendation. I’ve quickly learned that this girl will slam anything offered to her. Her first fuzzy did leave a much more substantial lump but by no means excessive in my mind. I’ve got 9 more in the freezer that will be offered at a fairly quick 5-7 day pace and then will probably bump up to hoppers. She may actually work her way up to adult mice before the boas finish their stockpile which would be nice as I’m realizing they could be ready for their weaned rats sooner than later.
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Classy setup.
She's still got some spunk too LOL!
Maybe after she settle into the new home she'll calm a bit more.
Looking good bud!
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Re: 2019 0.1 Rockhampton Coastal Carpet Python Progression
Just weighed in at 49grams up from 36. Need to look into getting hoppers and weaned mice for her next. She’s doing quite well and kinda calming down a little, but not much lol.
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Re: 2019 0.1 Rockhampton Coastal Carpet Python Progression
Love the head markings
Hope she settles for you
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Last edited by richardhind1972; 02-09-2020 at 07:29 PM.
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WOW!
Looking great there my friend, an exceptional carpet locale!
It seems, at least in that photo the biting has gone by the wayside?
Keep the updates coming.
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Re: 2019 0.1 Rockhampton Coastal Carpet Python Progression
She'll get there. She's still tiny! You are huge to her. She's moving in the right direction. WOW - looking good.
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Re: 2019 0.1 Rockhampton Coastal Carpet Python Progression
Originally Posted by Gio
WOW!
Looking great there my friend, an exceptional carpet locale!
It seems, at least in that photo the biting has gone by the wayside?
Keep the updates coming.
Originally Posted by dakski
She'll get there. She's still tiny! You are huge to her. She's moving in the right direction. WOW - looking good.
Thanks, y’all! The biting has been much much less frequent. Partially due to limited handling sessions recently as work has got me spread incredibly thin right now so she hasn’t had as many chances to try and eat me. She’s still very much on the defensive when getting her out and has started hissing rather than flying at me mouth open though haha. Good thing she’s pretty and when she does land a bite it’s more hilarious than anything
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She's such a stunner!! I'm loving watching her pack on the grams
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