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Re: Have A Looksy. Coastal Carpet Python Size.
She's an impressive size Gio.
Love her markings too
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Re: Have A Looksy. Coastal Carpet Python Size.
Bro, she's huge! And thick too!! What a gorgeous girl. I love her even more now.
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You both look great Gio!!!
She's a big, beautiful girl!!! Thanks to you and your son for some awesome photos!
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Re: Have A Looksy. Coastal Carpet Python Size.
That is one big, beautiful girl!!
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Re: Have A Looksy. Coastal Carpet Python Size.
Originally Posted by Craiga 01453
You both look great Gio!!!
She's a big, beautiful girl!!! Thanks to you and your son for some awesome photos!
Thanks guys.
Craig, I appreciate the nice comments. I'm not sure what's going on with my shirt in the second to last picture LOL!
I just noticed I look pregnant or like there is a pillow in my gut area not sure why as I'm fairly lean and mean for my age.
I'll be curious to see if the Bredli gets this large. I was strongly considering givingg Jewel the old retic cage and putting Kevin in here cage.
I still expect Kev to reach a large size and possibly exceed Jewel's size but I'll have to wait on that a few years.
Maybe I'll rotate them all!
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Re: Have A Looksy. Coastal Carpet Python Size.
I love seeing pictures of people with their big, old(er) snakes! Kudos to you for raising her so well, she looks great. I wouldn't be surprised if she has a good bit of southern coastal blood in her, given her size. Maybe even a bit of diamond or inland blood as well -- the round pattern on parts of her back remind me of some of the pictures of Maugg line inlands I've seen.
Photos like this really do give a better reference for the snake's size and a better perspective of what you may be getting into. Carpets aren't the biggest snakes out there and stay a manageable size, but a mature carpet isn't exactly a small snake. Well, the non-Papuan ones, anyway! I wish coastal carpets and bredli stayed a bit smaller -- I'm a big fan of citrus tigers and stonewashed, respectively, but not so much the size that they could reach! It would be just my luck that my snake wouldn't stop growing and I'd wind up dealing with an ancient, 8 + foot juggernaut as a little old lady.
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Re: Have A Looksy. Coastal Carpet Python Size.
Originally Posted by WrongPython
I love seeing pictures of people with their big, old(er) snakes! Kudos to you for raising her so well, she looks great. I wouldn't be surprised if she has a good bit of southern coastal blood in her, given her size. Maybe even a bit of diamond or inland blood as well -- the round pattern on parts of her back remind me of some of the pictures of Maugg line inlands I've seen.
Photos like this really do give a better reference for the snake's size and a better perspective of what you may be getting into. Carpets aren't the biggest snakes out there and stay a manageable size, but a mature carpet isn't exactly a small snake. Well, the non-Papuan ones, anyway! I wish coastal carpets and bredli stayed a bit smaller -- I'm a big fan of citrus tigers and stonewashed, respectively, but not so much the size that they could reach! It would be just my luck that my snake wouldn't stop growing and I'd wind up dealing with an ancient, 8 + foot juggernaut as a little old lady.
Thanks for the comments.
Jewel was purchased at an expo. The breeder called the litter coastals and was quite upfront about a possible mixture of genetics.
Her parents were large and not particularly flashy.
I sent Nick Mutton photos of Jewel and both of the parents. He obviously came to the conclusion there wasn't any way to know what she truly had in her genetics..
Nick saw coastal and thought there could be some diamond and or Jungle in the mix.
The diamond comment was based off of one of the parents and not so much what Jewel looked like at the time.
I have been on the board chatting about how big she's become, however with just pictures on the same deck rail year after year, it was time for a reference set of photos.
Even at her size, she is easy to handle and extremely docile. She's so mellow that she doesn't wrap when I carry her. I have to make sure I have a grip on her as she's slid off of me before.
I plan to do the same photo shoot with my boa here when he's shed out.
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She's beautiful! great shots too (your shirt looks fine, it's clear in the other photos it's not a gut heheh)
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Re: Have A Looksy. Coastal Carpet Python Size.
You're 1000% correct about large carpets being easy to handle Gio. My coastal and jungle are both right at 7' and I can easily handle them with one hand. I was handling my boas and carpets the other night, and while it's still a dead heat as to which is the most awesome, I had to give the carpets a slight advantage in the handling category. My boas will take more energy to handle as adults. The Olive is just as even tempered as the carpets but he requires both hands on as well. I suppose my scrub is a probably more like Wallace and some other retics. He's not as big "yet" but it's quite difficult to steer his movements and because he's very fast, somewhat defensive, and still unpredictable it takes some of the joy out of handling him.
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