Quote Originally Posted by DennisM View Post
since Artemisace is planning crosses, locality/purity is obviously not an issue with this snake. But you are correct that if locality/purity is a concern, Nick is the man, he takes this stuff quite seriously. it's nice to know that you are getting documented lines, if that's what you want to do. I think most carpet keepers who develop a sizable collection will have a mix of pure/crosses/who knows in their collection. I like and keep all of the above.

I would have to disagree that they are all the same. True that the husbandry is the same and that they naturally intergrade. But I think there is an clear difference between what our hobby considers to be “pure” jungles, IJs, coastals etc. The caveat is that there has been so much crossing in the hobby you can never be sure. will there really be a difference between a “pure” jungle and a jungle that has just one coastal in the family tree 8 generations ago? I doubt it.

One thing is for sure, as Gio says, “any carpet python is a very enjoyable, rewarding pet”. I’ve kept dozens of them for over the past 20+ years and they are certainly that.
I've actually been drooling over some of Nicks carpets on his site and since it seems he's the authority on them, he'll be the first on my list for where I get my future stock. My little guy is really winning me over, I went in to check on him today and he came right out and acted like he was going to bite me at first then got bored and let me pet him before he retreated into his hide. “any carpet python is a very enjoyable, rewarding pet” I've said that same thing about retics when talking to people who have asked me about them. I love my giants, but it's time to get some smaller stuff for me.