Doubled up today.

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She's got some great contrast and pattern, I know zip about carpets but she looks like a fun keeper in your photos.

Yes!!

The personality so far is unmatched. That is a bit hard to explain and could change a bit with the new retic, but if I had to coin a snake "nice", it would be this carpet. Her eating habits are somewhat of a mystery. She is so reserved if I feed her F/T and she ALWAYS recognizes the feeding tongs. She seems to go into an overly gentle mode when she is being handled and nothing seems to rattle her cage.

I was VERY close to repeating the carpet python gig with a Brisbane locality from Nick, but just had to give the SD/Dwarf tic a try.

That one (tic) is a bit jumpy, but handles just fine. I had a few moments like Sauzo did. Snake hook took a few false bites, and I handled a little too soon after feeding and got a nice, stinky shower last night. He was great today.

My boa is my "Steady Eddy". He is very laid back, but my boa seems much less expressional than the other 3 pythons. The royal is cute but very shy. It is her nature and l like and understand that now. Small snakes have to mind their surroundings.

The boa is by far the most calculated and stealthy of my group. I'd say he's fairly aloof. He is great to handle, but I can tell he could easily give or take it. He appears to have an Alfa male attitude if snakes could be described that way. I think he is searching for a female which the poor guy won't find, or waiting for dinner when it comes.

I can't really pick a favorite, but when I was limited and was told I'd have to place one of them in order to get another species or any other snake, I can tell you the one that was never considered on the placement list was the boa. And for that matter, I'd probably not be able to bring myself to place any of them. They've all been at our house since they were young. All before a year old.

I rant here often LOL!

Back to the carpet. She is simply wonderful and I hear that in general about carpets. The crappy eating habits of this girl get overlooked because she still grows. I'll bet she hits another shed after this feed of for sure the next. She is predominately coastal which explains her size, but there is a groovy mixture of 1 or more other things in there.

As far as a display snake,,,,,, the carpet group has to be at the top!