Like the others have said, it is impossible to know what you have without locality data from the breeder.Originally Posted by ShaneSilva
I have a coastal mutt that looks like this.
Her mother is almost 10 feet long and father is 7-8 feet.
My girl is pushing 7 feet at 3+ years old. I think she'll top out at 8+ feet.
Almost ALL carpets can hit the 6 foot mark with no trouble at all. The largest of the carpets are the southern coastals from the Brisbane area. There are jungles that also hit 8 feet, Bredli that can rival the big coastals, and are very large diamond pythons.
Even the supposedly smaller darwin carpets can hit over 8 feet. Carpets can take HUGE meals and don't require the cautious feeding that boa constrictors do. However you don't want to over do it, and that goes for about any snake. I've seen some depressingly heavy retics that are fed for size and not overall health and longevity. I plan to keep my boy healthy but lean. I just bought a SD/Dwarf male Tiger reticulated python and am hoping he is every bit as entertaining as my coastal mutt. I'd like his end size to be 8-10 feet.
THE COMPLETE COASTAL CARPET PYTHON by Nick Mutton and Justin Julander is an excellent book to read if you want to delve into carpet python research.
My carpet is a pure joy to keep and at this stage, my most entertaining captive.
Carpets do get long, and they can get thick but they tend to be lighter bodied because they are semi to highly arboreal.
I can't imagine seeing anybody that actually has one, not fully enjoying one.
Does this look big enough?
Anyhow I'm sure your carpet has some coastal in it. Most mixes here do.
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