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Re: 2019 0.1 Rockhampton Coastal Carpet Python Progression
Just took care of her first fuzzy in short order, and evidently is wondering where her next one is
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Re: 2019 0.1 Rockhampton Coastal Carpet Python Progression
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.
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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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