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Hello all i am just posting to ask for a bit off advice on carpets i have just recenly bought a baby carpet she is about 15 inch long and is very snapy luckaly i havent been bit yet but yet thats puting me off holding it but i want to hold it eney way i have hurd that thay calm down by the time thay are adults if handled quight often is this true or will it always be a bit snappy ?

eney way would she calm down alot faster if she had a cage mate? i intend to build a 4 foot by 2 foot by 2 foot tank when she is fully grown and get her a mate but if its better to get her a mate now then i will get her one thanks for your addvice

>>Hello all i am just posting to ask for a bit off advice on carpets i have just recenly bought a baby carpet she is about 15 inch long and is very snapy luckaly i havent been bit yet but yet thats puting me off holding it but i want to hold it eney way i have hurd that thay calm down by the time thay are adults if handled quight often is this true or will it always be a bit snappy ?
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>>eney way would she calm down alot faster if she had a cage mate? i intend to build a 4 foot by 2 foot by 2 foot tank when she is fully grown and get her a mate but if its better to get her a mate now then i will get her one thanks for your addvice

My opinion would be that you should handle your baby and take the bites til she calms down. She is not going to 'hurt' you and you might as well learn that now before she is bigger. Two, she is going to calm when she matures and doesn't feel as threatened.

Getting her a tankmate will just supply you with a second baby to bite you and complicate everything in several different ways...stress to both babys, competition, feeding stress and your stress trying to tell who is doing okay and who isn't.
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Sonya

I'm not mean. You're just a sissy.
Happy Bunny

ok thanks for that ^^

idefinately agree, being bitten is just part of owning snakes. and you want to handle it and "break it in" now while its small if you wait to long the bites will hurt and thats not so much fun

The bite at this age is so benign, and they will grow out of it fast with handling and size. If it really bothers you latex gloves alone are plenty to stop teeth of this size. Most Python species young are very snappy as a survival skill. Time, TLC, heels most, and Carpets are one of the sweetest and wonderful ones. We have yet to have any not tame with time. Children's and their cousins are very much like this too.
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Mike and David at 3-D Pythons
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