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I picked up a large female coastal carpet in Sept to go with my large male. Male 8', female about 9'. I put them together today for the first time. He showed much interest in her, and then they started getting agitated..looping around each other, pushing each other..pretty much normsl combat between two males. I figure, ok...someone missexed "she". The male is a proven breeder.

So I put the "female" in with my proven breeder female IJP. Same thing happens! So, is this snake just anti-social?? I'm going to move them to a larger cage. No biting occured, but it could have gone that way. The dealer who sold it to me had a pair available and sold me the much larger female by itself.

Suggestions??
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1.0 Blackheaded pythons
2.4 Woma
3.2 Aussie Olives
1.1 Timors
2.2 Bloods
2.2 IJ Carpets
1.1 Coastal Carpets
1.3 Macklotts
1.2 F2 Carpondros
2.0 Jungle Carpet
0.1 Carpondro
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow boas
1.1 Striped Bolivian Boas
0.1 child, CB
0.1 wife, WC

I've had something similar happen with womas, and am having the same thing going on w/ a pair of carpets right now. However, it was/is not as combative as you describe. I think it was just the females not being receptive to the males' advances. This happened during winter cooling, and the woma finally accepted the male after the warm-up. I'm hoping the same happens w/ the carpets this year. Time will tell.
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"He who would stifle debate rather than engage in it, does so at the expense of his integrity and credibility"

Mike Curtin

Well, at least there was no biting. I'll be moving them both to a larger cage for more mating. I also had issues with my large male Olive today doing something similar. At about 11', he's 2' larger than the female. The day before, I moved the 9' male out of her cage after copulation (white messies on her back, lol) The larger male was was freaking out, but the female was looking at him like he was nuts He smelled the other male on her.
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1.0 Blackheaded pythons
2.4 Woma
3.2 Aussie Olives
1.1 Timors
2.2 Bloods
2.2 IJ Carpets
1.1 Coastal Carpets
1.3 Macklotts
1.2 F2 Carpondros
2.0 Jungle Carpet
0.1 Carpondro
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow boas
1.1 Striped Bolivian Boas
0.1 child, CB
0.1 wife, WC

n/p
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"He who would stifle debate rather than engage in it, does so at the expense of his integrity and credibility"

Mike Curtin

Sounds like you got a male to me. Its happened to the best of us. Why would you wait and see? Just probe the snake and find out for sure.

"Sounds like you got a male to me"

But then why would it react the same way to the female?
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1.0 Blackheaded pythons
2.4 Woma
3.2 Aussie Olives
1.1 Timors
2.2 Bloods
2.2 IJ Carpets
1.1 Coastal Carpets
1.3 Macklotts
1.2 F2 Carpondros
2.0 Jungle Carpet
0.1 Carpondro
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow boas
1.1 Striped Bolivian Boas
0.1 child, CB
0.1 wife, WC