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Hi everyone. I finally got a reliable dig camera, so the first thing I did with it was snap a pic of my baby. Although I'm slightly ashamed to say I'm not really sure what kind of carpet she is. The guy at my herp shop said she is a Coastal, but after seeing her compared to other coastals... I'm not sure.

Shes a coastal; coastals always seem to look like distant relatives. Nice coastal too.

>>Hi everyone. I finally got a reliable dig camera, so the first thing I did with it was snap a pic of my baby. Although I'm slightly ashamed to say I'm not really sure what kind of carpet she is. The guy at my herp shop said she is a Coastal, but after seeing her compared to other coastals... I'm not sure.
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Coastals come in all colors and patterns. Which is half the fun! Each snake is personalized and no two are exactly alike!

I like her markings. Are you going to be looking for a male at any point?

Darci
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Takes all kinds to make a World...

Yea, I want to breed her in the next year or so... She's a great snake, very active and has never snapped at me or anyone else... Plus she is getting a new cage soon. A custom made 5'x3'x3' arboreal style cage... Its gonna take me about a month to make...and it will be better than her 2.5'x2'x2' she is in now.

Of the subject of breeding, but on the sub of coastals... She's been spending more and more time in her water bowl the past few days... any ideas why

>Of the subject of breeding, but on the sub of coastals... She's been spending more and more time in her water bowl the past few days... any ideas why

I would first check her for mites (be thurough). Secondly you will want to check humidity and heat to make sure they are good. Carpets don't normally soak and it can be a warning sign for mites and or not enough humidity.

Darci
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Takes all kinds to make a World...

Its not mites... I handle her all the time, and I take great precautions against mites in my house... Prozap, Provent-a-mite...you name it. So it must be the humidity... What should the humidity be at? I've always just kept her in her cage with the spot on near the bowl so it offers some. Shes been acting odd for the past week or so, always crawling around day and night looking for a way out, sitting in her bowl, and strangely she's let me actually touch her head, which is odd.

>>Shes been acting odd for the past week or so, always crawling around day and night looking for a way out, sitting in her bowl, and strangely she's let me actually touch her head, which is odd.

The fall can be the dryest time of the year. Humidity should be around 50-60%.

My female becomes more active around this time of year too, but not because she's looking for a way out. Its because she's hungry. I am currently feeding her f/t jumbos weekly and she still ready to eat again after 4 days. I was told that adult female boas and pythons do this because they are instinctual stocking up for the winter months.

Also my carpets have become mellower with age and become less jumpy. So I really wouldn't worry about that...

Darci
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Takes all kinds to make a World...

>>Shes been acting odd for the past week or so, always crawling around day and night looking for a way out, sitting in her bowl, and strangely she's let me actually touch her head, which is odd.

The fall can be the dryest time of the year. Humidity should be around 50-60%.

My female becomes more active around this time of year too, but not because she's looking for a way out. Its because she's hungry. I am currently feeding her f/t jumbos weekly and she still ready to eat again after 4 days. I was told that adult female boas and pythons do this because they are instinctual stocking up for the winter months.

Also my carpets have become mellower with age and become less jumpy. So I really wouldn't worry about that...

Darci
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Takes all kinds to make a World...

Well, I sealed off the top of her cage with a piece of plexiglass. so now there is about half screen half plexiglass with a few holes drilled. And I let it sit like that for a few days. I looked for mites, and nothing. Then I fed her a jumbo rat and she stopped sitting in her waterbowl. So she might have been hungry. Her feeding day was last week, but I was a little short on cash, so i fed her 6 days late.