stick to keeping everything pure, especially with the possibility of hogg island boas being extinct in the wild...or lose to it. now to help as best i can.
a retic is a retic. in the eyes of the law the species Python reticulatus is the same species regardless of race or "dwarf" status. so youll still need the permits. and with carpets the record for the species is slightly over 14 feet, we all know thats not a common thing, 8 to 10 feet is more like it for coastals and even smaller for jungles, but again the record for the species is 14 feet...alot of states/counties/towns dont go as deep as subspecies, most only go to species. but regardless, carpets are some great snakes. irian jayas (my favorite carpet) and jungles tend to stay under 8 feet, a cage with 6 square feet of floor space should suit all but the largest female jungle carpets. most carpets start off nippy, ok who am i kidding, most baby snakes start off nippy (the whole being food for everything would make me nippy too!) but quickly grow out of it, most tend to feed well (the sooner you can get them eatting rats the better) and carpets are very easy to care for. simple caging is always best, a naturalistic cage may display better in a living room but they also tend to be more time intensive to clean, and if somethings boring and long it tends to get done less and les often. i keep mine on news paper (i let it air dry for a few months...i get 7 papers a week, and i save them all specifically for my snakes), a decent sized water bowl, my irian can do laps in hers, but my adult coastals can curl up in theirs and feel pretty snug. temps are standard 78 to 88 with a basking area in the low to mid 90s. humidity is good at 50 to 60% (i keep all of my snakes like this including my scrubs, papuan, blood and white liipped pythons...all known for needing high humidity and good ventilation a hard combo but easily solved read on) with a box full of moist moss so they can be ultra humid but still dry off. and a few pieces of cork bark for hides, i also have some branches and a fake plant. the adult coastals are even more simply set up, newspaper 2 hides and a water dish, thats it...theyre also 7 and 8 feet long. i tend to mist all of my snake cages 2 to 3 times a week. i keep all of my snakes like this, and i have yet to have a bad shed or a missed meal. i havent worked with ringed pythons so i really cant say much about them, other than from what keepers i know tell me, they require the same set up i have. theyd be the most popular snakes in the world if they stayed that bright orange and black, but sadly they get dull with age, but i still like em! and i think you mean solomon island ground boa...again ive only worked with a handful, pretty easy to care for, same methods could work with them. they also arent very colorful, mostly clad in browns and other earth tones...ive worked with both atbs and gtps, id say wait a while on them, they can be tricky at times to say the least, but 6 feet of ticked off amazon tree boa flying past your face is kinda exciting...i just realized what a big geek i am, feel free to pump me for any info you think i can give you
Jay
