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Well really outta of the three common carpets irian jayas, coastals and jungles the are all pretty easy to care for as long as they are cb. Which you wont have to worry about with the jungles or coastals because they are austrailian pythons. But wc irian jays often come in aggressive and full of parasites and with variose sickness's like respitory infections and they usually will not eat for ahwile because they are stressed. But they will acclimate , but I just say stay away from wc's. Since all pretty much have the same care they all are pretty easy to care for. But Jungles are usually always agressive at first but it will work out after awhile and coastals can reach up to 9 feet somtimes. But thats about it just go wiht whatever one you think will suit you.....I started off with an irian jaya myself.

Justin Morash

so what your saying is the jcp will not tame easy i was thinking about a diamond python but then i heard there very expensive 1 only like to spend like up to $500 australian dollars so the only carpet pythons we can get here are the jcp and the coastal and the diamond python does the jcp need a uv light or not because i know the diamonds need a uv light and what temperture should jcps be kept at

Jungles will "tame" just as easily as any other carpet python. By and large, babies are going to be very aggressive and very bitey, and adults, if raised in captivity, will be very handleable. I've personally never seen an aggressive adult carpet, but I do know they exist. Here in the US, diamond pythons are anywhere from $600-$900 for babies, no telling what for adults. However, they are native to your home country, so I would figure they would be much less there. I have no idea what the exchange rate is between Australian currency and US currency though. Just do a search for dealers in your country and see what their prices are. Oh, and no snakes *need* any kind of special lighting. UV lighting with reptiles plays a role in vitamine D production, but that's only with herbivores or omnivores. Snakes are strictly carnivores so they get their vit D directly from their food. The only snakes I keep any special light on are my boomslangs, as they are a very diurnal species (day active), and for breeding purposes I like to cycle them naturally. As far as temps go, I've kept carpets just fine at about 85 F day, 80 F night (or 30 C day, 28 C or so night) though others use other temperatures.
-Chance

I would agree with Austin (reply above), in that Irian Jaya carpets (Captive Breed) are wonderful snakes and IMO they have the best colors. I currently keep four kinds of Carpets - Coastals, JCP, Centralian (Bredli) and the Irian Jaya's .. and while they are all very easy snakes (eat well, breed well and are tame to handle) for my money I think the Irian Jaya Carpets are my favorites.