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I have been in going to a local reptile store, who had received this carpet about a month to a month and a half ago, from a man who took the dive to give up all his snakes because the WIFE! Anyway i had been looking for a while for either a carpet, another albino burm or another Brazilian rainbow boa to add to my collection, and in the future try to breed when my current ones got to size, if not already. I was kind of iffy on this one because i have not had any experience or knowledge on carpets other then what i have read up on online. The store she was at was asking alot for her, good for me im in sales lol. Anyway shes about 10-11ft and i would say a little underfed. Her attitude is pretty good, actually alot better then my burms, but she does tend to surprise me sometimes with her quick sudden movements when trying to get a hold of her at first and when you handle her she doesnt stay still as you can see in the pic (which im finding is common in these snakes by some videos i have seen?). Also one question i did have is i see all most carpets yellow and black and some black and grey like i have, whats the difference between the too if any? or is it just a color change phase they go through like in BRB's? Im going to work on getting her back up to the size she should be, you can see in the pic she has some room to fill in that skin. Who knows if she'll be ready by febuary but i have a couple possibility's for her in the future.

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//LJ//

3.1.0 BP
0.1.0 BURM '07
0.1.0 JCP '04
1.0.0 BRB '09
0.1.0 BCI '10
1.0.0 English Bred Chocolate Lab

Morelia are a very active group. Most are arboreal in nature, but they are lithe animals. She looks a smidge thin to me, but not anything that would be of concern,

In regards to colors, that is something that varies between the species. What you have looks to be a coastal carpet python, they have the most muted of coloration and also get the largest.
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Cindy Steinle
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Cindy's spot on! A Carpet is a relatively thinner bodied snake compared to, say a Burm! That snake might be a couple rats under-weight, that's about it! The black and yellow carpets you speak of, are "Jungles" from the Atherton Tableland region! What you have there, is a Coastal Carpet! BTW, if that animal is indeed 10-11 ft, that's the biggest carpet I've ever seen!

Thanks Cindy and Buzzard! Sorry for the late reply christmas kept work busy along with myself. I have done some reading up as well so i familiarized myself a little more with the carpets. I have noticed over the first week it spent 100% of its time perched up away from everything even on the cold side of the enclosure thats around 82-84 pending on time of day (day/night). I guess now that shes's familiar, we have had time to handle her and offer her food she is more comfortable with everything. A VERY docile huge snake, she had eaten for us once out of the two time's, devouring two large rats (on the small side). I have also found out her prior owner was feeding her 2 jumbo rats a month. I thought id share that in case that's not enough? which would result in my opinionated slimmer size. i thought about keeping her on a 12-14 day schedule of 2 large rats, since "jumbo" is rather scarce for me to get in my location, and i could also try and put a little weight back on her like i think she needs?. Anyway since buzzard compared her body size to a burm, which it is not to be compared size wise to i decided in to post up new pics of her along with my burm so that they can be compared. The burm is nearly 8.5 -9ft and the carpet although i havent had a chance to measure her end to end stretched out, is obviously longer in person so im not sure if that can be seen through pics. She's very long, my biggest snake to date. I take it females normally dont get over 9ft? Just an FYI there might be a possibility in pairing these two in the future

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//LJ//

3.1.0 BP
0.1.0 BURM '07
0.1.0 JCP '04
1.0.0 BRB '09
0.1.0 BCI '10
1.0.0 English Bred Chocolate Lab

Pairing the two? Two what? The Burm and the Carpet? Why, for what? WHAT???????????

I understand not everyone is a fan of hybridization, and if thats the point your getting at i understand. Im not looking for an argument. Im just a collector with interests, not necessarily looking to breed just a simple interest, thats it. Now i guess this is going to stop you from conversing about my animal? im confused.
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//LJ//

3.1.0 BP
0.0.1 BURM '07
0.1.0 JCP '04
1.0.0 BRB '09
0.1.0 BCI '10
1.0.0 English Bred Chocolate Lab

Stop conversing? Not really! I'm just not a fan of hybrids! If you want to breed, get a mate for either or both!