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She finally came today. She's a yearling, but small for her age. I was expecting her to be small, but I wasn't fully prepared for how narrow she was going to be. She's probably 3 feet long, but she might weigh 1/10th of my yearling BP.
She's wrapped around my gloved finger in the picture. The picture was followed by half an hour of me trying to convince her to get off my finger.
Her name is Berber.
Will0W783
05-12-10, 02:19 PM
Lol, you gotta love that baby carpet attitude. They usually are nippy until they get larger. They are very slender snakes their entire lives- my 8 foot carpet is about as thick as my 4.5 foot ball python for reference and perfectly healthy. Carpets are just slender snakes compared to BPs. Regular handling (3 times a week for 5-10 mins each time is fine) will calm her over time. Just remember to not handle for 2-3 days after she eats. I had 4 yearling coastals that constantly bit and would bounce off the glass cages striking over and over at me, but I have a jungle/jag sibling male that came perfectly tame and he only nips if you move too quickly around him. He's about 3 feet and 600g.
Hillsberry
05-12-10, 04:01 PM
Hahahahahaha! It was so hard to get my girl off of my hand. My fingers turned purple before I got her off. nice lookin carpet!
dragunov.762
05-12-10, 06:31 PM
nice looking carpet. i have been looking into getting one. where did you get it from?
Got her from Mike Curtin, curtinherps@yahoo.com
He's got a few left, they're $100-$200
Hillsberry
05-12-10, 07:26 PM
Ahhhhhh Mike! I got mine from him too. Thats why your carpet looks so pretty its becuase its one of Mike's! Lol
She's wrapped around my gloved finger in the picture. The picture was followed by half an hour of me trying to convince her to get off my finger.
Her name is Berber.
OMG this made me laugh out loud...LOVE the name and love the 'tude she presented. I can just see you 'convincing' her!
Best of luck with the little beauty!
Bree
She is definitely one snake that's not getting anywhere near my neck.
She is definitely one snake that's not getting anywhere near my neck.
Probably a very good idea on that! lol
dragunov.762
05-13-10, 11:34 AM
thanks for the website i was looking at diamond coastal intergardes from Will Bird
shaunyboy
05-14-10, 11:17 AM
nice jungle mate cant wait to see more pic's once he/she settles in.
cheers shaun
I managed to get her weighed this morning. She's about 36" long and weighs a whopping 2 ounces, and the breeder had her on rat pups. I can't wait to see her eat something that weighs half as much as she does. However, I think she's going into shed (she looks pretty washed out, and it's been 4 weeks since her last shed according to the breeder), so it'll be a while.
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