Got a carpet today! :)

[lovemyskittles]

Excited so I thought I would share! We picked up our (supposed to be Irian Jaya) baby carpet python today! Since I don't know much about carpets I'm not 100% sure the visual difference between the different carpets but from what I've seen I think it is an Irian Jaya. She's a bit nippy, but we expected that and she's smaller/younger than we thought she was going to be (and the fact that it's a she) but that's okay. Will have pictures up either later tonight or tomorrow!

If anyone has any tips or insight they'd like to share about carpets - please do :)

[Freebody]

Grats!! im looking forward to seeing those pics :)

[Ch^4]

Congrats! As mentioned, we can't wait to see her!

I'm a fairly new, but proud carpet owner, so I would rather the carpet-gurus answer your question about advice and care....hint hint shaunyboy, marvelfreak, and Freebody ;)

My only bit of advice; work with her! Figure out a schedule and make sure you handle her so that she will tolerate you holding her. I've been working with my little girl for about a month and she has changed drastically. She went from numerous bites per handling down to zero! I feed Friday's, leave alone Sat/Sun, and handle Mon, Tue, and Wed or Thurs (at least 3 times per week).

Have fun!

[lovemyskittles]

Thanks :) I definitely plan on handling her regularly. I got a few pictures of her in her temp cage (keep them on paper towels and nothing fancy for the first week or two we have them to check for mites). But as soon as she went in the cage she started exploring - sat on top of her house for a while and then got on the branch-thing that I bought for her. The pictures aren't great since it's through her temp cage but I'll get more up when I get her out.

[Ch^4]

Beautiful little girl!

The pics are fine in my opinion, but if you don't think so, you'll have to post some more! ;)

[presspirate]

You just got to love them wicked little faces! Congrats!

[lovemyskittles]

Thanks! :) They turned out better than I thought they would since they were taken through glass. But... I will definitely post some more when I get her out :)

[percey39]

Congratulations!!

[pythonman]

Congrats on your new snake, i am sure in a small amount of time your carpet will become less nippy, its all brand new, different enviroment, different smells, but judging by your enthusiasm and the set up, that carpets in good hands( even if those hands bleed the odd time) I wish you well:)

[marvelfreak]

Welcome to the Carpet Python Fan Club Your a official member. lol :) BRB and now a Carpet Python i must say you have cool taste in snakes.:yes:

[Cor8et]

Well done Lovemyskittles, she`l calm down through time

Love the pics :)

[lovemyskittles]

Thanks everyone :) I'm not too worried about her always being nippy since so many people (on here and people here) have assured me that she will calm down - thanks for that reassurance.

[red ink]

Nice dorsal strip on the snake mate

[lovemyskittles]

Thanks - her dorsal stripe is awesome, it goes down her entire body, has a small break about 6 in from tip of tail then goes for a few more inches. I got her out for a bit tonight (boyfriend did get bit when getting her out of her cage, but that was the only bite tonight) so I did take some more pictures so here they are....

[Will0W783]

Very nice little one you've got there. Welcome to the Morelia club...but be warned: carpets are very addictive. You can almost never have just one, lol. :)

[Freebody]

Sweet carpet! :) i really like that solid stripe down its back!

[shaunyboy]

it looks irian to me

its only carpets i keep and got my first pair of pure irians a few months back

mine are line bred for a reduced pattern so slightly different from yours

ive found irians to have some of the most diverse patterns of all the carpets

great choice of snake

im sure you'll have a lot more carpets this time next year as they are highly addictive snakes

cheers shaun

[lovemyskittles]

Thanks - also, nice to hear you say it looks like an Irian since that's what we wanted her to be. I hope we don't have too many more snakes by this time next year since we really shouldn't take on too many. But I already love her - she's so adorable, even if she does like to bite right now :)

[dragunov.762]

did you get her from a local breeder or online? i am only 40 minutes from indiana and am looking for a pair of ivory JCP's. if you wouldn't mind letting me knolw were you got her that would be great.

[Freebody]

it looks irian to me

its only carpets i keep and got my first pair of pure irians a few months back

mine are line bred for a reduced pattern so slightly different from yours

ive found irians to have some of the most diverse patterns of all the carpets

great choice of snake

im sure you'll have a lot more carpets this time next year as they are highly addictive snakes

cheers shaun
hmm, im not convinced she is irian, they usually have a more golden color to them, not to say your wrong tho. she looks very close to my old coastal carpet minus thats sweet dorsal stripe, im just loving :) Morelia ftw. and dragonov i just seen my first ivory carpet pic, i must say they are very beautifull snake, the white offset by the dark black is very impressive, I realy hope you find one.

[lovemyskittles]

did you get her from a local breeder or online? i am only 40 minutes from indiana and am looking for a pair of ivory JCP's. if you wouldn't mind letting me knolw were you got her that would be great.

We got her from D&K Reptiles (who we also got our Nic and BRB from). They're from Ohio (which is where your profile says you're from) but go to shows near us. The other two snakes we got from them are awesome snakes and trust we'll get healthy, feeding/eating snakes from them. Here's their website: Home | D&K Reptile Sales (http://www.dkreptilesales.com/)

Oh - I don't know how often they update their site about what kind of snakes/lizards they have because when we got our carpet from them she wasn't on their list so emailing them may be a good idea (that's what we've always done).

At the reptile expo that we picked her up from (we emailed them about getting her at that show) we saw a few other breeders who had some carpets as well - it was the Shepherdsville (in KY) show - one of the best expos we've been to.

[shaunyboy]

hmm, im not convinced she is irian, they usually have a more golden color to them, not to say your wrong tho. she looks very close to my old coastal carpet minus thats sweet dorsal stripe, im just loving :) Morelia ftw. and dragonov i just seen my first ivory carpet pic, i must say they are very beautifull snake, the white offset by the dark black is very impressive, I realy hope you find one.


pure coastals tend to not have distinct head markings

re head markings

on the wild caught coastals in australia the head pattern is not uniform normally taking on a smudgy appearance.

re colour
there are irians ranging from,gold,yellow,white,dark brown,a blue tinge,a green tinge,carmel

i would not totally base my identification on something as diverse as colour when it comes to the irian jaya's mate

ive only just started working with irians but have found them to be the most diverse re colour and patternation of all the carpets ive worked with so far.(not argueing with you mate,just adding my 2 cents worth)

DRAGANOV
Mike Curtin of the usa produces some of the best ivory jungles ive seen mate

he states his location as NJ

i dont know which state this represents but he does ship through out the states

cheers shaun

[dragunov.762]

NJ is New Jersey and thanks a ton i found some for sale in the UK but not in the states.

[Freebody]

sweet thx shawn, I always appreciate the info, that why i posted so i can here why you thought it was an irian :) sounds like your right now that you explained it, i still got a long way before i can look at a snake and know its local right away, but its getting better :P

[shaunyboy]

sweet thx shawn, I always appreciate the info, that why i posted so i can here why you thought it was an irian :) sounds like your right now that you explained it, i still got a long way before i can look at a snake and know its local right away, but its getting better :P


im the same mate

best i can do is an educated guess

thats the thing with carpets if you dont buy it from an honest reputable breeder then you will never know its true genetic make up

im just getting into irians and they are all so different im having difficulty telling what is and is not a pure irian

carpet genetics makes my ears smoke:wacky:

cheers shaun

[Freebody]

I think its a burmies python, im sure of it.... sorry mate thats a garter LOL No im not that bad but like you said, educated guess is all i could hope to do , but its still shotty at best. my het granite carpets look exactly like irians, granites and irains both come from west poapan so does that mean they are irains as well? i have been trying to figure it out.

[shaunyboy]

I think its a burmies python, im sure of it.... sorry mate thats a garter LOL No im not that bad but like you said, educated guess is all i could hope to do , but its still shotty at best. my het granite carpets look exactly like irians, granites and irains both come from west poapan so does that mean they are irains as well? i have been trying to figure it out.


the granite gene was originally found in pure irians mate

like the jag gene belongs to coastals

the granite gene belongs to irians

zebra gene belongs to jungles

cheers shaun

[Freebody]

sweet! so i was on to somthing here. i like those zebras as well, after the post here the other day about them and the super zebra i looked and they are very nice. i would like to get a regular zebra, i think i like them better than the super form, hard to say actually.

[shaunyboy]

sweet! so i was on to somthing here. i like those zebras as well, after the post here the other day about them and the super zebra i looked and they are very nice. i would like to get a regular zebra, i think i like them better than the super form, hard to say actually.


a friend of mine from wales in the uk just bought a pair of zebra's from europe

£4000 = $6160

i know of 7 or 8 zebra's here in the uk.so a few years from now there will be some nice morelia on the go over here.

one guy i know is going to put a zebra to the best looking diamond jungle jaguar i have ever seen.i cant wait to see how that turns out mate

cheers shaun

[Freebody]

i just love all the new morphs coming out year after year. its one of those things that keeps my passion growing.

[Xanafein]

Agreed, im already eyeing some IJ Jags....

And a diamond...

Im so gonna be broke

[presspirate]

From what I've seen diamonds are an investment. :nerd: Better get a trio.:freakedout:

[red ink]

Sorry to Hi-jack

Can someone point me out to the morphological diffirences between M. s. harrisoni and M. s. cheynei. That snake looks like a JCP to me?

[Katt]

I'm going to have to agree with the above. Looks like a nice well striped JCP.