Carly's feeding pics

[kernel]

Was feeding my female IJ carpet (Carly) and decided to snap some pics.

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[Terranaut]

Nice. !!!!!

[Norm66]

Cool! Thanks for sharing. Good looking IJ.

[UwabamiReptiles]

Thats a beautiful IJ! Definitely keep posting update pics of that pretty girl.

[kernel]

Thanks! I will definetely post more updated pics as I get them.

[alessia55]

Om nom nom nom happy snake. It's so awkward when all that's left is the tail :crazy2:

[snake man12]

I almost bought three of these today for 200 bucks. Yours are pretty cool

[kernel]

I almost bought three of these today for 200 bucks. Yours are pretty cool

Thanks, but if you don't like aggressive snakes these aren't for you.

[Kayla90]

Really, you find Carpets aggressive?? Or just the IJ's??
I'll hopefully be getting an IJ soon, I can't wait to get to know it's personality.

[Lankyrob]

I dont think carpets are necessarily aggressive - they CAN be nippy but most tend to calm down with size/age

[kernel]

I dont think carpets are necessarily aggressive - they CAN be nippy but most tend to calm down with size/age

That's what I thought. When I got her in June she was very friendly, but now she's just getting more and more aggressive as time goes on. I was telling my local reptile shop about it and they said that's a carpet for ya. Once she's out she not aggressive, but very flighty, but trying to get her out is a nightmare. She sits there and continuously strikes at me and it's not closed mouth, she means business. At one point I asked the reptiles shop if they would make a trade and they would give $35. They said they couldn't give me more cause they have really hard time moving them cause they are always so aggressive.

P.S. I'm not getting rid of her. They just had a snake I really wanted and I was really put out with her at the time.

[Lankyrob]

That isnt aggression it defensive striking - imagine if something 30 times your size went to pick YOU up ;)

Our JCP is a nightmare in the viv - cant even top the water up without getting struck multiple times but when out of the viv he is a pussycat. Invest in a thick pair of garden gloves and a hook and you will be fine :)

[kernel]

Ok, thanks! It's even hard to change her water.

[SkYyaMe1623]

Nice IJ! Thanks for sharing, I adore carpets.

If you're dead set on taming him I suggest you make the enclosure as clean as possible (less stuff for him to wrap his tail around and strike from) and make any perches you have with him removable. If he's sitting on the perch you can just remove the perch and patiently wait for him to check out your arm - I've heard this is a great method to taming carpets because you don't really force yourself on them. Do this 4 or 5 times a week (consistency is important), you really should see progress with his temperament

[shaunyboy]

Really, you find Carpets aggressive?? Or just the IJ's??
I'll hopefully be getting an IJ soon, I can't wait to get to know it's personality.


hatchling carpets can be very defensive biters,but they usually calm down with handling

they also calm down once they get a bit of size about them and realise your not going to eat them

out of all the carpets i have kept (well into dounle figures ) i have only had 2 or 3 that were biters

that said i don't go into my tanks after early evening as most carpets are in hunting mode at that time of day

carpets are a great species to keep and i've found only a small minority of them to be defensive agressive

cheers shaun

[shaunyboy]

That's what I thought. When I got her in June she was very friendly, but now she's just getting more and more aggressive as time goes on. I was telling my local reptile shop about it and they said that's a carpet for ya. Once she's out she not aggressive, but very flighty, but trying to get her out is a nightmare. She sits there and continuously strikes at me and it's not closed mouth, she means business. At one point I asked the reptiles shop if they would make a trade and they would give $35. They said they couldn't give me more cause they have really hard time moving them cause they are always so aggressive.

P.S. I'm not getting rid of her. They just had a snake I really wanted and I was really put out with her at the time.


get yourself a pair of leather gloves and wear a long sleeved jumper

the walk up to her tank and with NO hesitation just take her out

let her feed herself through your gloved hands for 5 minutes every night

don't handle for 3 days after eating though

after she gets used to 5 minutes handling per day,up it to 10 minutes per day

once used to that,up it to 15 minutes handling

but remember dont stand in front of the tank getting nervous or hesitating.they will pick up on it and become more defensive with you

after she is ok at being handled for 15 minutes with gloves,what you do is.....

after 5 minutes of her being out and settled with you,take 1 of the gloves off and keep feeding her through your hands getting her used to the heat of your ungloved hand

after a few handling sessions she should get used to the ungloved hand,then you take both gloves off after handling her for 5 minutes with them on

once you get them up to 15 minutes of handling with ungloved hands,thats usually them calm for life

perciverance and patience is the key to calming them down mate

re food size
i'm not trying to be cheeky but your irian will take larger prey items than the 1 pictured

carpets will easily take prey items 2,3,4 times their girth

i tend to feed large prey items less often,rather than a small items more often

great looking irian you have there

cheers shaun

[kernel]

get yourself a pair of leather gloves and wear a long sleeved jumper

the walk up to her tank and with NO hesitation just take her out

let her feed herself through your gloved hands for 5 minutes every night

don't handle for 3 days after eating though

after she gets used to 5 minutes handling per day,up it to 10 minutes per day

once used to that,up it to 15 minutes handling

but remember dont stand in front of the tank getting nervous or hesitating.they will pick up on it and become more defensive with you

after she is ok at being handled for 15 minutes with gloves,what you do is.....

after 5 minutes of her being out and settled with you,take 1 of the gloves off and keep feeding her through your hands getting her used to the heat of your ungloved hand

after a few handling sessions she should get used to the ungloved hand,then you take both gloves off after handling her for 5 minutes with them on

once you get them up to 15 minutes of handling with ungloved hands,thats usually them calm for life

perciverance and patience is the key to calming them down mate

re food size
i'm not trying to be cheeky but your irian will take larger prey items than the 1 pictured

carpets will easily take prey items 2,3,4 times their girth

i tend to feed large prey items less often,rather than a small items more often

great looking irian you have there

cheers shaun

Thanks for all the info Shaun! She's not aggressive once out, just when trying to get her out. I will definitely get a pair of leather gloves and snake hook. That was an small adult mouse she's eating in the pic. Do you think she could take a rat pup? I don't know much about carpets, all my experience is colubrids and ball pythons.

[Lankyrob]

I would say you could almost double the prey size, my Jcp takes prey the same size as my sd retic with no issue.

[kernel]

That would be a rat pup then.