Progress

[youngster]

My little troublemaker Mayhem is already calming down.
This is the first time he's let me hold him barehanded without striking once!
He was actually very laid back today, not sure why.

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Nice pattern shot
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He was going up my sleeve right before this shot, I thought he was gonna bite my armpit! :p
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[KORBIN5895]

Looks great Eli! Looks like you are doing it right. Nice bandana too!

[alessia55]

He looks great! What a cute little guy. I'm glad to see he's calming down for you. :D

[theapexgerman]

Its always a nice day when you don't get tagged bu your own pets

[Norm66]

That's cool Eli. The bandana definitely looks cool, but I might be biased towards them. ;^)

My JCP has his moments. Over the weekend I had him out and he was nervous, gripping overly tight etc. Last night he was a puppy dog. I let him hang out on top of the rack while I checked on all the other snakes. I did goof and grabbed something right in front of his face and he kind of half-way struck at me but it was with a closed mouth so no biggie. He liked it out and didn't want to go back in his tub. I need to get him his adult cage soon.

[UwabamiReptiles]

He's looking good Eli, just keep working with him and before you know it he'll be puppy dog tame for you.

[CK SandBoas]

He looks great Eli!:)

[Swany]

He's looking good Eli ;-)

[MoreliAddict]

good job eli! carpets are so nice to handle once they're tame

[Lankyrob]

Very pretty lil boy you got there Eli, loving his colouring and pattern :)

[Kayla90]

Yaaay that's awesome :D
I love holding Carpet pythons..

[Terranaut]

Patients and gentle handling are starting to reward you.
You think you liked him before...now if this trend continues you get to see just how awesome carpets are to handle. Ours hiss a bit but never strike (thank god they are adults). Carpets are the coolest to handle. They never stop moving for more than a few seconds and love to reach out to nearby objects/people. Enjoy and good job taming that beast :)

[exwizard]

Very nice. So glad hes taming down for you. You know first hand that what it takes to tame down any snake is frequent handling. Thats my experience with my Macklots and Mayhem is proving this as well.

[Skumbo]

Aww hes cute :3

[marvelfreak]

I really like his pattern.

[maximus30576]

I sure hope mine tames down as well , he is still striking at every thing that move and he tags me at least once a day while i am holding him , but i wont give up, no sireee i wont give up ... Very pretty carpet you got there youngster...

[exwizard]

This would not be possible except for fequent handling. These pics were taken last June, just a couple of months after I picked these guys up at the Omaha Reptile Show.

Eli, youre doing great.

[Lankyrob]

I sure hope mine tames down as well , he is still striking at every thing that move and he tags me at least once a day while i am holding him , but i wont give up, no sireee i wont give up ... Very pretty carpet you got there youngster...


We have had ours for 18months, he is still a nghtmare getting him out of and back into the viv but once he is out he is fine.

[maximus30576]

Yeah lankyrob thats when i have a time is getting him out even with a hook he always seems to tag me , then he is ok once he is cruising around on my hands ..

[Trent]

This would not be possible except for fequent handling. These pics were taken last June, just a couple of months after I picked these guys up at the Omaha Reptile Show.

Eli, youre doing great.
Nice looking pics!