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jennifer88
06-12-12, 12:13 PM
Hello,

As I'm new here I thought I'd introduce my carpets.

First up is Sid, he's a jungle jaguar sibling. First pic is of him when I first got him,

http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af268/dickvansheepcake/Facebook/88%20Jungle%20Jaguar%20Sibling%20Carpet%20Python/324202_10150379900276702_125301407_o.jpg

And here he is now, at a little over a year old and a little over 4ft long

http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af268/dickvansheepcake/Facebook/88%20Jungle%20Jaguar%20Sibling%20Carpet%20Python/466157_10150798476511702_239399071_o.jpg

And him just finishing off a chick!

http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af268/dickvansheepcake/Facebook/88%20Jungle%20Jaguar%20Sibling%20Carpet%20Python/468363_10150926125581702_133756718_o.jpg

And my other carpet, Bella, she's a diamond jungle jaguar. First pic of when I first got her

http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af268/dickvansheepcake/Facebook/94%20Diamond%20Jungle%20Jaguar%20Carpet%20Python/329689_10150419896986702_729266701_8295609_1996607 399_o.jpg

And her now at a bit under a year old and just over three and a half feet long

http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af268/dickvansheepcake/Facebook/94%20Diamond%20Jungle%20Jaguar%20Carpet%20Python/475839_10150937532891702_1494788548_o.jpg

http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af268/dickvansheepcake/Facebook/94%20Diamond%20Jungle%20Jaguar%20Carpet%20Python/415286_10150881844021702_74974993_o.jpg

And a pic of the two of them playing on my four poster bed...or their climbing frame as they see it!

http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af268/dickvansheepcake/Facebook/Snakey%20play%20time/412719_10150768236651702_626628367_o.jpg


Sorry for all the pictures! I have hundreds more so just put a select few on here :)


Jennifer
Donnie
06-12-12, 01:03 PM
They are both lovely looking snakes :)
jennifer88
06-12-12, 01:15 PM
They are both lovely looking snakes :)

Thank you very much :) They both have lovely temperaments too, especially the female, the male has his off days!
AustinG
06-12-12, 01:28 PM
They are beautiful. I really like that jag! And that feeding pic is hilarious haha.
Terranaut
06-12-12, 02:58 PM
Nice carpets!!! Very nice!!
alessia55
06-12-12, 03:03 PM
Great pics! Love the one of both of them on the bed frame :p
UwabamiReptiles
06-12-12, 09:49 PM
Great pics of some beautiful carpets! I really like seeing so many carpet owners. Just be careful with feeding them chicks. I have a jungle right now that will pretty much only eat chicks now. They are like candy to them.
Wama
06-12-12, 11:39 PM
Very nice Morelia
jennifer88
06-13-12, 02:55 AM
Thank you for all the lovely comments :) I'm glad I came across this forum. It's nice to have a morelia specific forum to come to!

Great pics of some beautiful carpets! I really like seeing so many carpet owners. Just be careful with feeding them chicks. I have a jungle right now that will pretty much only eat chicks now. They are like candy to them.

Thanks for the tip! I'm not too worried about them getting hooked on anything in particular though, they're both little monsters when it comes to food! I've always fed them a varied diet of rats (more often than other foods), chicks, pheasants, quail, gerbils and hamsters...I think that's it! When they're big enough I'll let them have guinea pigs and rabbits occasionally too. They just love food, no matter what animal it is!
sniper182
06-13-12, 04:54 AM
Awesome carpets
shaunyboy
06-16-12, 11:44 AM
nice carpets mate

cheers shaun
jennifer88
06-17-12, 11:30 AM
Thank you very much! :)
maximus30576
06-17-12, 01:04 PM
Great pics and beautiful snakes Jennifer , i cant wait til mine gets bigger ...
Trent
06-18-12, 06:57 AM
very nice!!!
hellosugaree
07-06-12, 02:09 PM
Lovely DJJ.
charlesc84
07-06-12, 05:39 PM
Do jungle jags have the same neuro issues that regular coastal jags have?
hellosugaree
07-07-12, 08:18 AM
Do jungle jags have the same neuro issues that regular coastal jags have?

Jags are jags buddy, so absolutely. Visible neurological symptoms are not guaranteed in jags but many have them. I'm not a fan of jags. They look pretty, but it's like having a baby you know will have Down syndrome because you like the look of kids with big heads. It's clearly a deleterious allele, and it says something ababout the reptile trade that breeding this gene is so poopular. I know I'm a minority on this issue.
Terranaut
07-07-12, 10:53 AM
The percentage of Jags with nero issues is very small. Some research has linked the onset if nero issues with the use of mite treatment chemicals. Most that have it are 99% normal and will only show signs when severely stressed. The reason it is easy to find videos on youtube of the bad cases is just that. They are bad so people post video. My jag is 100% ok. When I first got him I thought he had a touch of this but later realized he was just 100% focusing on my hand and not his head angle. But he is fine. Looks great and if friends want his offspring down the road I will breed him.
hellosugaree
07-08-12, 10:42 AM
Jags are jags buddy, so absolutely. Visible neurological symptoms are not guaranteed in jags but many have them. I'm not a fan of jags. They look pretty, but it's like having a baby you know will have Down syndrome because you like the look of kids with big heads. It's clearly a deleterious allele, and it says something ababout the reptile trade that breeding this gene is so poopular. I know I'm a minority on this issue.


Typing on a phone... just realized I said poopular. haha
shaunyboy
07-08-12, 11:36 AM
the jag neuro issues came up,over on a morelia dedicated website.....

members were asked...

out of ALL the jags they owned and produced,how many showed neurological issues

the thread came to the conclusion,that it was a low number,around 5% to 10% of ALL jags had an issue

i have only ever had 2 of my jags show mild signs of neuro issues (slight head wobbles,when they got excited)

cheers shaun
charlesc84
07-09-12, 03:24 AM
I asked two breeders about this at the White Plains show today, one of them being Jason Baylin. Both said the same thing: Only snakes that show the Jag morph are the ones with the neuro issues. If a snake is bred to a Jag, but a specific baby does not display the Jag colors/pattern, there shouldn't be any neuro issue. It is directly related to way the animal looks. Again, these aren't my words and I'm paraphrasing, but it makes sense to me.
hellosugaree
07-09-12, 07:13 AM
I asked two breeders about this at the White Plains show today, one of them being Jason Baylin. Both said the same thing: Only snakes that show the Jag morph are the ones with the neuro issues. If a snake is bred to a Jag, but a specific baby does not display the Jag colors/pattern, there shouldn't be any neuro issue. It is directly related to way the animal looks. Again, these aren't my words and I'm paraphrasing, but it makes sense to me.

That is absolutely correct.