Halo's New Duds (Outside)

[Rogue628]

I woke up this morning to find a fresh shed carpet so I took her outside for a quick photo shoot.

I've only had this girl for about 5 months now. As far as I know I'm her third owner. The guy I got her from had her for about 2 years (neither of us are sure of her age) and was feeding her one live medium rat every 14-21 days. It was his first snake and I don't think he was aware that carpets could take 4x the size of their girth. Since I've had her I've been feeding her one f/t jumbo rat every 14 days. Her girth is almost the size of a coke can and she's over 5 1/2' long. It takes around 4 days for the food lump to go away. She seems to be doing well with this but I'm still not completely confident in her prey size as I don't notice her gaining any girth but she has gotten a little longer since I've had her (a couple of inches). If I could be doing something better, please let me know!

This is my first carpet experience and I must say, she's been quite an experience. I've never had a snake that is as active as she is. She's constantly exploring and will get into everything if I don't keep a constant eye on her. It's like having a toddler in the house again lol. She's great though. Although curious, she's quite docile and friendly and has a helluva feed response, oftentimes grabbing her prey so hard and quick that she leaves the tail in my tongs :shock:

Thanks for looking!

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/SVRogue/IMG_20120831_140456.jpg

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[marvelfreak]

Beautiful lady you have there.

[Aaron_S]

Feed smaller meals at shorter intervals and you will probably see a size difference.

Go with large rats, every 8 - 10 days.

[shaunyboy]

personally i think she looks great and don't need any more wieght added

carpets are mean't to be lean and muscular,i think she looks exactly how she should pal

shes a nice healthy, good looking carpet

cheers shaun

[exwizard]

Youre obviously doing something right if she looks like that. Very nice Carpet!

[UwabamiReptiles]

Thats a good looking carpet, its nice to see them as adults. People seem to stop posting pics once carpets hit a certain size.

[Rogue628]

Thank you. She's my first experience with a more lean amimal. I wanted to make sure I'm doing rigbt by her. She's so thin compared to my other ones lol.

I know she's not as bright as others but her bright personality more than makes up for it :D

I couldn't ask for a better carpet experience. I will be adding another to my collection in the future. :)