My Carpets

Feebo · 12-31-09, 12:09 PM

Hi, I`m new to the forum and thought I`d start off by showing you my Carpet pythons.
This is "Magic" My Jungle Carpet. She`s quite highly strung but is improving as time goes by....

Here she is looking quite mean with her dinner...

Her mate is called Arni, he`s a nine foot Jungle Jaguar who I`ve yet to get a decent full picture of. Here he is....

I thought I had some better pictures of him somewhere, I`ll have a look. I`ll probably do some new photos soon anyway. So that`s Magic and Arni.... Who would you like to see next? Common Boas? Blood pythons? Hognoses? I have a huuuuge female Rainbow boa measuring in at eight feet ! Who shall I showcase next?

infernalis · 12-31-09, 12:16 PM

Very pretty brilliant colors.

Nice!

marvelfreak · 12-31-09, 03:51 PM

Hello and welcome!

Those are some sweet looking snakes. Let's see your rainbow and bloods next. Jungles, blood, and rainbows are my favorite snakes.

Feebo · 12-31-09, 04:12 PM

Cheers

OK, Rainbows and Bloods it is..... I think I`ve got some photos here already actually

Drewp · 12-31-09, 06:10 PM

nice carpets, one of the best looking non venomous snakes...

Feebo · 12-31-09, 06:58 PM

Couldn`t agree more

Cheers. If I was brave/crazy enough, my favourite hot snake is the Gaboon, they`re gorgeous... but I`m not that brave. I`m after a Malagassy Hognose soon, that`s about as brave as I get I think......

Hillsberry · 12-31-09, 10:20 PM

Sweet pictures!!

Squisher · 01-02-10, 12:21 PM

Carpets are definitely my next addition for one of the reasons I keep 'Tics (I have more than one reason I keep them).. Their patterns are simply awesome to me and I like the fact that it encompasses their head. I just have to do some more research on them as far as whats the advantages and disadvantages of various localities and the differences between them. I have heard (and seen) people that keep carpets together. I learned early on it better to keep your collection separate unless breeding. Is this the norm with them? I had two 7 month old 'Tics together for about a week or so till I found the one a home and it was difficult to trust them when I had to interact because they worked as a team together. Not good when they're are inherently cage aggressive.

Sorry for the rant.. I mainly wanted to stop by and look at your carpets and feel you deserve a compliment on them.. they are awesome looking!!

I'm now going to get on the phone and call 1-800-CARPETS and see whats on special! (thats suppose to be a funny haha)

Feebo · 01-02-10, 12:42 PM

LOL Well.... You`ll find a lot of people will tell you never to keep more than one snake in a viv for some very valid reasons.... However, some people do keep thier snakes like this and I`m one of them, done carefully, ie don`t feed them together and let them calm down before you put them back together, it is perfectly possible. I have a pair of Common Boas together, A Jungle Jaguar and Jungle Carpet, Royal pythons and Hognoses. It`s perfectly possible to do. Just look into it, explore both sides of the argument and see what you`re happy with, I`m happy to answer as many questions as you can throw at me

I`d just like to mention that I actually left a snake forum because of arguments about this subject, I`d rather not get into an argument with anyone here. We all have slightly different opinions on snake keeping, I`d have thought that was acceptable but I ended up being talked to in a manner that I didn`t consider acceptable, so I left. Luckily, I found this place

Squisher · 01-02-10, 01:10 PM

Speaking for myself, I'll never tell anyone how to do something unless they ask. Doesn't stop someone from offering a suggestion however. When it comes to housing snakes together I feel that's their business. I was merely bringing up the topic cause I've seen more than one person that kept Carpets keep them together. I for one dont do it cause I have found with my guys their is a much better feeding response when they are kept in their own digs. I've had too many refusals outside of the box. The people are friendly here from what I've seen. So unless your doing something downright dumb.. I think you'll get along just fine.

Thank you for the offer in information/education of the breed. When i move my big guy into something else I'll have an enclosure available... and who wants an empty enclosure laying around lol.

emseeKAY · 01-02-10, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Squisher

Thank you for the offer in information/education of the breed. When i move my big guy into something else I'll have an enclosure available... and who wants an empty enclosure laying around lol.

lol so true!

P.S. I love the picture of the carpet eating its dinner, those teeth are amazing looking lol

Feebo · 01-02-10, 05:51 PM

Empty tanks ! LOL That`s how I ended up with thirty odd snakes that is ! lol

Well I`m glad the topic of keeping multiple snakes together has come up actually,I shouldn`t presume every forum would contain rude arse trolls but I did worry. I was glad to see a few welcomes in my hello thread, that`s always a good sign !

It certainly seems a nice friendly forum so far I must say.

I`m glad I found this place, it would have been a real shame not to have continued looking for a forum to call home. Being so interested in snakes and having so many, I want to share! lol I`ve got favourite forums for my other hobbies, astrophotography and tropical snail keeping so it`s about time I settled down in a snake forum.....

marvelfreak · 01-02-10, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Feebo

LOL Well.... You`ll find a lot of people will tell you never to keep more than one snake in a viv for some very valid reasons.... However, some people do keep thier snakes like this and I`m one of them, done carefully, ie don`t feed them together and let them calm down before you put them back together, it is perfectly possible. I have a pair of Common Boas together, A Jungle Jaguar and Jungle Carpet, Royal pythons and Hognoses. It`s perfectly possible to do. Just look into it, explore both sides of the argument and see what you`re happy with, I`m happy to answer as many questions as you can throw at me

I`d just like to mention that I actually left a snake forum because of arguments about this subject, I`d rather not get into an argument with anyone here. We all have slightly different opinions on snake keeping, I`d have thought that was acceptable but I ended up being talked to in a manner that I didn`t consider acceptable, so I left. Luckily, I found this place

I heard as long as it's not two males it's ok. I did learn the hard way years ago when i first got into snake you shouldn't keep boas an pythons together. I was told by a pet store sale person it wouldn't hurt. I had build a huge cage an put 4 balls and two boas in it.(separated them at feed time) one boa had IBD (Boid Inclusion Body Disease) it killed them all. It is twice as deadly to python as boas. It wasn't till year later i found out that's what killed them all. A very hard leason learn. I believe in keeping a open mind to different opinions. You never know what you might learn. Some people have strong believes about how to do things, but that doesn't them right. I think you'll find people around here are pretty open minded. That's why this my favorite forum.

Feebo · 01-03-10, 05:59 AM

Cool, that`s good to hear, it`s nice to have a snakey forum to come to now

I wouldn`t keep Boas and Pythons together, only ever a breeding pair of one species. Saying that, I`ll keep two female Corn snakes together or two males but I`d keep a close eye on what was going on in the tank, especially with the males, it`s fairly easy to tell if it`s not going to work out. But the points people make about illness spreading are of course correct, that`s a risk I take, if I get a really nasty illness, both snakes in the tank will get it. As for feeding, I don`t have any problems with snakes attacking each other at all. Maybe if I didn`t know what I was doing I might but as I say, there are valid points on each side of the argument, it`s just a case of deciding what you`re personally happy with.

Looks like I`ve got a new snake coming soon ! I`ve just about convinced my wife I should have a Giant Malagasy Hognose in the snake room lol

marvelfreak · 01-03-10, 06:33 AM

Best of luck. I finally got my wife talked in a Braizilain Rainbow Boa. I could have gotten one (two foot long and friendly) for $250.00 right before christmas. But it had sold by the time i got payed. Oh well! I am going to order one come spring.