How do you house your adult carpets?

Sasha2 · 09-26-15, 04:08 PM

Also whats your humidity in the cage like?
I have Ozzy in one of those christmas tree tubs and he has a humid hide but hasnt touched it, basically he wont leave the one hide at all. Dont know if he still scared or just likes that hide.
I am a bit concerned about him not having a bowel movement. Its been three weeks and he is really fat in the back end.Ive fed him once so far, two small rats.Should I feed him like normal(medium rats) and not worry about the lack of fece

pinefamily · 09-26-15, 04:29 PM

Humidity is not good for carpets. A large water bowl should provide enough humidity for them to shed fine. Get him out for a bit of exercise, even if it's only roaming around your arms and shoulders. That should help his bowel movement. Just maybe don't do it on carpet, just in case.....

The hide he's in, where is it in the tub? And how long has he been in the tub? And also how old is he?

pinefamily · 09-26-15, 04:31 PM

We have a couple of our pythons in tanks, the rest are in tubs in a Vision racking system. We wouldn't have had the room for that many tanks, and the heating costs would have been prohibitive.

Sasha2 · 09-26-15, 06:07 PM

Ive only had him 3 weeks and he is at best guess 2-5 yrs old(around 5ft mark). I have a plastic hide on the cool side which he is currently using. I have a humid hide in the middle(a sterilite shoebox with damp ecoearth) and a lame cardboard box on the warm side with a piece of flexwatt hooked to a thermostat set at 92 but its only 88 under the warm hide.
He has been in this tub since I got him home and I really have no history on him at all.

Ive read caresheets but they all conflict with each other so I was going by the ac reptiles site.

**EL Ziggy** · 09-26-15, 09:03 PM

I've recently started keeping carpets and I plan on housing them in pvc cages as adults. My humidity stays betwen 50-60%. Since humidity isn't an issue here in the Southeast a tank would be my second choice. I just think they're too beautiful to be kept in tubs and make better display animals. I can watch my carpets climb and roam for hours.
Could your carpet be getting ready for a shed. My coastal has been in his hide for the last 3 days and when I checked on him I noticed his scales were dull so I think he'll be shedding soon. Just a thought.

MDT · 09-26-15, 10:21 PM

I'm kinda like Ziggy. Mine are in Animal Plastics enclosures. Ceramic water dish, pretty much ambient humidity. Substrate is a corrugated paper product. Hot side about 92, vertical and horizontal temp gradient so cool side about 78. Night time drop to 85/70 respectively. Hides on either end.

pinefamily · 09-27-15, 02:31 AM

He could be going into shed, as Ziggy suggests. Or as it is only three weeks, he could be adjusting to his new home.
I would ditch the hide with the ecoearth. Carpets don't need too much humidity, surprisingly, considering where they come from in Australia. The water bowl is the only humidity we provide, and similar to MDT we use recycled paper cat litter as substrate. We don't live in a humid area, more a Mediterranean style climate, yet have virtually no issues with shedding.
Our black headed python stayed in his hide for nearly three weeks prior to him shedding. Now he's back roaming his tank.

Sasha2 · 09-28-15, 06:54 PM

Okay thanks I will take out the humid hide, he doesnt touch it anyway. I give all my snakes humid hides and most will use them. In summer its humid here but in winter its so dry I get shocked touching a door knob.
I will give him time and see what happens.

I eventually will build him a nice cage. I have just about everything I need to build one.