Wow, $800? I know where I'll be selling my babies after they're born and established, wonder how long it takes to get the export/import paperwork done? Or maybe I could smuggle them across the border, LOL.
Carpet pythons were on my "short list" before I ran across the DRMB's, and when I found the first one for such a good price at a reptile show I just couldn't pass it up.
Here's the wee bugger when I brought him/her (never did sort out the sex) home, on a 29 gallon fish tank, just a little critter about 18" long:
I had a tough time getting it to start eating. Tried live fuzzy mice, finally got it to take a live hopper, then much later it occured to me it had probably been started on rat pinks...
The yellow got much brighter with size and age, here's a pic from last summer:
Here's the mouse muncher raiding a tub of breeders a couple weeks ago. Took down 6 adults, mostly pregnant females, had the 7th (male) in coils. I'm not sure how that one was supposed to fit in the belly too, so it went to the Dumeril's boa. How many snakes could you easily take a freshly killed prey item from w/out any trouble?:
So full the head and neck were hanging out of the ceramic cave after I returned the bugger to the tank (40 breeder, the lid has been secured better since then.):
That size ceramic cave comfortably holds 2 of the larger male DRMB's, or the currently pregnant female who's much larger around and about 6' long now. You can see the cypress mulch in the last pic. There's a large ceramic tile with a heat mat under it below the hides and the water bowl, keeps the water warm, for comfy soaking before sheds. Just did shed last night, all in one piece, not even rolled up. There's also an 80w RHP mounted to the pegboard lid on the other side of the tank, that's where this one spends most of the time basking. Will be moving into a 75 or 90 gallon tank soon, and eventually into a 4x2x2 enclosure. The smaller IJ carpet now occupies the 29, it has a 150w CHE over one end of the screen top for a basking spot. She also shed last night, couple rips but all one piece, not rolled up either. That, along with their good health and generally content behavior/disposition, tells me the setups are suitable. Though it seems that the larger one might think I need to bump up the prey size...
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