back in the snake world and looking for info

[reptileexperts]

Carpet pythons are not very large as small juvenilies. My carpets are kept in 8qt tubs for the first 3-4 months of their life. This gets them started the best I can get them going. After this, they move into a 32 qt tub. Once they reach about 3 ft which can take the better part of a year, I move them into their final enclosures. My Irian Jayas are kept in the same size setup as my Chondro, which is a 2x2x2' PVC tank, my larger species (Coastals) are kept in 3x2x2 cages, as these snakes have the potential to gain a lot more size in the run of things.

But to answer your question, yes you can use a 20l tank to keep a juvenile in, and it will stay just fine in there for the first year of its life more than likely. After that plan on moving it into it's adult cage, though it does take the better part of 2-3 years for them to become maxed out so to speak in length, and start adding on the pounds. Keep in mind that Carpet Pythons come in a few different sub species and are very different in size and in some cases availability and husbandry. The smallest would be Irian Jaya (Papau New Guinie) which retain the adult size to that of a well sized ball python of the same sex. Next would be Jungles, which typically reach 6-7ft as adults. Coastals push the limit to 6-8 ft on average (some reports of 12' coastals are out there but RARE and only from certain locales). Then you have Diamonds which get the largest 8-9' consistently, but require a little bit cooler cage temps, and a higher humidity as they are a more tropic sub-species. . . Then you can get away from Spilota and look at Bredli (morelia bredll) which is a different species. These are going to be the heaviest bodied of the carpets and are a very attractive Red snake with HUGE heads. But again, all can be started in a 20l tank, and all of these can be kept in a 3x2x2 with the exception of Diamond which I'd reccommend keeping in a 4x2x2 or 4x2x1.5'.