Feeding

[Lankyrob]

Set up a photobucket.com account, upload pics there and then all you do is copy the IMG code into your post here. Hey presto, pictures!!!

[shaunyboy]

carpets can live to 20 to 30 years of age,so imo he's starting to get old....

that said,i have carpets that hammer their prey most of the time,then the odd time,they will give a laid back half hearted strike,if any at all,before dragging the prey away to eat it WITHOUT constricting it at all

if everything else is as it should be (eating,shedding,general behavoir),then i wouldn't worry about it

cheers shaun

[Tracy33]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

carpets can live to 20 to 30 years of age,so imo he's starting to get old....

that said,i have carpets that hammer their prey most of the time,then the odd time,they will give a laid back half hearted strike,if any at all,before dragging the prey away to eat it WITHOUT constricting it at all

if everything else is as it should be (eating,shedding,general behavoir),then i wouldn't worry about it

cheers shaun

Hello Shaun, yes everything else is normal . He shed his skin today in one piece, he had laid in his water tank for six days, which he never has done before, although he always sheds well . Do you have older carpets to ? or do you think they are just as relaxed as mine. Tracy.

[shaunyboy]

does he normally soak in his water bowl before a shed ?

i know people who's carpets soak,but none of mine do

it may be he has mites and this is causing him to not act as he normally does

if he goes back into his water bowl for long periods of time,then wait a few hours,then pick him out and swab his,nostrils and eyes with a white cotton bud.....

the mites climb to the nostrils and eyes of the snake,to avoid drowning

as said it may not be mites

cheers shaun

[Tracy33]

Originally Posted by Lankyrob

Set up a photobucket.com account, upload pics there and then all you do is copy the IMG code into your post here. Hey presto, pictures!!!

Thanks for that Lankyrob, i will look into it. Tracy.