New JCP owner with questions - Page 3

jamesb · 10-06-10, 07:27 PM

Will do. Just saw your thread on the yellow anaconda. He is awesome!

jamesb · 10-15-10, 07:32 PM

I'm in the process of defrosting a fuzzy rat from Layne Labs for my carpet. They are much bigger than fuzzy mice! I'm a bit nervous its too big. Some seemed to almost be the size of an small adult mouse. I picked one that is maybe 2x to 2 1/5x the size of the fuzzy mice he ate without issue. Fingers crossed....

jamesb · 10-15-10, 09:51 PM

Well, I took him out of his viv, and put him in the feeding tank. went and got the rat, held it with tongs and he ripped it out of the tongs in about 5 seconds. I didn't even realize he struck before he was wrapped around it. I guess mine doesn't mind rats. It has been 9 days since his last fuzzy mouse. The fuzzy rat was a very large meal compared to the fuzzy mice he ate, so i'm keeping nighttime temps around 80-84 and daytime around 85 with a 90 for basking.

Here are a few shots right after he ate it in the feeding tank. I can't believe he actually ate it! Don't mind the haze. The glass is a bit dirty.

He is happily back in his take for past hour or so and he is sitting curled up on top of his tree near the top of his tank. I'm praying he digests it fine. I guess they really can eat prey a lot larger than I thought

Note that his head is no bigger than it was in the original photos posted on page one. He has eaten 5 times since I got him. I'm thinking he is going to shed soon. I want him to grow

Lankyrob · 10-16-10, 02:12 AM

My yearling jcp eats prey almost as big as my adult corn will eat yet the corn is much larger in terms of girth. It is amazing how fast they strike tho isnt it!!

marvelfreak · 10-17-10, 04:23 PM

Congrats. He looking sweet. From the looks of the lump in him that's perfect sizes.

presspirate · 10-17-10, 05:30 PM

Yessir, thats a satisfied little carpet. Congrats!

shaunyboy · 10-18-10, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by jamesb

I'm in the process of defrosting a fuzzy rat from Layne Labs for my carpet. They are much bigger than fuzzy mice! I'm a bit nervous its too big. Some seemed to almost be the size of an small adult mouse. I picked one that is maybe 2x to 2 1/5x the size of the fuzzy mice he ate without issue. Fingers crossed....

its only carpets i work with mate

you would be surprized at how big a food item a carpet can comfily put away they are awsome eaters

cheers shaun

Ch^4 · 11-01-10, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by jamesb

I figured I am going to try to feed him every 6 days. So for now one rat fuzzy should be good. I am trying to find a place I can order 50 at once. That should be better than having 100 on hand. Or if worst comes to worst I could just order the 100 and post an ad locally to sell half of them. For the next week or so I'll feed him a mouse fuzzy unless I find a local place with the rat fuzzys.

I hope he takes rats without much issue.

Just to throw in my 2 cents; I'm a new JCP owner as well and my little girl is more or less exactly the same size as your little guy. Also very nippy and nervous, but calming down quickly!

The breeder had her on 2 F/T mice fuzzies every 5-7 days. As mentioned by many of the other members, it's good to get your snake on rats as soon as possible. I decided to get my girl some F/T rat pinks, which are actually a gram or two larger than mice fuzzies. I gave her two on Friday night (first time being fed from me....woohooo!) and she knocked those pinks down like nothing! There was a good size bulge in her belly and she was inactive until tonight, so I'm fairly certain it was an appropriately sized meal.

I got 25 F/T rat pinks from Snake Food, Reptile Food, Feed Carnivores, Birds of Prey. I looked at MiceDirect and some others, but you're somewhat limited to large quantities. I am not trying to praise or bash either company (I will order from both), but for smaller quantities, Layne Labs does the trick.

Hope that helps and GORGEOUS JCP! (We can breed ours in a few years since they're about the same age

).

Xanafein · 11-02-10, 03:24 AM

lol i wouldnt mind letting my sweetheart breed with bumblebee, he has a pretty pattern

trying to get her on rats is tough for me though shes ue to eat in a few days wish me luck

Ch^4 · 11-03-10, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Xanafein

lol i wouldnt mind letting my sweetheart breed with bumblebee, he has a pretty pattern

trying to get her on rats is tough for me though shes ue to eat in a few days wish me luck

Good luck getting your JCP on rats! Mine didn't take the rat pink the first try, but a couple days later she gobbled them right down.

I just went through changing 2 other snakes to F/T rats from mice. They both had no clue what to think of it at first. My BRB sniffed it and rubbed it, but then down the hatch. My CaliKing was not interested at all, but I made the rat pink do a little dance and that was enough to get him eating! Good luck!

Xanafein · 11-03-10, 03:03 AM

thanks, shop ii go to was out of fresh rat, so i tossed her a smaller adult mouse, she struck and pulled him off the ground so hard the poor thing hit the mesh top of the tank, it was one hell of a strike

jamesb · 11-04-10, 07:32 AM

He downed another rat two nights ago. My GF couldn't even watch cause she thought it was too big. He ate it and I put him back into his tank and he happily crawled into his tree. He is still hanging out.

Forgot to mention that he shed the day before I fed him. He shed well, but it ripped in two pieces so it was hard to measure. My estimate is about 2 feet long.

I keep trying to take him out every now and then so he gets used to me. He is doing better. Much less biting, but still a bit jumpy. I'll get some new photos once he digests his last meal.

jamesb · 02-02-11, 08:44 PM

Here is a video I forgot I uploaded in December. Just him checking me out a bit. He is going to shed in a few days and then back to eating another rat!

YouTube - Jungle Carpet Python - Bumblebee

shaunyboy · 02-03-11, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by jamesb

Thanks

Now i'm just trying to figure out the food options and what is best as I mentioned above in post #8

your jungle will take a rat fluff/fuzzy no problem if that does not leave much of a bulge then try small rat weaners

i feed carpets rats right out of the egg

it can be difficult to get them swapped over from mice as they get older

an adult carpet will take a lot of large mice to keep it content and fed

its always better to get them onto rats asap

a carpet can take 2,3,4 times its girth in prey size

thats a really nice carpet you have there

cheers shaun

belovedboas · 02-03-11, 10:45 AM

Beautiful jungle!! and full lol