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brownsfan222 · #1 (**permalink**) 06-13-2005, 10:46 PM

i am thinking about buying an 8 foot long carpet python, its feeding well and is very tame. The guy only wants 110 dollars, think i should buy it? I have the room to keep it and everything just wondering if they are hardy and if they are really difficult to take care of.

ball python chick · #2 (**permalink**) 06-14-2005, 04:52 AM

i have 3 jcp and 1 irian carpet.they are easy to care for.mine eat well and are friendly.i think they are more tempermental than a ball or boa,but not in a mean way.what kind of carpet is it?male or female? age?

Roastbeef · #3 (**permalink**) 06-14-2005, 05:05 AM

Carpets are my favorite pythons. I thought they would be a pain(bitting and just being difficult) but they are really beautiful snakes. Thats also a pretty good price.

brownsfan222 · #4 (**permalink**) 06-19-2005, 02:12 AM

its a female, not sure how old. Probably young for an 8 footer because i know the guy feeds his snakes a little heavy so they get big

jonjpl · #5 (**permalink**) 06-19-2005, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by lethargiic

slow down there!! to expand too fast or u'll burn yourself out.. trust me. hold off on the carpet python til you can get your other snakes estabished and your bullsnake found..

I'm with Lethargiic. I know how hard it is to say no. But, it is so easy to go overboard with something that is fun. It then ends up being nothing but work, work, work. Before you know it, you stop enjoying it. You sit and wonder, man how did this get to be so out of control.

Simplest_Mistake · #6 (**permalink**) 06-19-2005, 10:42 PM

There was a breeding pair of Carpet Pythons in my local paper, a male and female for $200. They came with there cage and everything, but my mom (who I am living with currently), was like NO WAY, because she read a story about a Carpet Python killing a dog, and constricting a baby, until it almost died. I was like are you SURE it was a Carpet Python...? I know they get long 8-12ft, but I thought they were pretty slinder snakes... Oh well.

Simplest_Mistake · #7 (**permalink**) 06-19-2005, 10:44 PM

jonjpl, do you breed Sphynxs?

buck2003 · #8 (**permalink**) 06-20-2005, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by lethargiic

slow down there!! to expand too fast or u'll burn yourself out.. trust me. hold off on the carpet python til you can get your other snakes estabished and your bullsnake found..

I also have to agree, each time I go to the local rep shop I see something new or something I really wanted, and I work out if I can buy them etc, but I have to ask myself if my circumstances change, maybe next month or in 2 yrs or more what happens to my collection then anyone can fall upon hard times and with a few or more reps to feed...???? Brings to mind an old saying, "A pets for life not just for christmas" Sorry to sound so negative.

Simplest_Mistake · #9 (**permalink**) 06-20-2005, 12:30 AM

It was a wild one that came into someones house. (This was in Australia) It didn't eat the dog, it just killed it.

jonjpl · #10 (**permalink**) 06-20-2005, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Simplest_Mistake

jonjpl, do you breed Sphynxs?

Yes, my Partner and I do. We breed, and show.

Simplest_Mistake · #11 (**permalink**) 06-20-2005, 12:39 AM

I have a 3yr old, her name is Mugsy.

Simplest_Mistake · #12 (**permalink**) 06-20-2005, 12:40 AM

Don't ask what she is doing in that picture. I, myself, have no clue. It looks like she is laughing.

eddie · #13 (**permalink**) 06-20-2005, 12:49 AM

Oh man.. gotta keep the Nair away from Mr Bigglesworth

Simplest_Mistake · #14 (**permalink**) 06-20-2005, 12:52 AM

oops.

eddie · #15 (**permalink**) 06-20-2005, 12:52 AM

Where?

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