My friend is unfortunately moving and can't take her prized possession and is giving her to me. Can anyone identify the local and any tips or tricks are appreciated. Her name is Ophelia the snake

Ya he claimed my hat and fell asleep in it 🤣🤣

I'm very very thankful he went to the bathroom yesterday 🙌

Already posted this one but here's the individual photo XD Mal loves watching wildlife

Guess what he might be saying

Now this story starts off sad with her having to come into my care due to landlords. A friend of mine had this gorgeous jungle carpet python named Maleficent. A neglected, burnt and retired animal educator snake so she's extremely gentle and sweet. He took her in as a rescue but the landlord found out about his rescue and asked for all of them to be moved or he will have them confiscated and euthanized.

In a panic he dropped off a bunch of ball pythons along with Mal. She immediately warmed up and took food like a champ. Here it's illegal to own them without the proper permit and microchip but after 4 months of trying, she's now officially legal and recognised as a permitted carpet python!

I hope to learn new things here and hope you all accept me as an owner too! I'm still learning the ropes since I've only been a corn snake and ball python owner so this is a step up but I'm willing to put in all the effort necessary and will be building her an enclosure.

I am starting to plan an upgrade for my 3 y/o Jungle Carpet Python as he has officially outgrown his 14x14x32.

I want to go to a 2x2x4 (or larger if I can find a good quality one) PVC bioactive and am looking for design inspiration. I want to have many perching opportunities on the walls (cliffs, rope, etc), many climbing opportunities throughout, and hides (sky hide, caves?, etc).

Please post photos of your enclosures, give recommendations for enrichment and design tools, and more. Btw I have designed and built one bioactive enclosure for my ball python and learned a lot but am certainly still an amateur.

Hoping this community can help with this Jungle Carpet info! I have a had this guy for a year and a half and he has grown a lot, but trying to figure out the next feeding schedule. He is now 500 grams and eating 30-50 gram mice every week and is 2 years 4 months old.

Does this seem really under weight? Should I switch to rats? What size prey should he be at?

He’s not very nice… but boy is he handsome!

This is for my 7’4” female Carpet Python and I’ve had her in here for about a month with changes alone the way but this is how it looks now the basking is good at 95 degrees with tons of climbing and ground space with tons of real plants, but the vines are fake. She has been loving it and I did all this at 17 years old, I love my girl Covid ( yes that’s her name ) I had to spend 4k on all this except a vet things but all in all she loves it, and I’m so proud of myself

So my almost 3 year old coastal carpet python literally just finished shedding and I noticed what looked like hemipenis shed... The breeder showed me with a probe that she was a female and told me as much, but this makes me seriously second guess that verdict.

Can you guys confirm or deny my suspicion please 😭

Looks like a stuck shed not sure if I should put him for a bath or not. Want to be sure before I do anything

Goes around his whole top jaw kinda looks like it's got small furs in it almost looks like a band

Hi, i just got my first coastal carpet python and was wondering what the exact name of its colour morphs is, there is something written on the bag he came in if that is any help. TIA

We continue to work on our manners, as she is intent on breaking my flesh at almost every opportunity. The last few handlings have left me unscathed, but only because I know how to carefully handle her without setting her off - we are not at a relaxed stage yet where I can let her freely slither around or climb on my head - which she seems fond of attempting.

My boa however, is a sweet boy and can climb on my head whenever he wants.

Either way, I love her and her attitude. I replaced her beechwood substrate today with a mix of premade arid reptile soil, playsand and red desert sand. She observed my efforts from the safety of her ceiling hide whilst I tinkered around! Hope she likes it!

Had to share these photos of my 11 year old jungle carpet python

Finally got my girl's big enclosure finished up enough to move into! 6ft L x 3ft W x 5ft H

I plan on making her a new PVC structure to fit the new enclosure and have a few things to hang in there for her after thats done.

Hi, my new 5x2x3 wooden enclosure for my costal carpet python arrived. I'll be working on the background, lighting and heating for it soon, but I'm not sure what heat source to choose for a tank this size.

My carpet python is still "small" , but he has started to quickly grow. I'd guess he's about 3.5 ft

In his 4x2 tank, I'm using a regular halogen heat lamp in a reflector dome.

For the new 5x3 tank, What would be the better option, especially as my python continues to grow:

1. Keep the Halogen Heat lamp (socket screwed into the ceiling, with a cage around it.)

Then I'd keep my current halogen bulb, only thing I need to buy would be the ceiling socket and new cage.

So I'd only need to spend about 80-100 in my currency.

2. Switch to a Radiant heat panel.

Some options I have are:

50W (31x21cm / 12x8") and 70W (41x31cm /16x12")

This is the more expensive option, but it covers more area. Though it only gives off IRC heat.

I'd need to spend about 250-350 in my currency.

My room is pretty warm, and I have no problems getting high temperatures in tanks so I don't think I'd need a stronger heat source than the 50/70W.

The halogens I currently use for my snake tanks are 25W, 35W and 50W and all work fine to get the basking temperatures.

But I have never used a RHP before (They're not very popular in my country)

I will note, I do not mind paying more for the RHP if it's a better option.

I just want what's best for my snake, and I've been hearing a lot about the RHPs for larger snakes.

And while Halogens give "better" heating than just the IRC from the RHP, they heat less area.

(Also, the basking spot would be on the ledges at different heights around the warm area + the ground. So I don't need a strong heat source to heat all the way down the 3ft of height to the ground)

Feed me, human… Again!

just thought I'd come on here to show my new girl off I got about 2 weeks ago!! she's a pure jungle carpet python, don't know if it's a he or she but the shop called her a she so I stuck with it and called her maple, first and last pic was because I knocked a branch and she didn't like it, she also doesn't like my phone and how could I not include a mid yawn pic. she did nibble me a week ago too but I'm not sure if I can add the photo or not, I made her jump so it's my fault also another question is does she look the right size for her age, she's a year and 7 months and she about 3 foot ish in length

Crazy to think I got her 6 almost 7 years ago ( I got her in March of 2020 ) and now she’s 7’4” and probably will keep growing in here I spent 4k on this and I did this whole project at 17 it’s crazy to say I have this and I’ll be 18 in 2 months I am so proud of myself, I worked my butt off for this and it came to be, this always was my dream home for her and I finally got it. I’ve never seen her this active before and it’s really cool, also sorry if my grammar is bad, I’m just really excited.

I have an infestation of thrips and gnats among the plants in my home, and they have also spread to my snake's bioactive vivarium. In general i try to avoid pesticides, and especially in the vivarium i would never use any. I feel fairly sure of that nematodes (that eat the gnat eggs in the soil) should be ok to use in the vivarium (correct me if im wrong?) but im also gonna buy orius bugs and montdorensis mites to feast on the thrips and thrips eggs, respectively.

Do I dare using these in the vivarium? Are they gonna interfere with the springtails and isopods somehow? And most importantly, is it dangerous for my carpet python??