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  1. bredli

    Coastal carpet pythons

    Species Common Name Age Yearlings Length 80cm Quantity Available 2 Bred By Me General Description Friendly, Handle fine. Feeding well on large weaner mice. $100 each or take the 2 for $175. Can probe if needed. Location Gold Coast...
  2. tahnia666

    feeding rats vs quail

    What are peoples thoughts on varying meals for snakes? Ive only ever fed rats to my snakes, mostly cause theyre easy to source and contain what my guys.need to be healthy. But, today I bought some.quail don't know why really, just curious as to whether people think variety holds any importance...
  3. C

    Snakes wearing hats

    Snakes wearing hats - 9GAG Enjoy a bunch of pics of snakes wearing hats!
  4. HAMISH_NOAH

    Coastals outdoors?

    Hey i was wondering if i could keep coastals in a outdoors aviary all year round in the sydney area? I could also provide supplementary heating if required?
  5. c.wulli

    Bit of a newbie and need some help with Coastals and Jungles

    So im tossing up wether to get a second snake or not, I currantly have a Stimsons Python. I need to know some things about both Jungle pythons, Bredl's Pythons and Costal Pythons, these are what im tosing up between for my second snake. First, how big do they both get, on average? and which...
  6. M

    Legal trading of wild caught reptiles

    which states are you allowed to catch wild animals?
  7. C

    WARNING: Another noob question

    WARNING ANOTHER NOOB QUESTION. My Amity seems to be able to tolerate being handled but as soon as I put her back on her enclosure she seems to try to get away from me REALLY FAST. Like if snakes had legs, she would be the equiv to an Olympic runner, and could pass for at least a bronze medal...
  8. D

    Pair of coastal carpet pythons 2&1/2 years old male and female

    Species Common Name Coastal Carpet Python Age 2.5 Length Approx 6ft Quantity Available 2 Bred By Gary Miller General Description Great handlers and great feeders regretful sale as I have to move house Location Port Macquarie Willing to Freight? At buyers expense Contact Details...
  9. CarpetPython313

    Beginner Carpet Pythons

    Hi, I'm really new on this forum and this is my first post. I am new with reptiles so what do you suggest for a beginner Carpet Python Thank You Matt
  10. tahniandshae

    breeding pair of coastals

    Species Common Name coastal carpets Age 7 Length 2m Quantity Available 1 pair Bred By General Description great pair of coastal carpets, ready to breed again this year, average clutch size of 20. offspring range from caramel to hypo and everything in between. nice...
  11. moosenoose

    Woman calls triple-0 after pet python wrapped itself around her neck

    Alright, fess up! :lol: Personally I'd lock myself in the laundry & let the snake finish me off. How embarrasing. I wonder what was said when they phoned 000 ....."gasp, gasp, gasp" ...not a good look for the hobby. Woman calls triple-0 after pet python wrapped itself around her neck -...
  12. C

    Building a custom enclosure help

    Thinking of building a custom enclosure for my Coastal carpet which i'm wanting to be able to fit her in when she's fully grown. I'm thinking of reverting a TV cabinet or something similar and since I have no idea what I'm doing with DIZYZ projects I was after some help on how I would approach...
  13. C

    Has your snake ever escaped? Share stories

    Mine did this morning for the first time (and hopefully last) at about 4am. I was fast asleep and woke up out of instinct I guess, then heard a noise and went over to inspect to find Amity was 3/4 through a hole in the wall. I grabbed her tail and tried to slow her moving down while I tried to...
  14. jess1802

    Please help. Hatchling not feeding

    Hi all I'm a new snake owner. I have a hatchling coastal and she refuses to eat. I've tried frozen (thawed obviously) and I've tried live pinkies. She strikes but will not coil. And with the live pinkie she just sensed it and that was it. I've done tongs and tried leaving it in her feeding tank...
  15. C

    Is this a pure Coastal Carpet Python?

    Adopted her today and apparently she is full coastal, but i'm just confirming. Never seen a coastal with such vibrant yellows on her (Photos don't really justify/show her yellow). Can anyone confirm this? Thanks in advance
  16. P

    rumours of water pythons temperament

    just like to say, when i was thinking about getting a water python, pet shops, reptile breeders, friends who own snakes, had all told me not to get a water python because of the "natural" aggression. i went out and bought a hatchling, wasn't even a month old, he was in shed and was hating the...
  17. C

    Warning: Really silly question...Enclosure help for Yearling Coastal.

    As many know, I adopted a female yearling Coastal a few days ago. Upon purchasing, the owner told me she was due for an upgraded enclosure pretty soon, and so I am about to start planning ASAP before she gets overly big. I don't have measuring tape handy, so don't know the exact measurements...
  18. C

    Snake rubbing skin/head on everything?

    I purchased a Coastal Carpet Python the other day and have just attempted handling her today. I noticed she is rubbing her head/skin on me rapidly, and seems to also do the same on her substrate while she's in her enclosure... does anyone know what this is? I googled around and read that's what...
  19. markannab

    Friend's Video from Today

    A friend emailed this. They filmed it today in their backyard near Byron. It's a .mov file which can be played using Media Player and is about 3.5Mb. The main bit is toward the end of the video. The download is safe. I've placed it on my work server: http://goo.gl/i1NxMz Mark.
  20. B

    just had my pair of Coastal Carpets successfully hatch 11 babies

    Hey guys. I'm really new to all this. I was never ever considering breeding snakes but it turns out I have a mated pair. several months ago the female laid and has been very good at looking after her eggs so I left her to it. they are in an outdoor enclosure and are really a hardy pair...
  21. D

    Coast carpet hatchling

    Hey everyone, Just curious about the colouring of this little hatchling, the parents are a dark green and this hatchling and about 6 others are a real light brown. Any info would be great.
  22. bradles73au

    One enclosure made into two

    I have a large enclosure currently measuring 1500 long X 1300 height X 600 deep. I was wanting to make it into two separate enclosures. At this stage, to house centralian pythons. My question is this: because of the type of snake, would I split it horizontally or vertically? Horizontally to...
  23. C

    2 week old coastals won't eat

    (asking on behalf of someone else) Hi, my breeder is having trouble feeding his hatches. 2 are excellent feeders, the other 4 have not eaten. They have shed and are just over 2 weeks old now. Whenever offering them food, they tend to look intimidated. Some ignore the pinky while others strike...
  24. wildthings

    Stumpy tailed coastal carpet python

    Hi all, I have here a coastal who was rescued after the driver thought they had run it over. I have examined the dude fairly thoroughly and come to the conclusion, it wasn't in fact run over, just looked that way. Anyhow, this snake is missing it's tail from a few scales below the vent, my query...
  25. D

    LED Lighting for my Coastal?

    Hi all. I'm in the process of having a new home built for my 5yr old Coastal Carpet Python and have been considering using LED lighting with daytime (white) and moonlight (blue). As far as I can work out he doesn't need UV so I figured 2hrs blue then 5hrs white then 2hrs blue might look quite...
  26. D

    Pond for my Coastal? Good or bad idea?

    Hi All, We have a Coastal Carpet Python who loves soaking in his water bowl. He doesn't have mites and his temperatures seem okay (although his enclosure is too small for him. He's about 2.5m and is in a 4' vivarium. We're having a new one built (1000wx600dx1800h) and I was thinking of...
  27. Londos1990

    penrith expo buys!

    Well I thought im pretty excited about my buys. And would like others to share there special new purchases from the penrith expo! All in all I added 4 reptiles to my collection. 1- a saw shelled turtle. 2- a pair of beardies. 3- my favourite a tri striped coastal! Ive actually never been...
  28. C

    Good info/care books for Carpet Pythons?

    Looking to buy a nice, informative book on keeping carpet pythons, specifically Coastals. Any reccomendations? Also do I just get these from general book stores?
  29. R

    Dehydration - experienced keepers only, please

    First of all, thanks in advance for any advice. Second of all, I've got a sick snake and I'd rather only hear from people who have dealt with a similar problem before, or similar experience. (I'd rather not get bogged down by helpful guesses). Last year, I adopted an adult coastal carpet...
  30. C

    little python from the weekend, which type or carpet?

    Hey all, ran into a bubba python sleeping on some road going down to a spot I critter hunt at (invertebrates, no herps etc). I can narrow down the ID's on plenty of inverts but am crap at telling between the different carpet pythons(coastals, inlands and scrubbies). Sorry the pics aren't...
  31. Sutra

    G' day, g'day

    Just introducing myself and my Coastal Hatchy Sutra. My name is Judd and have already had a good browse on the forum, I hope to contribute in my own way and am happy there is a place I can go for help. Cheers, Judd.
  32. snakelady-viper

    Female coastal carpet

    Species Common Name coastal carpet python Age 5 years Length 8feet long Quantity Available one Bred By unknown General Description great feeder with nice colours and markings. Very good feeder and sheds well. Ok handler She should breed this years I have not bred her...
  33. Bredli1956

    What's your favourite python

    What type of aussie pythons are your favourite
  34. S

    Snake eggs - what went wrong. :(

    Hi guys, I have received my first two eastern carpet pythons, the gentleman had assured me they are both males and have lived happy together for years. they have been living happy together and I find out that they are actuality male and female and she has laid a clutch of eggs. I was really...
  35. kittycat17

    Shedding hatchlings??

    I need some help!! So my baby Coastals hatched on the 27th of January and 4 of them still haven't shed... Should I be worried?? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  36. A

    Inherited Coastal

    My brother left me his yearling python after picking up a job in north QLD, apologies for any incorrect terms or statements i am relatively fresh to the forum scene and to owning a reptile with not so many appendages. after looking at these guys on google (amazing source) i found this one to...
  37. J

    olive fight

    went in to check my reptile this morning and found my two olive python rapped around each other I don't know if the male or female started the fight but the male was losing I had to get my wife to come hold the females head because after 10 min of fighting to get her off him I was getting...
  38. M

    Coastal Carpet Python enclosure ideas..

    Hey everyone, I am thinking of changing my coastal's enclosure up a bit.. Right now there is a big stick straight up the middle so she can get high and low and I a rock to get up on.. Do they like plants and other things in their enclosure? Any ideas/pictures of your enclosures would be...
  39. D

    First Clutch

    Hi All. I've got a clutch of Coastal Carpet eggs that were laid on 24th December all nice and healthy looking with vines showing when candled. They have been incubated at about 31 degrees 80 precent humidity. A few days in, the eggs stared to sink a little but still looked healthy. A couple...
  40. H

    Tubs or displays...

    What's your personal preference? I nearly forked out a few hundred for a nice display, but saw people online keeping them in plastic tubs. I mean, it's not like they move much (snakes), so now I can't see the point of keeping them in a nice display tank. Lizards I can understand, but snakes are...
  41. reptalica

    2014 Victorian Herpetological Society Show - Royal Melbourne Showgrounds - Feb 22nd.

    Who's going??? Who's not????? I'll be there with bells on......plan to get there at opening unlike last year and missed out on all the good stuff. A year older into the hobby now and a year more experienced so should be able to embrace the experience that much more and hoping to catch up with...
  42. markannab

    ID from Skin

    Hi A friend at Roma, QLD found this in her yard and posted it on Instagram. I can see it's a python but is it possible to narrow it down. Another shot shows the overall length to be around six feet. Thanks, Mark.
  43. Ninabuddha

    coastal carpet has red belly

    Hi guys, my female coastal carpet has got a red underbelly some people experience this before eating its been called 'blood lust' however my girl ate last weekend on the 1st of feb but the weather was cold but she has her heat light so she got her food down (that was probs a bad move but she was...
  44. E

    Scale problem - Coastal Carpet

    Hi Everyone, I have an appointment at the vet this Tuesday. has anyone encountered this before? I bought this beautiful boy in a poor-ish way. He came to me with hundreds of mites and rather slim. He also had a small whitish patch of scale on the top of his head (forehead region) that, with the...
  45. lovey

    Coastal carpet breeding pair

    Species Common Name Coastal carpet python Age Female approx 14 years old Male approx 7 years old Length Quantity Available One pair Bred By General Description Selling one breeding pair of coastal carpet pythons. Both great feeders on anything. Location Campbelltown Willing...
  46. E

    Opinions of Jungle Carpets?

    Hi, I am a beginner reptile owner, owning a spotted and a bluey, and I have done a bit of reading about Jungle Carpets as I think they are pretty beautiful and would make a good second python (not too large). Just wondering some of your opinions on jungles, because a lot of the info and care...
  47. Dash667

    Entire Collection - including breeding setup

    We are placing our entire collection and breeding setup up for sale. Available are all of our breeding projects as well as a handful of juvies. Included in this sale are all of our racks built by Snake Whisperer (descriptions and photos to follow), a converted fridge incubator along with two...
  48. ryanbichel

    post your snakes

    lets see your snakes! Get posting!!!!!
  49. C

    Yearling 100% Het Albino Darwin X Carpet python

    Species Common Name Darwin Carpet Python Age 13 months Length appropriate Quantity Available 1 Bred By Paul Warning General Description 50% Darwin 25% Murray Darling 25% coastal Carpet Python 100g +/- Not the best temperament loves his food and accepts rats without hesitation...
  50. R

    Coastal went hiding

    Just spent 2 hours taking out my fake rockwall background because my new coastal carpet had found an opening and crawled behind it lol wasn't too happy to see me when I opened it up
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