If it\'s female and you shove a stick up her ass, it may help with the stress... And maybe even if it\'s a male... :duck:
Yes, basically shove a stick up it\'s ass. If it stops, male...keeps going in, female.
Actually, you got it backwards.
Joc, yes, all of the carpet pythons (jungle, coastal, inland, darwin, irian jaya, diamonds, etc) are all sub-species of Morelia spilota.
What kind of snake did you get?
I got another Dum. There weren\'t any carpet pythons there that I was particularly impressed with. Most of them had blurred, unclean markings. I found two that I liked, but the "breeders" had little information about them and made me uncomfortable. One said that he didn\'t know if his snake was a "carpet python or a carpet-diamond cross" so i said forget this guy.
The Dum I got is the prettiest I have seen, with deep mahogany coloring, very clean, sharp markings, and hints of pink and purple in the lighter areas. It also seems to be a very confident snake. it has hardly used its hide, which is unusual for a baby Dumeril\'s, or any baby snake for that matter. Has also eaten since I got it, which I think is impressive since I only picked him up on Saturday.
hooray! good luck with the little guy.
Snakes...why does it have to be snakes?
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