by Westley Price » Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:07 pm
Matty, all carpet pythons are the same species, but in the subspecies is where the difference occur. I bought these as variegata from a reputable breeder, and she called them normals, so I simply accepted that. After research I noticed that Irian Jaya carpets are called variegata and, as mittone said, Darmin carpets are called the same and clearly these are Irian Jayas, but maybe "normals" and Irian Jayas are the same ssp?
Mittone, I just kept offering rats for a while with no luck, but the took their first rats after I fed them a small mouse and got them into "feeding mode". They freely took rats after that, but like you said, it can be a bugger to get them onto rats. I'm just glad it's done, because it seems like a aweful waste to feed 5 mice to a single snake in one sitting while I have so many other mouths to feed.
Thank you for the kind comments
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