Carpet Breeders

[kmiller11]

Anyone know of some of the carpet breeders around? Looking for the just the right snake. Thanks guys!

[solo1979]

Depends on what you're looking for but there are tons of great breeders. Will you be attending Tinley or are you looking for a breeder that will ship to you?

[kmiller11]

Unfortunately I won't be at Tinley, and I would preferably like to pick it up in person, I should be going to a couple of the smaller shows in Omaha and Des Moines

[millertime89]

I might drag you to KC next time they have the show there too.

[solo1979]

I gotcha. Do you know what type of carpet you're interested in?

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by kmiller11

Anyone know of some of the carpet breeders around? Looking for the just the right snake. Thanks guys!

i'll pm you a website most of the top morelia breeders in the usa use mate

cheers shaun

[solo1979]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

i'll pm you a website most of the top morelia breeders in the usa use mate

cheers shaun

You'll definitely find some great resources there. The reason why I asked if you'd be at Tinley is because the same breeders on that site usually set up an entire area known as "carpet row" at Tinley. Best of the best!

It's tempting to buy at local shows and usually cheaper since you're not paying for shipping, but I'd try to make sure you're dealing with a top notch breeder. There's lots of questionable carpets with unknown lineage floating around, but you actually won't pay too much more for pure quality animals with known backgrounds. Not to say you won't find good stuff at local shows. My Boa Cabana IJ is high quality, pure from WC lines and I bought her from them at my local show for $75.

[shaunyboy]

to name but a few.....

Mike Curtin

Eric Burke

Luke Snell

Jason Baylin

John Battaglia

all the above will have high quality morelia

cheers shaun

[solo1979]

My vote goes for Luke and Jason Baylin. 3 of my current 5 are from Luke, adding 2 more in the next month or so with 2 tigers on the way from Jason at the same time as well. Both super great guys to work with and their animals are outstanding!

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by solo1979

My vote goes for Luke and Jason Baylin. 3 of my current 5 are from Luke, adding 2 more in the next month or so with 2 tigers on the way from Jason at the same time as well. Both super great guys to work with and their animals are outstanding!

imo it depends on which type of morelia your after as to who gets reccomended,all the breeders have their own line of special looking breeding projects on the go

your red coastal and M PENN x GQ line irian, are very nice looking carpets mate

imo Gary Quirk line irians are some of the best looking irians out there

cheers shaun

p.s i also forgot to name,Anthony Caponetto and Nick Mutton of the usa,being top breeders of morelia

[solo1979]

Thanks Shaun! Both snakes you mentioned were produced by Luke. I look forward to seeing how that IJ pairing goes for Eric this year now that he owns them.