Carpet Python weight?

[Pirarucu]

My carpet has been refusing food for several months, and has begun to lose weight. I am positive he is 100% fine, and I think he was actually somewhat overweight before. However, my brother apparently thinks he's dying and needs to be force fed, and won't quit pestering me. Therefore, let's hear your opinions, to hopefully stop his worrying. Or to correct my assumptions, if that is the case. He is somewhere between six and seven feet.

Here he was before:


Here he is now:

[dinosaurdammit]

how many months is several? he looks like he dropped a great deal

[Pirarucu]

Four or five months. I can get him eating again if I need to, no problem. He was already around three when I got him, and had been fed nothing but live. He's only turned down frozen, he'll take a live one the instant he sees one.

[Lankyrob]

He looks slimmer but not to an extent i would be worried personally.

[Terranaut]

Originally Posted by Lankyrob

He looks slimmer but not to an extent i would be worried personally.

I agree , he looks fine. Carpets do this so don't worry. When he goes back on food he will eat like mad. Mine do

[shaunyboy]

thats a good looking healthy carpet you have there mate

imo it looks in perfect health,carpets should be lean and muscular,your looks the perfect carpet shape imo

i love the head pattern and colours,thats a great looking coastal mate (2nd pic's my favorite)

who produced it ?

cheers shaun

[Pirarucu]

Thank you Shaun, that's what I was thinking. He always seemed a bit too heavy before, that first picture above doesn't show it well.

He's a red coastal, not sure about his age, he is probably around four or five. Not sure who produced him. We picked him up at a local store which had him since he was a hatchling.

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by Pirarucu

Thank you Shaun, that's what I was thinking. He always seemed a bit too heavy before, that first picture above doesn't show it well.

He's a red coastal, not sure about his age, he is probably around four or five. Not sure who produced him. We picked him up at a local store which had him since he was a hatchling.

i keep all my carpets lean and muscular,the only time i'll feed them up a bit,is if i plan on breeding them

imo your coastal looks in great shape mate

cheers shaun

[Donnie]

He's a very nice looking coastal

[Pirarucu]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

i keep all my carpets lean and muscular,the only time i'll feed them up a bit,is if i plan on breeding them

imo your coastal looks in great shape mate

cheers shaun

Out of curiosity, how much do you feed yours? Darwin used to get a large rat every two weeks, I'm thinking I'll cut it back to every three weeks once he's eating again.

[shaunyboy]

winter i offer only 3 or 4 feeds

the rest of the time,1 large prey item every 15 to 30 days

if i get wild caught prey,birds,squirrels,small rabbits,etc, and they are quite small,i'll give them a couple of prey items per feed

cheers shaun

[Tracy33]

I feed my carpet about every 2 to 3 weeks , although i feed him last night , and that was his first meal since the middle of December . He seems to do that most every year , where he goes a good few months without eating. Tracy.

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by Tracy33

I feed my carpet about every 2 to 3 weeks , although i feed him last night , and that was his first meal since the middle of December . He seems to do that most every year , where he goes a good few months without eating. Tracy.

he's looking for a female pal

ever thought of breeding him ?

cheers shaun

[GUITARZAN509]

You and your brother worry too much it will be fine, dont try force feeding you can do more harm than good

[Pirarucu]

Originally Posted by GUITARZAN509

You and your brother worry too much it will be fine, dont try force feeding you can do more harm than good

I know that, I was just trying to put his worries to rest before he tries anything when I'm not around.