Hi,
I bought this Jungle off gumtree (I know, not ideal but it was very cheap), came as is with enclosure and a fairly decent setup.
The person I bought it from couldn't give me a huge amount of info about it over the phone as they had moved and left it with a family member to look after it for a few months.
I didn't go an pick it up, my partner did, I asked her to ask them when it last ate, **** and shed. They guy there could only tell her it had been feed 2 weeks ago and knew nothing else and was too scared to touch it....
Anyway when she bought it home to me, it's enclosure was filthy, must have had at least 40+ turds in there which is terrible but at least it must have been feed something semi often. So the purchase felt more like a rescue then anything at this point.
It seems happy and healthy so far, eaten and **** just waiting on a shed.
My main concern is that the previous owner said its almost 3 years old. Problem I think with that is it's size. I haven't been able to measure it properly yet but it would be lucky if's a 1m long on a good day which seems really small for 3yo Jungle?
It's extremely flighty but has only tired to bite once and once it's out, all it cares about is getting away from me. Hoping more handling and some time will fix that. I would expect a Jungle of what appears to be a year old at max to be a little more aggressive, so that makes me a little more confident on the age but then again it could just be a snake that doesn't like to bite.
I guess my main question is, is it possible that its not as old as the owner said, has it just not been feed much?
Also after some googleing I found that there is a Irian Jaya Carpet Python that can look exactly like a Jungle just a fair bit smaller. Any chance it's one of those? Anyway to tell?
Sorry for the long winded rant but hoping you can shed some light on this for me.
Thanks
I bought this Jungle off gumtree (I know, not ideal but it was very cheap), came as is with enclosure and a fairly decent setup.
The person I bought it from couldn't give me a huge amount of info about it over the phone as they had moved and left it with a family member to look after it for a few months.
I didn't go an pick it up, my partner did, I asked her to ask them when it last ate, **** and shed. They guy there could only tell her it had been feed 2 weeks ago and knew nothing else and was too scared to touch it....
Anyway when she bought it home to me, it's enclosure was filthy, must have had at least 40+ turds in there which is terrible but at least it must have been feed something semi often. So the purchase felt more like a rescue then anything at this point.
It seems happy and healthy so far, eaten and **** just waiting on a shed.
My main concern is that the previous owner said its almost 3 years old. Problem I think with that is it's size. I haven't been able to measure it properly yet but it would be lucky if's a 1m long on a good day which seems really small for 3yo Jungle?
It's extremely flighty but has only tired to bite once and once it's out, all it cares about is getting away from me. Hoping more handling and some time will fix that. I would expect a Jungle of what appears to be a year old at max to be a little more aggressive, so that makes me a little more confident on the age but then again it could just be a snake that doesn't like to bite.
I guess my main question is, is it possible that its not as old as the owner said, has it just not been feed much?
Also after some googleing I found that there is a Irian Jaya Carpet Python that can look exactly like a Jungle just a fair bit smaller. Any chance it's one of those? Anyway to tell?
Sorry for the long winded rant but hoping you can shed some light on this for me.
Thanks