Are carpets as soft as they look?

My friend has a carpet python, and I've never held her, but she looks super soft and velvety. It reminds me of what a gecko looks like kinda.

So guys, I'm curious, are carpets as soft as they look? Because they look amazing!

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My friend has a carpet python, and I've never held her, but she looks super soft and velvety. It reminds me of what a gecko looks like kinda.

So guys, I'm curious, are carpets as soft as they look? Because they look amazing!

A snake is a snake. If his Balls were as soft as they looked then his Carpet probably feels just like his Balls.

..Okay. o_o;

They can be pretty nippy geeza!

I have bought one today and it already tried to bite me on the chin!

Matt

Lol. Baby carpets do tend to be snappy. They go for attack rather than hide like balls do. I have a yearling Jungle/jag boy who is pretty good. He hasn't tried to bite, but can be a bit jumpy. I also have a 2-year-old Irian Jaya male who's calm as anything and an adult coastal male who is by far the sweetest, most awesome snake I've ever owned. He "asks" to be brought out by pushing his nose up against the lid and huffing. When I open the cage he comes right out into my arms and slithers all around huffing from excitement. He always makes me laugh, like when he got up on the shower curtain rod and hung out there and when he scaled the banister up my stairs. My neighbors' kids always want to play with him and they pick up his front end and hug him and he's cool about everything. He's my buddy! But on the other hand, I have 3 yearling coastal babies that are tiny as hell, and they are snappy little bastards. I have to wear gloves to handle them at all. But they are slowly calming as they are getting larger, so hopefully in another year they'll be like my jungle/jag and I can hold them without constantly being on the lookout for a strike. Carpets are generally pretty calm as adults, but as with any animal, there are exceptions to the rule.

As to whether or not they are soft, my adult coastal is a coarser scaled snake, but his large scales are smooth, not keeled, so he is fairly soft. My jungle/jag is like velvet, and he looks it. Generally they are soft when young and get rougher with age I think, as they grow so do the individual scales and it is small scales that make a smooth, soft snake. Now white-lipped pythons, those are soft silky, sexy bastards. I have a pair, and they are like holding satin.