Like most Morelia, carpet pythons are very slender animals. A royal (ball) python the same length as this carpet python here would be up to four times the diameter at the thickest point. They seem to be rather "scatty" and fast moving when handled (quite like children's pythons), as opposed the the more placid and slow moving royal and burmese pythons of my acquaintance.

	From what I can find out it would seem that their natural habitat ranges from dry scrublands to rain forests, and so their temerature and humidity requirements wound seem to be quite flexible. Most sources seem to recommend a temperature of 82-86 deg F
Feeding - according to the books and care sheets it's small mammals. Rather a safe bet for most pythons. However some sources seem to think that (like the royal/ball python) carpet pythons can be fussy. Some apparently will only take lizards which I imagine would be a major problem for keepers. It's been my experience that they are greedy beggars though.
	Size - now here I'll say I don't really know (what an admission!). The books say up to twelve feet, my friends say rarely exceeding seven. In any event they remain slender for pythons.
Housing them - use a standard vivarium, but bear in mind they like to climb. Some sources feel that males will fight, others don't. Something to consider if you're going for a collection.

Sexing them - be careful. Snakes of the genus Morelia have vey thin genital membranes and are easily pierced when probing. Many experts of my acquaintace will not probe carpet pythons for this reason, preferring to guess the sex by tail shape, or by putting a snake with a known female and seing if they try to mate.

A word of caution - perhaps it's just me, but I've found carpet pythons bite quite impressively and mine bit more than any other snake species I've kept.   So much so that in the end I sold the lot to a carpet python specialist. I got sick of being attacked every time I went near them.

Now as I always say - this web site is MY experiences. Other people have different experiences. Here's what Deidre found with her carpet pythons: Hey, I have two carpet pythons, both males and I kep them in the same enclosure. They are both approximately 6 yrs. old. My husband and I rescued them. They had serious burns were not eating and were aggressive at first. We've so tamed them that they try to visit our small children for petting. They are very tame and gentle now. Their wounds are healing and are they have been switched to frozen food and are eating now. They attempt to come to us when ever we are near their enclosure. They are the best pets and if handled properly and often they are so sweet. Set and Anubis are the best pets we've ever owned! The only advice I have for any one considering a carpet python is that they handle the snake every day and realize they are mostly bluffing when they assume a defensive posture. The only time this is not so is right before feeding, right after and just before shedding and right after.

And Gary seems not to have any problems.