There are differences b/t carpet pythons, so please don't answer unless you know your JUNGLES. How old do you think my new 12-inch JUNGLE carpet python is? I have received several answers-- she's a hatchling, she's 5 months old, she's 5 weeks old, etc. I was recently told that jungles hatch at 4-6 inches. Need a more definite answer! Thanks!
She's got to be 5 to 6 months old. I have a yearling male who's about 2 feet long now. But the size of the snake depends on how often you feed it. The more frequently the specimen is fed, the faster it will grow.
I have been breeding jungle carpets for at least a few years, and they hatch at 16 inches in length. You may be measuring wrong, or you don't have a true jungle carpet. Jungle carpets are often crossed with other carpet pythons, such as coastal carpets and Irian Jaya carpets, as well as diamond pythons. Most jungle carpets hatch from March to August, and I'm sure yours hatched in that time frame. Nonetheless, it sounds awfully small for a jungle carpet and should be fed fuzzy mice every 7 days.
