Pics of tics

[reptileexperts]

So I thought people like seeing updates with the tics and since .usually just snapping cell shots while cleaning or interacting I'd just start a thread to run with and people can follow up at their leisure. About To get back to supporting the YouTube channel though with new vids soon!


Titanium girl giving a fresh shed in QT last night


Anthrax keeping me from working on my bamboo tablet to edit photos.


13' purple dwarf girl vs 4lb bunny


Sunstripe Dwarf pounding a small meal


And last for now. Motley Tiger het purple girl relaxing after her rabbit.

Cheers

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[OctagonGecko729]

I just cant get over your Tiger Anthrax's eyes . The shots you did on black glass were amazing.

[reptileexperts]

I <3 this goldenchild. Such an amazing array of colors. Getting a ton better with age. This guy is producing his first sperm plugs right at a year old and 5 ft! more to come soon . . . cage cleaning tonight.

[artgecko]

Great photos! I am by no means a "big snake" person, but your pics make me want a retic all the same... Maybe one day I'll get a superdwarf male, but that will be a long time coming.

Question about the goldenchild... This is the most interesting of the retic morphs for me.. In your pics he looks great, but I've seen many pics of them that look very dark. Does their range of color show more as an "oil slick" kind of effect on their scales or are you referring to scale color (the gold tones)? I'm sure there's a range in quality with these guys, but I've seen many that just look "poo brown" and I wasn't sure if it was quality, bad lighting/pics, or both.

Thanks again for posting these pics, it helps those of us that are not retic-ready to live vicariously through you.

[reptileexperts]

Mine is special because it has a lot of Jampea blood. Mom was a pure Jampea from the Gasper line and dad was a lavender goldenchild. The red tones is from the jampea blood and the lightness could be a sign of het anery (50% het). When he breeds my purple jampea later this year I know the offspring are going to just be amazingly orange and red. Should produce the best and only high % dwarf albino childs. . . That said there is a lot of variation to the GC mutation. Mine is just a stunning example. Many others are just average I suppose. But I hand selected this one as a hatchling.

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[artgecko]

Thanks for the info... No wonder yours seemed to look better than the other GCs I'd seen. Will his colors stay that intense as he ages? I'm so used to hearing about BPs and boas "browning out" that I tend to assume all snakes do so.

[zee-man]

Cool pics. Im also a huge fan of tbe golden child. My favorite morph for retics because of the iridescence. If they ever make some SD Golden Childs at a reasonable hobbyist (see no plans to breed) price, I'll be strongly considering one.

I've read comments retic skin feels different than a boa or ball python. Is this true and can you comment?

[Expensive hobby]

It feels different when they become adults. Something about scales the size of quarters haha.

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[OsirisRa32]

Retics skin feels way smoother even when they are young and small.....my sd tiger's scales are smaller then my BPs and a bazillion times smoother.

[reptileexperts]

Yeah they have much finer scales than most boas. This gives them a soft feel as young and still a soft skin as adult. GC are in small packages already. Michael Powell has 50% SD GC listed for sale. 2500 is the price he's asking but I think he's the only US person with some for offer. Bob has produced 50% SD and in Europe there are some 50% SD GC HOGS

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