7 ft sd reticulated python questions

[dylanjwicklund]

Hi I am getting a sd reticulated python soon and just had a few questions mainly if anybody has any how is the average temperament? What would a 7ft one eat? I have heard bunnies from one person just want more opinions and will he get any bigger? And I know I could just go read all this but I rather hear it from people who own and have experience with them i think that's all but if I have anymore I'll post em here

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[guanagator]

They are awesome snakes, make me wish I didn't live in Floriduh sometimes. At 7ft jumbo rats, small rabbits, chickens, ask whoever your getting from what it's been feeding on and what schedule. I fostered one a couple months few years back that was very docile as soon as she realized I wasn't food.

[reptileexperts]

Pure SD will be more flighty in their tendencies than a calmer mainland or even dwarf retic. 7' would be putting you in the range of a pure Kalatoa, or a F2 or greater generation crossback in mixed blood 50-75% SD. The mixes will get my recommendation because with them comes a greater ability to remain calm and less flighty, at the cost of growth potential being higher (up to 12' for some females, but not likely when you ensure its from an F2 crossing or greater).

My 2012 50% SD who is sitting around the 7' mark is feeing on 2lb rabbits, XXXL Rats, or Guinea Pigs. She's a pig and almost always has a desire to eat even when inflated like a football from a large meal. Fortunately, it seems her growth stopped this past year or so, with only girth being added slowly, and so her meals have been cut back to every 10-14 days she'll get a large meal item. Based on the advice of Travis Kubes, who is himself a great expert in SD crosses and adult size expectations, SD's need to be monitored based on girth growth. When sheds add girth and not length (comparative to initial growths) food intake needs to be reduced in order to maintain proper body mass index for the species. Some SD's will get obese and live shorter lives due to overfeeding. I like to keep my female SD crosses about the girth of a male adult boa constrictor, if that offers any reference in size for you.