growing rate of a retic

[reptileherp_19]

i have a 7 month old tiger retic its three foot long i had it since a month ago..

i heard they grow 6 inchs a month to a foot a month i feed my retic at lease twiice a week ( monday & friday ) but its grown like maybe 2 inches since i have had it but sheds every other week,,,, so i was wondering what size is your retic and how old ......

mine is 39 inches and 7 months old


john

[tweets_4611]

Every snake is going to grow at it's own rate. You may just have a slow grower. If you are conserned about it's growth rate, you can take a fecal sample to the vet to check for parasites, but as long as it is eating and shedding, I wouldn't worry about how fast it is growing.

[reptileherp_19]

kool thanks......

nother ? do retics get more agressive as they get older ,,, or do the stay the same as when there small/baby... mine is really nice never tryed to byte or show an agresstion at all ,,,, will she be the same when shes 10 ,15,20 foot

[python.princess]

As long as you make sure and handle her regularly, she shouldn't go psycho on you unless you give her a reason to. Mine's just a baby though... so that's just what I've heard...

[reptileherp_19]

ok kool ,,,, yea i was just wondering because im get three more retics,,, two het albino tiger pair and a sunfire male to breed with my tiger in the next couple of years ..... hopefully i can produce some amazing retics..

kool kool

thanks guys/gals

john

[reptileherp_19]

any buddy on here have a albino suntiger retic,,, just wondering what they look like never see on online if any buddy has one or know where i can see a pic of one that would be great,,,,

john

[AjBalls]

You're retic was maintenece fed before you got it.

Meaning it was fed enough so that it wouldn't look like it was starving. But fed so little that it wouldn't grow fast in the previous keepers care.

Because of thise, it's metabolism has slowed down, thus it will grow a lot slower.

[AjBalls]

ok kool ,,,, yea i was just wondering because im get three more retics,,, two het albino tiger pair and a sunfire male to breed with my tiger in the next couple of years ..... hopefully i can produce some amazing retics..

I'd wait a while before you do that.

I know a couple people who bought many retics at one time while they had little experience and it just completely overwhelmed them between the feeding and the upkeep of housing.

[reptileherp_19]

i had already bought them im waiting for them thell be here in the morning.

but yea thats true about over wealming but i have help in with my local herp breeder but there just some thing that i still need to grasp but these are just babys,, but yea your right ,,, my tiger i got from my local pet store and i notice that they were small for there age but i was told that i could get them back to rapid growth but they said it would take a while,,,, but the retic that are comeing in are from bob clark and prehistoic pets.. so they should be in great health and size. do you have any retics of your own,,

thanks much john

[mainbutter]

we demand pictures