Normal male retic on the way!

Just ordered a normal retic from Andrew Deitz. To me the wild-type retic pattern is one of the most underappreciated snakes out there.

Natural patterns are always my favorite!

Congrats, looking forward to pictures.

Any update?

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Originally Posted by Stearns84

Any update?

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Had some delays with weather but should be getting it in a couple days.

Please post some pictures when he arrives.

I've been tossing around the idea of getting a retic next year sometime. I'm just not sure what route to go, mainland males can get big even if you don't power feed. The dwarf and SD seem to be more nippy even in adult hood, plus it seems like most dwarfs morphs are bred with mainlands.

Too many options...

Why did you go mainland if you don't mind me asking?

Thanks,

Steve

We all waiting for pics. I'm a big fan of normals too.

Hey guys thanks for the interest in my upcoming arrival. He is coming in on Thursday and I promise to post some pics when he arrives.

To answe your question Stearns, I actually had a hatchling dwarf retic from Vital Exotics that I got last summer which turned out to be a nightmare snake. From the very beginning he was ultra aggressive, and would bite me half a dozen times before he even was out of the enclosure. I worked with him daily for months on end and had very little progress. I eventually had to sell him as the fiancé didn't want an overly aggressive snake to deal with.

The mainland normal I'm getting this week seems to be very mild mannered and has a good personality. The breeder has adult males in the 10 foot range that are healthy and thriving, without achieving monster size.

My logic is that I would rather have a relatively calm 10 foot snake than an insanely aggressive 8 foot dwarf retic

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Originally Posted by joshsloane

hey guys thanks for the interest in my upcoming arrival. He is coming in on thursday and i promise to post some pics when he arrives.

To answe your question stearns, i actually had a hatchling dwarf retic from vital exotics that i got last summer which turned out to be a nightmare snake. From the very beginning he was ultra aggressive, and would bite me half a dozen times before he even was out of the enclosure. I worked with him daily for months on end and had very little progress. I eventually had to sell him as the fiancé didn't want an overly aggressive snake to deal with.

The mainland normal i'm getting this week seems to be very mild mannered and has a good personality. The breeder has adult males in the 10 foot range that are healthy and thriving, without achieving monster size.

My logic is that i would rather have a relatively calm 10 foot snake than an insanely aggressive 8 foot dwarf retic

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update!!!!!!!

Ok where is our up date. Where are our pictures.:)