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Aggressive Retic
Hey guys!
Today i picked up my 15' CB11 Male retic, and i must say, he's pretty crazy when it comes to taking him out of his cage, very aggressive.
Any chances of taming a adult snake? My tiger female is puppy dog tame
Thanks, Jacob!:D
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Define "crazy". Is he flinging coils? Biting? Charging at you? Striking the enclosure? If he does bite does he wrap or is it a defensive strike?
Is this behavior a change from what his prior owner observed?
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Re: Aggressive Retic
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Originally Posted by bcr229
Define "crazy". Is he flinging coils? Biting? Charging at you? Striking the enclosure? If he does bite does he wrap or is it a defensive strike?
Is this behavior a change from what his prior owner observed?
Charging and striking, the previous owner told me he didn't handle him much, i have a tiger female which i have hooked trained, she sees the hook = feeding response turns off, i don't think that taming this retic would be easy, I had to cover up my glass in the enclosure because he was striking at it.
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Re: Aggressive Retic
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Originally Posted by gymstax
Charging and striking, the previous owner told me he didn't handle him much...
Gee I wonder why...??? :rolleyes:
I hope that attitude was disclosed before you bought it.
If you're on Facebook ask in The Retic Nation Facebook Group because a few folks there have tamed WC imported adults so I imagine the methods would be the same.
Hopefully you also have a helper whenever you have to deal with this animal.
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Re: Aggressive Retic
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Originally Posted by bcr229
Gee I wonder why...??? :rolleyes:
I hope that attitude was disclosed before you bought it.
If you're on Facebook ask in The Retic Nation Facebook Group because a few folks there have tamed WC imported adults so I imagine the methods would be the same.
Hopefully you also have a helper whenever you have to deal with this animal.
Okay great! Thanks for the info, I surely will ask :D
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From what I have heard - it is possible to tame down an adult snake - although it is indeed far more difficult to do so
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Re: Aggressive Retic
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Originally Posted by Squirtle44
From what I have heard - it is possible to tame down an adult snake - although it is indeed far more difficult to do so
Any tips ? Shall i try to hook train him ?
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Re: Aggressive Retic
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Originally Posted by gymstax
Any tips ? Shall i try to hook train him ?
I would, though bear in mind that hook training teaches your snake whether or not he's getting fed versus not fed, it's not really designed to decrease aggression.
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