Are retics really bad?

When I talked to Bob Clark about them he said Super Dwarves stay under 8'. Im guessing male will go around 6'. I'm thinking about getting a super dwarf coming up in may.

Lucifer's Mommy,

I did watch the link you sent. Did anyone else find that as unbelieveable as I did?
I'm new to snakes, but that was not a happy retic!!! She looked and acted very frightened, or at the least, very unhappy, she did not want to be there, and Conan was acting like an idiot over her!!!!!!
As soon as they put her down she settled a bit, but she certainly didn't look dangerous to me, there was only one dangerous life form on that stage, and it wasn't a snake.
Thanks for answering my questions everyone. I wanted to give retics a chance and was sure most of it was bad press, and yes, I do realize that they aren't beginner snakes. I'm happy with my BP.
Mina

Mina, you just have to sift through the hype and the truth. Retics are huge snakes and most definitely not for a beginner, however, if given the proper care and you have at least two other people with you at all times when you handle them, I think that they wouldn't be so bad.

That clip to me was infuriating. I don't like Conan to begin with so I wanted to break his face. O_O He had NO respect for her whatsoever and Steve Irwin did himself an injustice by playing to both the crowd and Conan.

I got to see Fluffy yesterday at the show. VERY impressive! She was one of the snakes that Karl said - come here, I want to show you something! LOL

I've never owned a Retic, but the ones I've encountered were not in good moods at the time! Definitely not a snake to be bought on a whim.

Most people buy these cute snakes as most snakes with the "cool factor" in mind, but the cool factor wears out quickly when you have this 8-10-12-16-18-20+ft snake in your home that feeds regularly on large rabbits to small pigs, poops like a horse, weighs 100-200-300lbs, and needs regular maintenance by 2 people to do it safely. And since most can't handle a snake this large, add to that it may have an attitude problem from lack of regular handling!!

Most of the Retics I've encountered have not been too large, maybe 6-10ft and they have all been rescues. It's a shame that snakes like Retics, Burms and Anacondas must suffer because of irresponsible keepers/breeders/sellers.

Sorry to come so late to this thread, but I thought I'd give my .02$ since we maintain a large group of Retics.

Captive Bred Retics are generally friendly creatures. We have about 20, and only one is ever aggresive, and even she is manageable.

The Retic in that video did not seem pissed off to me at all. Retics do that. They squirm around a little and hiss a little. Ball Pythons do it to sometimes, it's just not as impressive. If she was mad, those guys wouldn't have been able to hold her at all and someone would have gotten bit.

We have an adult pair of Super Dwarves that are under 6 feet and weigh less than 10 pounds.

We have an 18 foot female that is puppydog tame. Retics are the greatest!!!

-Adam
www.retic.org