Kalatoa 100% Pure SD Retic Progression (Pic heavy...)

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Originally Posted by Sauzo

Lol do what I did and get both haha.

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If I got the Carpet this weekend the retic would still definitely be on my list, it would just wait a couple of months. :D

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An idea of what to expect when trying to photograph a squirrelly 5' SD by yourself. So much personality and activity and I don't think I'd trade her for the world. You two are both in for a treat. Even at 5' she's got the looks and personality of a true retic but with the physique of a corn snake or similar colubrid. Faster more calculating movements though. They really do look you in the eyes when you work with them. Super interactive


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Originally Posted by Sauzo

Well I remember right, Cody said the dwarf blood can still produce sizeable animals. Probably the only way to really come as close as possible to a guarantee if a smaller animal is go pure SD male and feed conservatively. I'm not too concerned personally as long as my retic doesn't end up being 15'+ and have a bad attitude. I got a 6-7' female boa that is thicker than a pop can and she is a giant puppy, a heavy puppy but I can reach in and grab her or do anything and she doesn't even care. I even grab her face and wipe it down with wet paper towels when she decides to body/face paint her cage with poop or urate lol. For me, I'm more afraid of the snake with an unpredictable personality than a large snake with a laid back personality.

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Your retic will be definitely faster but still predictable to a certain extent once you learn to read it's body language. Mine is very fast and sometimes a bit flighty getting her out but she's not shy to let me know if she's in a foul mood. Only been tagged once (see previous posts) but even then she was trying to tell me she wasn't feeling it that day. Too bad for her I had to clean her cage and I'm not about to let her wallow in her own waste haha



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I've heard retics will give a number of indicators that they are not into you before they bite. At least in general.

My boa is great, but boas are very different and don't let on as well IMO when they are going to snap.

They are very stealthy and of all of my snakes, I'm still most cautious with the BC.

My carpet on the other hand is like a person. "Oh HI,,,,, shall I come out and have a spin around?"

She's great and I have done things that should cause her to bite and she just won't.

My new retic and I are still learning each other.

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I've heard retics will give a number of indicators that they are not into you before they bite. At least in general.

My boa is great, but boas are very different and don't let on as well IMO when they are going to snap.

They are very stealthy and of all of my snakes, I'm still most cautious with the BC.

My carpet on the other hand is like a person. "Oh HI,,,,, shall I come out and have a spin around?"

She's great and I have done things that should cause her to bite and she just won't.

My new retic and I are still learning each other.

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Haha see it's opposite with me. Both my boas wouldn't bite me unless I actually hurt them. Even when they are cranky, they don't hiss or anything, just go inside their hide and sit in there lol. The JCP is different. If she is cranky, she will hiss loud and she does look me in the face which sometimes makes me feel awkward lol. I give the JCP respect but my boas are like my kids where I can pick them up, toss them around and grab them however and they just sit there and take it. From my snakes, it seems my pythons have moods where as the boas are pretty much even keeled and up for whatever. So, i'm figuring i'll be treating the retic the same as I do my carpet. Nice and slow and not grab them or sling them over my shoulder and go outside and do whatever like I do with the boas. Heck, sometimes late at night, ill hop in bed, turn on the tv and let a boa hang out with me. The JCP really only seems to like to sit on my shoulders and watch stuff, not much into relaxing on the bed and watching tv lol.

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Haha see it's opposite with me. Both my boas wouldn't bite me unless I actually hurt them. Even when they are cranky, they don't hiss or anything, just go inside their hide and sit in there lol. The JCP is different. If she is cranky, she will hiss loud and she does look me in the face which sometimes makes me feel awkward lol. I give the JCP respect but my boas are like my kids where I can pick them up, toss them around and grab them however and they just sit there and take it. From my snakes, it seems my pythons have moods where as the boas are pretty much even keeled and up for whatever. So, i'm figuring i'll be treating the retic the same as I do my carpet. Nice and slow and not grab them or sling them over my shoulder and go outside and do whatever like I do with the boas. Heck, sometimes late at night, ill hop in bed, turn on the tv and let a boa hang out with me. The JCP really only seems to like to sit on my shoulders and watch stuff, not much into relaxing on the bed and watching tv lol.

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But that's my point. You are going to get indications from a snake like a retic as they are seemingly more aware and interactive. I certainly don't expect my boa to bite but he is not one to offer a lot of "signs". He tends to hang out in the S posture and if he wanted to bite I would not know it until afterwards. Out of the cage he is curious and relaxed. In cage, he is much harder to read IMO but has never shown defensive behavior he just stares and I always wonder.

I am just prepared which is better than being caught completely off guard when I go into his cage. I still use a hook but don't get me wrong I've only had 1 bite from him early on. It's a lot easier to know a bite is coming when they tell you it's coming. That was my point I think

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Haha see it's opposite with me. Both my boas wouldn't bite me unless I actually hurt them. Even when they are cranky, they don't hiss or anything, just go inside their hide and sit in there lol. The JCP is different. If she is cranky, she will hiss loud and she does look me in the face which sometimes makes me feel awkward lol. I give the JCP respect but my boas are like my kids where I can pick them up, toss them around and grab them however and they just sit there and take it. From my snakes, it seems my pythons have moods where as the boas are pretty much even keeled and up for whatever. So, i'm figuring i'll be treating the retic the same as I do my carpet. Nice and slow and not grab them or sling them over my shoulder and go outside and do whatever like I do with the boas. Heck, sometimes late at night, ill hop in bed, turn on the tv and let a boa hang out with me. The JCP really only seems to like to sit on my shoulders and watch stuff, not much into relaxing on the bed and watching tv lol.

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My retic definitely needs a slow, respectful approach or she gets jumpy and twitchy. Hook training from day one has for sure been of great help in tapping her out of feeding mode when needed for cleaning and water changes. But once she's out, she's perfectly fine. Never sits still but just very curious about every bit of her surroundings. Very inquisitive little thing



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...never shown defensive behavior he just stares and I always wonder...

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Honestly I don't reach into any enclosure, ever.. aside from ball pythons in a rack. Like, I don't even reach into a corn snake's enclosure. Lol

Maybe I just suck at noticing the signs, but every bigger snake (aside from the real giants) that I've had to work with seem to just suddenly lunge into motion if they're going to bite. It's like they're just staring, no posture or anthing, and I just won't reach in there, I just always wonder. I've seen enough snakes fly back when they're looking away to not want to grab them even when they aren't even looking at me.

I had a woma slowly come out of its bin once, I had my foot up on the bin as I was standing there talking to someone, he came up ever so slowly, rested his nose on my knee, and then just opened up! LOL

Love snakes, hate their teeth!

Yeah, see I reach into all my cages and just grab my snakes. Never been bit by any of them for that. The only snake I don't reach in over the top of the snake and just grab them is my JCP. Maybe after a couple years I can do that with her as well but right now, no way. I reach in but from the front and then just scoot my hand under her body and she climbs up my arm. So I guess in a way I do reach in still but not as arrogantly with her lol. I'll probably invest in a hook with the retic but we'll see. I'm probably crazy but I have never used hooks before.

And lol yeah Gio, my sunglow is great for just staring at out the front of the cage haha. When I open the door and stick my hand in, she perks up and does fast tongue flicks and when its not a rat and just my hand, you can almost see the disappointment in her as she lays back down haha. I'm pretty numb to getting bit now as when I got the JCP, she bit me probably about 6-7 times before she finally calmed down lol. I pretty much got used to her biting me when I got her, I just put my hand in there and formed a fist and let her go for it. She finally got bored of it and learned my hand wasn't going to eat her. Then it went to head butts, then mock lunges and now she just sniffs it when I shove my hand in her face but I do it slowly. I bet she would either bit or turn around quick if I rushed my hand in on her.

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Yeah, see I reach into all my cages and just grab my snakes. Never been bit by any of them for that. The only snake I don't reach in over the top of the snake and just grab them is my JCP. Maybe after a couple years I can do that with her as well but right now, no way. I reach in but from the front and then just scoot my hand under her body and she climbs up my arm. So I guess in a way I do reach in still but not as arrogantly with her lol. I'll probably invest in a hook with the retic but we'll see. I'm probably crazy but I have never used hooks before.

And lol yeah Gio, my sunglow is great for just staring at out the front of the cage haha. When I open the door and stick my hand in, she perks up and does fast tongue flicks and when its not a rat and just my hand, you can almost see the disappointment in her as she lays back down haha. I'm pretty numb to getting bit now as when I got the JCP, she bit me probably about 6-7 times before she finally calmed down lol. I pretty much got used to her biting me when I got her, I just put my hand in there and formed a fist and let her go for it. She finally got bored of it and learned my hand wasn't going to eat her. Then it went to head butts, then mock lunges and now she just sniffs it when I shove my hand in her face but I do it slowly. I bet she would either bit or turn around quick if I rushed my hand in on her.

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Today is the day!!??

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Today is the day!!??

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Today is the day!

jmcrook,

Since we've all stolen a bit of thunder from your thread how about a few more pictures of your girl when you have time?

Thanks for letting us all chime in and go off course a bit. It's all for the love of little retics.

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jmcrook,

Since we've all stolen a bit of thunder from your thread how about a few more pictures of your girl when you have time?

Thanks for letting us all chime in and go off course a bit. It's all for the love of little retics.

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No worries at all! Happy to have a thread for all of us tiny tic keepers to continue conversations. I hope we keep it up. Tonight is feeding night so I'll try to get some pics of the feast to share with everyone. Had a great handling session with her last night, very calm, not twitchy or jumpy at all getting her out, but still very curious and active. Such an amazing species


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ADHD with a rat all wrapped up, business as usual haha


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And then she goes for her standard post meal dip in the pool. About time for a bigger water bowl... barely fits half or more of herself in it anymore. So hard to get good photos through the glare on the cage. "Human! Bring more rats to this apartment at once!" Haha


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She looks great. I love the pattern.

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Basking under her RHP this morning. Been very active recently and did a good job of tossing her cage about last night. My guess is that she is speaking out about having smaller rats her last two feedings. 50g rats the last two weeks and she has taken 80-90 gram rats the two weeks before that. I trimmed her intake back slightly as she has been growing like a weed and don't want to power feed her and promote obesity but she will start to push at the cage corners if she gets too hangry. I'm giving her another 50g rat Wednesday and we'll see how the next week goes, any pushing or if she stays calm. At her growth rate she seems she will be a fairly impressive sized Kalatoa SD. She could hit 6-7 feet and start thickening up a bit or she could very well end up 9 feet. She's definitely not going to be a giant but a 7, 8, 9 foot snake isn't what I'd consider small either. I'm guessing 6' by her first b-day but we'll see...


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Nice looking gal there. I got that same xtra large water bowls for my big boa and the retic.

Thanks Sauzo. That's actually the medium exo terra bowl I think. I'll probably get something less expensive for her next bowl because she'll surely be too big for it within a couple months. I like the exo terra bowls but not cheap upgrading sizes when you've got a snake that grows this much. They're very spill proof though which is really nice when you've got a reticulated honey badger using it


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Poor girl got her first face rubbing abrasions... not too bad but obviously not a good development. Going to up her food intake, either larger prey or smaller more frequently and hope she stops pushing as much. Been a real sweetheart the last few times I've had her out though. Hopefully the rubs go away with her next shed.


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Aww poor girl. How the heck did she get a puncture under her chin in an AP cage? They are all smooth which is the reason I love them. And guess I can count my blessing right now as my boy in shed so he is quiet now. Last night he curled up pretty much in my armpit while I laid there watching tv lol. And today he curled up between my arm and my stomach while watching tv. He is such a mellow man...for right now lol. I'm sure after shed he will turn into an eating monster again. Anyways, I put a little polysporin on that just in case.

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Aww poor girl. How the heck did she get a puncture under her chin in an AP cage? They are all smooth which is the reason I love them. And guess I can count my blessing right now as my boy in shed so he is quiet now. Last night he curled up pretty much in my armpit while I laid there watching tv lol. And today he curled up between my arm and my stomach while watching tv. He is such a mellow man...for right now lol. I'm sure after shed he will turn into an eating monster again. Anyways, I put a little polysporin on that just in case.

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Not really sure how she managed that. When she pushes she's pretty assertive about it though. More of a scrape than a puncture. I imagine putting anything on her facial area is going to be quite the rodeo haha! Polysporin/neosporin you think? I had read somewhere on here to use betadine but I thought I'd keep an eye on it for a day or two and see how it looks before I stress her out trying to restrain her head to apply ointments. Already a bit better than yesterday, but she also just fed so that may have calmed her down a little with the pushing. She sometimes smashes her face in between the glass and the lip along the floor of the cage which is one of my first guesses as to how she got those abrasions.

That mainland blood must be keeping yours a bit more chill. My girl never sits still. Getting a non blurry photo of her is a pretty significant accomplishment.

Edit: managed to get some polysporin on those scrapes with a q-tip and minimal stress or struggle. Gonna keep an eye on it


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Nice. Ah yeah that makes sense. My gals try and wedge their heads between the gap on the front too sometimes lol. Yeah polysporin, just once though as it doesn't look bad, just a one time application for precaution. And yeah that might be true about the mainland blood. My guy is pretty laid back but he's also in shed. Before shed, he would cruise around the cage at night but most of the time he liked to perch on the shelf in his cage and just look out the front lol. He also likes to sit with his face perched on the water dish and last night he dropped a nice urate in the water dish lol.

So far so good here with the 18% mainland in mine. I've only had 1 day of real defensiveness. I was handling too early after feeding. My guy does settle but moves quite a bit when out. I had a great session 2 nights ago. In the cage he actually enjoys his hides which is OK. A 40 gallon Critter Cage is the upper size limit for him right now.

I'm sure your SD girl is a little more busy, but then again as a species these are very different snakes from the boas and other pythons I've had. They are almost like a big colubrid.

I'm sure you'll get her healed up fast. Pushing is a pain in the butt, ALL of my snakes sans the royal and little retic are doing it right now.

Winter temp drop for the boa is coming soon.

Does your girl have some climbing options? Maybe revamping the cage will throw her a curve and keep the pushing down, at least for a while.

I recently expanded her from half of a divided T8 into the full cage with bigger branches to climb around on and she totally tossed the entire space the first couple nights. She's calmed down a little bit she's been in the full enclosure for about a month now. She probably will need a larger space eventually as she seems that she'll reach the larger end of the SD spectrum. Maybe a 4x2x1.5 or 4x2x2 when she's grown up.


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Recent portrait of Phyllis that is started working on last night. This is the preliminary sketch for a more technically involved copper etched/engraved limited edition print I'm getting started this week (I'm an artist and teach printmaking at the University of Missouri-Columbia) I'll post in the for sale forum once it's done, and will be donating at least half of the proceeds to USARK once I get an idea if anyone/how many folks may or may not be interested and I can get an idea of how large of an edition to print. Please keep sales discussions to PM it until I post it in the appropriate forum. Thanks!


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Nice drawing and i'm sure Gio and I will be paying the price later when our guys want women. Ours will probably be tearing apart the cages where as your girl will be nice and calm lol.

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Nice drawing and i'm sure Gio and I will be paying the price later when our guys want women. Ours will probably be tearing apart the cages where as your girl will be nice and calm lol.

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Thanks Sauzo! Hard to tell at the moment but you and Gio's guys may be calmer given the larger % mainland blood and deeper generations in captivity. My girl's parents were WC imports from Kalatoa so Phyllis is a 1st gen captive bred. Definitely got some of the wild side in her hahaa. I'll post pics of the progress on the copper etching plate and respective prints as they develop in the near future. Anything to help protect the right to keep such an amazing species of snake!


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Basking under her RHP this morning. Been very active recently and did a good job of tossing her cage about last night. My guess is that she is speaking out about having smaller rats her last two feedings. 50g rats the last two weeks and she has taken 80-90 gram rats the two weeks before that. I trimmed her intake back slightly as she has been growing like a weed and don't want to power feed her and promote obesity but she will start to push at the cage corners if she gets too hangry. I'm giving her another 50g rat Wednesday and we'll see how the next week goes, any pushing or if she stays calm. At her growth rate she seems she will be a fairly impressive sized Kalatoa SD. She could hit 6-7 feet and start thickening up a bit or she could very well end up 9 feet. She's definitely not going to be a giant but a 7, 8, 9 foot snake isn't what I'd consider small either. I'm guessing 6' by her first b-day but we'll see...


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Mines about the same size. The parents were 6 feet, but were wild caught. Glad to see mine isn't the only crazy growing super dwarf out there. I'd be happy if she stopped at 8, but we will see.

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Mines about the same size. The parents were 6 feet, but were wild caught. Glad to see mine isn't the only crazy growing super dwarf out there. I'd be happy if she stopped at 8, but we will see.

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Yeah dad was 5' mom was 6', I think imported in 2013? Likewise, 8' for our girls would be nice but I won't be surprised if either of them reach 9' at this rate


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Yeah dad was 5' mom was 6', I think imported in 2013? Likewise, 8' for our girls would be nice but I won't be surprised if either of them reach 9' at this rate


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Mine is calm like Sauzo's, but he will be 4 feet long in no time. I'm considering a 10 day schedule. He is NOT hungry all of the time so I'm going to spread things out a bit.

I plan on providing a 6 foot by 30 inch by 24 to 30 inch cage for his final home. I'm fully expecting a 10 foot snake which is nothing looking at my 7 foot carpet as long as the girth stays along the lines of my boa.

You are right though, I have 18% mainland in my guy and have also heard more than a few people say tigers tend to be VERY calm.

That probably helps. Sauzo and I have young animals too so I'm sure they are still settling in.

Your girl is beautiful and probably just needs some room to romp. Maybe add some perches and other items in the cage to stimulate her a bit.

Or drop the temps a tad and see if that helps.

Lol i'm not going to sugarcoat it, my little man is flat out lazy :P Unless there is a mouse or rat involved in the deal, he is happy to just lounge it. I've been feeding him every 4-5 days and he is more than happy with the schedule lol. My avatar is him after I lifted his hide and put a camera in front of his face. His head was shoved in the little hole to the right of him. He popped his head out and posed for the camera lol.

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Lol i'm not going to sugarcoat it, my little man is flat out lazy :P Unless there is a mouse or rat involved in the deal, he is happy to just lounge it. I've been feeding him every 4-5 days and he is more than happy with the schedule lol. My avatar is him after I lifted his hide and put a camera in front of his face. His head was shoved in the little hole to the right of him. He popped his head out and posed for the camera lol.

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lol I need to keep my gal in a food coma apparently. I just don't want her to get too big too fast and inadvertently reduce her lifespan. As soon as she feels any activity at the door of her cage she's there to check it out before I can finish unlocking it. Definitely going to be getting bigger prey, and more frequently. She's still very trim and muscular, just has a crazy metabolism. She passes a small rat in like 4 days and it's a tiny poop and a couple small urates.

Gio, she's got a big grapevine/driftwood to climb on and two hides but yeah, she's definitely going to need more space eventually. It's also been unseasonably warm here recently so her ambient temps have been higher and could likely be influencing her increased activity along with her just always being hungry. I'll keep you all up to date with how things progress in the upcoming weeks. Cheers!


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Well I feed Caesar smaller meals on a faster schedule, so really it boils down to the same amount of food as if I did a weanling or small rat weekly. I just feed him a couple adult mice. Seems they leave a smaller but still noticeable lump and pretty much seem to keep him calm. Of course he is also still a baby. He's only 5 months old. I'll probably cut his food intake down once he hits 1 year old. He spends a lot of his time in one of his hides unless I got him out on me or he is out drinking water. he wandered around a couple days when I first got him but since then, it seems he has settled in and loves his RBI hides lol. As for poop, Caesar drops monster deuces lol, probably 2.5-3" long ones. He's a poo machine haha.

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Well I feed Caesar smaller meals on a faster schedule, so really it boils down to the same amount of food as if I did a weanling or small rat weekly. I just feed him a couple adult mice. Seems they leave a smaller but still noticeable lump and pretty much seem to keep him calm. Of course he is also still a baby. He's only 5 months old. I'll probably cut his food intake down once he hits 1 year old. He spends a lot of his time in one of his hides unless I got him out on me or he is out drinking water. he wandered around a couple days when I first got him but since then, it seems he has settled in and loves his RBI hides lol. As for poop, Caesar drops monster deuces lol, probably 2.5-3" long ones. He's a poo machine haha.

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at 5 months Phyllis was getting two mice every 4-5 days, then I bumped her up to small rats every 5-7 and was "Queen Phyllis, full of piss" because she's peed on/around me so many times lol. Also dropped huge poos but the last 3 weeks she's had smaller sized small rats and smaller bathroom breaks because my rat guy only had small smalls and big mediums. I really think getting her on medium rats every 5-7 days is going to chill her out a good deal. I've got the gap in the door filled with a strip of foam core for the time being so she can't jam her head in there and it seems to be helping along with the 100 gram rat she pounded last night.

Yeah, see that's where Caesar is now, 5 months old and eating 2 adult mice every 4-5 days. And yeah he pisses all over but thank god its all in his cage. i just check for piss everyday. I still have been lucky with the Retic sausage butt roulette. I haven't been hosed down yet. And yeah the influx of food should help...or it might make her grow really fast and really huge and then you will have a huge antsy retic who will spray pee and poo all over you everytime you take her out. Keep us updated so i know what not to do :D

I think some of them just have a crazy strong feeding response. My girl could eat every day 5 at a time if I let her.

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I think some of them just have a crazy strong feeding response. My girl could eat every day 5 at a time if I let her.

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Mine would totally do the same. Have any recent pics of your SD gal to share, yodawagon? It's cool to see pics of clutch mates when you know who has one


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Mine would totally do the same. Have any recent pics of your SD gal to share, yodawagon? It's cool to see pics of clutch mates when you know who has one


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I'll try and upload three pictures of my baby Purple Albino ... there's been some crazy changes over the last few months http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...0fff98d10d.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...0d778e91bc.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...386b852694.jpg


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Beautiful critter! SD/Dwarf or mainland?


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Beautiful critter! SD/Dwarf or mainland?


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SD ... One of the final pieces of my snakes jigsaw :)


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Just received my new baby Super Dwarf Purple Albino Retic from WildSide via ColdBlooded couriers . He was in fabulous condition plus lovely and warm :)

He looks to be just going into shed so I'll leave him to settle in for while ..

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Just received my new baby Super Dwarf Purple Albino Retic from WildSide via ColdBlooded couriers . He was in fabulous condition plus lovely and warm :)

He looks to be just going into shed so I'll leave him to settle in for while ..

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Congrats! That's a stunning critter you got. What % SD is it?


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Congrats! That's a stunning critter you got. What % SD is it?


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I really can't recall tbh ... I'm sure the breeder mentioned it when I paid for it a couple of months ago .. if I come across the info I'll post it .


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Snoopy snake on top of her warm hide, deep in shed, cooking down a gut full of rats. Gonna be an epic poo/piss tsunami when she sheds next week lol. Even in shed her colors got way brighter and fired up after a big small/small medium rat last night. Can't wait to see her with a fresh coat of paint soon!


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Nice pickup. I was tempted to get a lavender SD/D het snow from Vital Exotics but I really like what the tiger throws into the mix plus I love the white on the white phase albinos. I do want to get a motley suntiger SD/D and I really want a pied tiger with the chocolate head and chocolate stripe down its back like someone poured syrup along its spine but that's going to be some serious smooth talking to pull one of those off lol.

Nice pic jmcrook. Is that an extra large exo terra rock hide? I have one of those but mine had sharp burrs inside it so I said screw it and threw it in the reptile extras bin and used the RBI hides. Lol i'm waiting for this round of poo/pee from Caesar. I'm guessing its going to be pretty big since he ate small rat, weaned rat and adult mouse lol. He's brewing it up behind his warm side hide in the little nest he dug on top of the flexwatt lol.

Thanks Sauzo. It's the exo terra large size rock hide. Never had one with burrs but I wouldn't doubt it happens. You could probably just hit it with a file or some sandpaper and then seal it with something waterproof. She's just about too big for the large rock hide now, not that it really matters because she only uses her hides maybe once every month or two lol. I'll always offer her hides even if she just chills on top of them. Her other one is a plastic plant saucer with a hole cut in the side of it with a silk plant zip tied to the top. When I got her she fit inside half of a medium exo terra hide.
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Quite a difference in size from March to November.


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Haha I like those 2 pics. Is that the Reptichips you have on the bottom?

Nah, that's zoomed forest floor cypress mulch. Reptichip looks like this. Well, a reptichip competitor. I've got two blocks of actual reptichip on deck as soon as I finish this tub
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I really like it so far. Only need enough water to break it apart and then you can adjust the moisture content depending on what you need. Super absorbent and definitely cuts down on odors a good deal. My only real criticism is that it's hard to spot pee soaked areas at a quick glance. Have to scout them out if there's no accompanying urates.
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Bonus close up shot of Phyllis's pretty mug haha


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