What's the attitude of your SD retics?

Lacey Act restrictions on crossing state lines is definitely something to be concerned with. And of course, you will need to already check local and state regulations. People tend to forget that SD retics, are still retics and need to have proper permits in many areas. In Texas for instance you need a simple controlled snake permit to keep them, and a commercial controlled snake permit to sell them.

Mr Lang - there was still a lot of information that can be taken the wrong way just because your post only looked at the extreme end of the spectrum. most 50% SD males top around 8-9 ft, and females usually stay under 10 ft, but can get up there. Pure SD are still quite easy to come by, just need to catch them at the right time of the year. But again, pure SD are just soooo flighty, they are nice for shrinking projects down, but not exactly the best retic project. 75% SD are going to be the best alternative for many individuals, with 50% SD coming in a close second. I'll see about putting together a video tomorrow showing some of the differences between a 2 month old, 14 month old, 18 month old, and 5+ year old 50% SD Retic that can hopefully demonstrate this.

Cheers!

Mr. Lang i didn't take anything you said in a real negative way. I disagreed with some of it, but playing devils advocate is fine by me. I do it all the time to people haha. Like i said, I'm not dead set on getting one necessarily. I've been talking to kali about boas too and they're still very much in the running. Like i said, down the road i'll hopefully have the opportunity to keep both but right now I'm just trying to decide what i wanna start with and what i like more.

I really appreciate all the info cody, a video would be really awesome. :gj: I definitely wanna do more research about them because i wasn't even totally sure on all the different localities and percentages. It could be months before i get anything still, i just like to do lots of research. I've already been thinking about all of this for a months anyways, but i can be pretty patient haha.

Mike - you can never go wrong with a good boa, its basically a gateway drug into the larger constrictors. My BCI I purchased as a baby back in 2006 was my first larger constrictor after raising BP's for many years. Though I have been fascinated by reticulated pythons for many many years (since back in 1997 when I was a tiny kid seeing them, till I started my research on them in 2002 when Bob Clark wrote a great article in reptiles magazine), it took a long time for me to be able to get into them because of size restrictions with my family, money to be able to house and feed such a monster, and of course the knowledge to be able to keep them safely.

Right now Locales are the biggest thing you should concern yourself with during your research. One of my favorite papers from 2002 discussing the various aspects of different locales / subspecies is here: http://reticulatedpython.info/me/pap...ic%20paper.pdf Check it out if you have not already, its a wealth of scientific information, not just someone on the internet speaking their ideas. It's backed by real data, real papers, and true knowledge of a species.

Mr Lang spoke valid points from a standpoint of raising concern - its needed - but certain things have to be examined fully and not just on the negative spectrum! Hopefully I haven't insisted any insult to the matter, his points were definitely valid, though some quite misguided, still good to hear and see for someone who needs to hear the full position of the matter.

I have some time tomorrow, and need to find my big girl and boy some rabbits, so while I have them thawing out I can work with my male at least and talk a little about them and showing some size stuff and locale information. Right now I have Kalatoa Pure, Kalatoa cross, Kaydui cross, Jampea cross, Sasleyer cross (dwarf), and mainland. Each locale does something different to the pattern that I absolutely love. For instance, Jampea just makes Goldenchilds SCREAM. It's amazing!
http://reptileexperts.com/Godlen.jpg

Not to mention that the Jampea blood will keep this male GC on the smaller spectrum of things - should never exceed 9-10' in its lifetime.

Cheers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2UF4WGzDFw

To make sure those who wanted to know see it. The video I started working on that night, Let's talk about super dwarfs . . .