Adult SD Retic. Madu/Honey Island

This is Cleo. Short for Cleopatra. Don't mind me. I'm a sweaty mess after cleaning cages tonight.

She's over 4 years old and full grown.
Im 5'4" so she's about the same. She's a handful though at just under 10lbs.

By contrast, my male true SD is 5ft and 5lbs and half her girth.

The Honey Islands are only slightly larger (heavier bodied) than the true SDs and shouldn't exceed 7ft but I don't think this one is going to even get that long.

Crappy phone pics. My internet is down right now :(.

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Oh my god tapatalk made them look even worse. Here. Let's try this..

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Ok that's better!
Those are the 2 best ones out of the group.

She looks great!:gj:

That is one cool looking snake!

Played around with this one a little..

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She looks... fiesty. Yeah, we'll go with that. :P

Gorgeous snake!

I love her! She's gorgeous!

Very nice :)

Awesome snake! I hate where I live.. I'm not allowed to have a snake that's projected to grow to over 9 feet :( I want :please:

awesome snake pics like these make me want one even more!

Good-looking SD. How's her temperament?

Eddie, she's a little flighty when I first take her out which means a lot of hand under hand because she just wants to go, but she isn't aggressive at all. It only takes a couple minutes to convince her that she isn't going to get free run of the house and then she calms down.

She doesn't wrap around me or try to hang on. She reminds me of a Burmese the way she is when I handle her.

In fact, before these pics were taken, I had taken her outside. She stayed pretty much just curled up in my lap in a big pile while I sat on the bench by my back door for at least 10 minutes.

Now I really want one. Very cool!

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Originally Posted by Foschi Exotic Serpents

Eddie, she's a little flighty when I first take her out which means a lot of hand under hand because she just wants to go, but she isn't aggressive at all. It only takes a couple minutes to convince her that she isn't going to get free run of the house and then she calms down.

She doesn't wrap around me or try to hang on. She reminds me of a Burmese the way she is when I handle her.

In fact, before these pics were taken, I had taken her outside. She stayed pretty much just curled up in my lap in a big pile while I sat on the bench by my back door for at least 10 minutes.

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That sounds like my adult Bredli female. She is pretty flight when I first get her out, but has never struck. She can be a little tough to control at first. She has bit my business partner once, though. I believe she thought his hand was food...

Are you breeding them this season?

Super nice looking super dwarf :D

I was actually going to sell the male but if he's still here in a month or two ill probably start cooling them to try for a clutch. I've been going back and forth in my mind with it because it would be Honey Island to True SD. The babies would still be tiny supers but still mixing locales. Hell I even tossed around the thought of trying for baltics even though I'm not a fan of many hybrids.

All I know is I really like this snake. She's Retic all the way. Intelligent, inquisitive, gets a little nervous around strangers at first, studies everything, not head shy at all, not aggressive, never strikes unless it's food. She's very cool to have around :)

That's a nice snake... little bit stockier than ball but...really really cool...

And T-shirt :partyon:
I hope we talking about Old here Nightwish because they suck after they kick off Tarja :cool:

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Some from last year.
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Originally Posted by Foschi Exotic Serpents

I was actually going to sell the male but if he's still here in a month or two ill probably start cooling them to try for a clutch. I've been going back and forth in my mind with it because it would be Honey Island to True SD. The babies would still be tiny supers but still mixing locales. Hell I even tossed around the thought of trying for baltics even though I'm not a fan of many hybrids.

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Keep us updated on possible babies!!

Cool looking SD! She looks big! Love her pattern and color.

Regards,

B

Oh also her excessive thickness is partially my fault. While the Honey Islands are thicker than the true SD's, they probably shouldn't be quite that thick lol!

Look at the first pic in my second post. See how the last 10 inches or so of her tail where it should be a gradual taper but it isn't? It just goes from big thick snake to thin skinny tail? She started getting fat and getting folds and creases every couple inches along her body from laying curled up. She was my garbage disposal for my retired rat breeders so she would get large to extra large rats quite often.

Now she's on a diet though. Lol