Newest Little Big - Anery and Platinum Retics

Alright, so it took a little while longer to get them than I expected, and they needed to go straight to QT, so I got them out of their shipping box, into a small holding tub for some quick day 1 snaps and then into QT I promise to get some of my super clean on white shots ASAP. But for now, please enjoy these crappy, on board flash, in a tiny tub picture of my latest pair of 1.1 Retics . ..

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50% Super Dwarf Platinum Bred by Michael Powell

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100% Pure Super Dwarf Anery bred by Travis Kubes (to be paired to my extremely high% Jampea Purple to make superjamp 100%double het snows!) ** Sorry for the crap picture, I had the wrong lens, not my normal camera I use, and the retic would NOT sit still so I was not going to stress him out**

Hope you guys enjoy my Little Bigs!

and just for those who missed her - my female 50% SD Tiger 66% het Albino, smoking!
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Cheers!

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

Awesome pics so jealous. I want a sd platty het for albino... o well soon enough lol

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Those are just crazy.... Love that girl! :bow::bow::bow:

I see SD platty tigers in my future :)

Platinum tiger retic is next on my list of giant pythons. Lol. But with the burm, i need more room. Lol. I cant wait!

Heh yeah giants take tons of space. It's why I love my super dwarf and jampeas!

Really nice looking snakes! Good luck with the breeding projects!

Thanks! I should have one more dwarf girl on the way! Eek! I'm filling up on retics quick.

Dwarf males stay around 10 feet right? I really like retics they have such nice colors and look so cool. I just don't want one too much bigger then my seven foot carpet haha

Super Dwarfs that are pure stay around 6 ft for females, mixes 50% stick around 8-9 ft for males. They are a lot different than a carpet it attitude toward feeding, I mean yes my carpets are go happy feeders with some aggression. However, a retic is VERY fast, agile, and intelligent. Even the dwarf / SD. Dwarf males can get to 11-12 ft because of mainland influence and the amount people feed them. If you get a true Jampea, they average 8 ft for males and 10 ft max for females IF fed properly. I can get you some good natural history literature on them if you are interested.

http://www.reticulatedpython.info/me...ic%20paper.pdf
Schmitz, et al (2002)

excellent read!

Ya I would be, I'm in processes of making my spare room into a snake room and I have enough room for a cage for one of them below my carpets cage so I've been trying to figure out what bigger snake I want that's not crazy big but little bigger then a carpet size and temperament wise.

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Thanks! I should have one more dwarf girl on the way! Eek! I'm filling up on retics quick.

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Not a bad thing to fill up on!

Yeah dwarf male would get you there. But if it has been crossed with a mainland I'd still be ready for a 11-13ft snake which isn't a dwarf at all. Maybe a 50% SD cross would fall better. Male or female. Should stay at or below 10 ft with a lot less mass. Highly Rec Travis Kubes

Ya I think tops I'd have room for a 11 footer cuz I have room for a 6x2 cage to go under by 5x2 carpet set up. Would 6x2 be big enough for one? Sorry don't mean to bombard you with questions their just some beautiful snakes you got an I would love to add one to my collection as a display animal

These animals don't need to be display animals, they can easily be considered pets with the proper respect and digligence to care (they pee . .. a lot. . . so always expect to be cleaning at least 2-4 times a week it seems). You can easily house a Jampea in a 6x2x2 or better a 72"x30"x18" (Think the Vision 632). 96" cages are also a great option for full fize females, but the Vision 632 will handle a dwarf female just fine. Only the ones on the larger end of the spectrum like those monster jamps will need an 8x2. 50% SD Retics can comfortablly be housed in 4x2x2, so if you just went with an AP 5'x2'x2' you'd be in good shape. Just get the basking shelf to give them more space options as these smaller versioned retics are semi arboreal.

Lol I ment display as in not in a tub and you can see them. I call my normal male a display cuz he's in my living room in a tank but he come out all time, same as my carpet call her a display but I have so much fun handling her so she comes out every other day. So I do plain on fully handling and enjoy one I just ment their house and all that will be on display so can always see (unless they go into a hide)