Rescue: Reticulated Python

New retic in to Rusty Reptiles
was abandond in early January, and was just found yesturday.
It is approximatly 9 feet and weighs in at a whopping 8 lbs.
poor thing was locked in a twenty gallon aquarium, with no water or food for that above period of time.
Doing good today, besides being underweight, it is surprisingly ok. seems to already be cheering up with a nice shed overnight, and a few strikes at the walls of it's new enclosure. I have a feeling it must enjoy stretching out.
I will post pictures shortly.
Sincerely
Rusty

ARGH!!

Never ceases to really get under my skin that this happens all too often with the retics and burms :(

Kudos on befriending another castaway!

(and yes pics pics of course :P)

Rusty - you are the greatest! I think it's best that I focus on how awesome it is that you exist to take these poor creatures in .. then the fact that we need people like you because so many people abandon pets.... because if I focused on these people that abandon animals.... well.. someone could get hurt.

Wow. I don't even know what to say to that. It's horrible that people do that to any animals. Best of luck to you with it, Rusty. Keep up the outstanding work your doing.

I just don't understand how a person could treat an animal that way. It just makes no sense. At the very least they could drop it off at the zoo or animal control who would call in a reptile rescue, and it wouldn't have to suffer for so long. I'd like to see the people stuffed in a tiny tank without food or water that long! I am sure that it will do fine in your capable hands, though, Rusty. Thanks for doing what you do.

Rusty you are amazing. Thank God for you and all that you do for these wonderful animals. Keep up the great work!!! Again you are absolutely amazing.

9 feet, and only 8 lbs. poor thing! Still waiting on those pictures Rusty, and much respect to you for the work you do rescuing animals. I used to think it would be cool to rescue herps etc... cuz then you would always have some and you could keep the ones you wanted. Fact of the matter is though that it must be quite stressful and hurt a bit since you have to frequently see them come in suffering from long periods of abuse or neglect. Good luck to you and the new rescue.

Hi all, thanks for the support,
I still don't have any dang pictures, s / he has already come out for her daily check, and I don't want to stress her just to take pictures of her, so I promise to snap some over the next couple of days.
Thanks again
Rusty

Thanks for all you do. The reptile world is lucky to have you!

Er aren't reticulated pythons the biggest snake in the world able to reach up to 35 feet in length?

I don't think so, but I'm no expert.

http://www.rainforestsearch.com/rrrs/snk_retp.htm

According to this it is o_O

I believe that's why this retic was in need of people being rescued. Some people buy them without being educated or experienced with these types of snakes. Once they get too big, they are abandoned. :x Luckily this retic was rescued and is now in the good hands of someone with lots of experience in taking care of these animals.

Thats just not right! A magnificent snake like that deserves a lot more than that. Perhaps we should try and cram the previous owner into a twenty gallon and leave him there for six months :twisted:

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Originally Posted by Alkaurkharim

Er aren't reticulated pythons the biggest snake in the world able to reach up to 35 feet in length?

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They are certainly one of the biggest snakes in the world. Green anacondas can be heavier...and foot-for-foot, burmese are heavier, too. But retics, I believe, hold the record for being the longest snakes in the world. However, no known snake has ever been 35 feet. The longest snake ever officially recorded was 33 feet...and other than that one, I've never heard of any other snake reaching more than 30 feet.

Not that this takes away from the awesome might and majesty of the reticulated python!

I believe Burmese are more agressive then the reticulated also arent they?

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Originally Posted by Alkaurkharim

I believe Burmese are more agressive then the reticulated also arent they?

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I've heard and seen otherwise.

Rusty thank goodness for people like you. I just don't get people. But like I always say look how some treat children how could be expect anymore from them with animals.
Just like around here in the DC metro area some dude was being shipped out to the middle east and was just gonna let his 5 1/2 ' Caimen go into the woods until his friend told him someone might get hurt and called animal control. The Caimen was turned over to a reptile rescue group, thank God for the reptile and the people in the neighborhood.

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Originally Posted by Alkaurkharim

I believe Burmese are more agressive then the reticulated also arent they?

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Burmese have a very strong feeding response...but other than that, they are (as a general rule...there are always exceptions) probably the most laid-back and easy-going of all the giant snakes.

Retics, on the other hand, tend to be a little more unpredictable. Wild caught retics are often down-right mean...but captive bred babies that are raised properly can be very docile snakes.

All in all, I would feel more comfortable having a burm for a pet, rather than a 'tic.....but they're both awesome snakes.

I just saw a program on Animal planet about Giant snakes, and they covered Retics, Burms, Green Pythons, and some kind of Anaconda that actually seems to go out of its way to attack people o_O

What I don't understand is how people can take a +10ft snake and think they can keep it safely as a pet o_O *not counting professionals* There was one story about a guy who had had his Burm for a long time and when he went to change the water bowl one time, the thing struck him in the face and started constricting. His wife had the cut the Burm's head off to save him o_O

While I'm aware even small constrictors like the BP will always be wild animals and therefore can have unpredictable tendencies, but all in all I think I can handle a 4-5' python better then a 10-25 foot one O_O

So my advice *which probably doesn't amount to much anyway* is, unless you are a professional and know what you are doing just stick to smaller snakes. Its safer for you and your family and probably the snake too.

And if you still can't get enough of those big snakes, then maybe spent a little more time at the zoo, fogging up glass of the reptile cages ^_^

That was panic-inspiring alarmist SCHLOCK. I have to say the dumbass going in the burm cage with all the chinchilla hair all over him - should go fall down a flight of stairs. The other guys trying to handle these things BY THEMSELVES . . again give em a push down the stairs. Snakes that big are a 2 man task - it's that simple.

(lol sorry this was not directed at you Alk - I am still just venting from having watched that)

http://www.ball-pythons.net/PNphpBB2...ic-t-3350.html

No worries Smulkin ^_^

I didn't bother to watch the whole thing myself

While I know they tend to pick the worst case scenario's and then blow them out of proportion, I still think it merits a little bit of caution to whoever is thinking about getting one of these giant pythons.

And I'm aware that its a multiple person job myself, any self-respecting person who owns one of these will tell you its pretty much impossible to pick one of these guys up themselves. Which means its impossible to care for one correctly by yourself.

*BTW Smulkin, your old Avatar was much much better*

I saw that same show about two months ago and watched again last night and all but the poor chick in India using the outhouse and the last keeper at the end who had help and a back up plan they were morons. Plain and simple.
Yeah let's clean out my pet rodents cages then play with them and then go stick my upper body in my snakes cage and wonder why!?!
It did add fuel to the fire on why people shouldn't be able to keep snakes but hopefully it scared a few fools who might have bought them one.
ARpython downing the gazille was pretty cool.( sorry I am not a speller)
For me a BCI ( male) is about as big as I wanna go.

HI all,
The retic is doing great!
It has already shed, and is loving his / her new enclosure. Her bloodwork came back good, and we will see how he / she does over the next few weeks with eating and such. (althou I don't have a doubt she will eat well.
I will upload some pictures now, bad ones, as my husband is not home, but pics none the less.
I'll post them soon
Rusty

Here is a pictures.
I am unable to take her out as I am home alone (2 person sized snake).
But here is the best I could do:

Ok here ya go:
https://ball-pythons.net/modules/cop...08/Cnv0103.jpg
Thanks
Rusty

If one can tell that a snake looks content...I would say that one does! Can't wait to see more pics!

HI all,
Update is that she is doing well, eating and shedding like mad. Which is a relief to us.
For some reason everytime I go to take a picture of her she is in her hide away. We were able to move her to "general population" and she is settling into her new enclosure well. She seems to hide more then ever, but that could just be everytime I think to check her out she is hiding. Well, I promise to get a few pictures shortly.
Rusty