This shall be my photo bank.

Female Goldenchild, 100% Het Purple from Vital Exotics - Tombstone
Male Purple Albino, Bob Clark - Azali

Purple albino is now 6 feet and the Goldenchild 4 feet. Was it not impossible to dual wield retics and take pictures with my mouth, I'd be getting better shots xD

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Absolutely stunning retics (those eyes!) it will be great to watch them grow. :) The "dual wielding retics" cracked me up. :8:

Fantastic snakes. I love the way retics look, mainly because when you see their eyes like that, they look ridiculously intelligent. Like...scary intelligent lol. Reminds me of Kaa from The Jungle Book. I'm guessing you plan to breed them?

Beautiful.
Your camera might have a timer / countdown timer option.

Welcome to the broke from feeding giant snakes and always smelling like urine because of them club :-)

Keep the thread alive, you'll be amazed by the speed of their growth!

Thanks everyone for your comments!

1.) I will definitely keep taking pictures and keeping the thread fueled! I love my purple the most, simply because he was my first reticulated. Absolute sweetheart, too. My Goldenchild just tries to bite the crap out of me, haha.

2.) I do eventually plan or hope to breed them, but that'll be awhile before I'm ready to handle a mommy retic XD

3.) Thanks for the compliments on their color! Personally I am a doll for beautiful eyes... and that Goldenchild has amazing eyes! I really agree that the intelligence is visible in their eyes. Such beauty!

4.) I am going to invest in a tripod, I believe!

How was your snake from vital exotics? Damaged or mites at all?

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How was your snake from vital exotics? Damaged or mites at all?

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Kris does NOT have a reputation of damaged goods or mite infested snakes. Vital Exotics is a great company to deal with, and their quality is some of the best out there. They DO buy litters from other breeders to keep their stock up, but they raise them for a while before releasing them to future buyers. Again, not enough great things can be said about them.

Fair enough. My 3 retics came in Friday and we're a bit rough. They will be fine though for sure. He is a really great guy. I plan on supporting his company more in the future.

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Fair enough. My 3 retics came in Friday and we're a bit rough. They will be fine though for sure. He is a really great guy. I plan on supporting his company more in the future.

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My female from Vital actually did have mites but I let them know about it. The issue was resolved but yes, she came in originally very pissed off and with mites. Honestly, my male from Bob Clark had them, too.
I wasn't sure what the deal was, but it definitely caught me off guard.

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Kris does NOT have a reputation of damaged goods or mite infested snakes. Vital Exotics is a great company to deal with, and their quality is some of the best out there. They DO buy litters from other breeders to keep their stock up, but they raise them for a while before releasing them to future buyers. Again, not enough great things can be said about them.

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He was very professional about the situation and nice, too! The mite issue was as much a surprise to him as it was to me and we talked through options, ultimately leading to a happy resolution. I wouldn't have a bad thing to say about them at all. Mites can happen to anyone and he did his best to help and represented the company in a fantastic manner.

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Vital Exotics was very professional about it, I mean. I can't really speak well of the experience I had with my male from Bob Clark, though. I wish I could! But he didn't work with me on the issue like Vital did.

Yea small mite issue here too. He just told me it happens and what to do. Other than that they are beautiful animals with great temperment.

Nothing bad to say about Kris or vital exotics though. I know all about mites in my line of work. They are a natural thing it happens. What I brought up to him is they may not be present at his slot because of environment. But the shipping may allow the bastards to get a hold. Either way I love the animals and am going to grab more from him.

I've bought three retics from kris and have never had an issue with mites or quality of animal. Vital exotics is top notch all the way.

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I've bought three retics from kris and have never had an issue with mites or quality of animal. Vital exotics is top notch all the way.

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Neither of us are hating on the guy or his business. I have seen your retics, Rob. Fantastic animals. Quite photogenic, too.

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Nothing bad to say about Kris or vital exotics though. I know all about mites in my line of work. They are a natural thing it happens. What I brought up to him is they may not be present at his slot because of environment. But the shipping may allow the bastards to get a hold. Either way I love the animals and am going to grab more from him.

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Yeah I feel that I like him more because he was proactive and helpful in resolving the issue. I don't know about shipping but I do know so many people who keep the snake bags from previous orders and have gotten infestations from carrying over mites. I really don't like mites, hah. They are like a wildfire.

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Previous orders from other breeders, not Vital.

Just ordered more heh.

Happy 'Tic!

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Update on Azali the Purple! It'll be a year that I've had him soon so I wanted to post a before and after picture of my beloved!!!!

FORGIVE MY FACE! Just focus on the snake :p

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AFTER:

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He looks great.

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He looks great.

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Thank you!!! He's grown quite a lot, but at the same time he didn't outgrow me from house and home his first year. He only reached seven feet, so that's not bad. I love Azali!

How cute!