Sharing! New hatchling retic

Greetings,
just to share my new addition to the family! a normal Hatchling Retic given by a friend of mine, seems to be wildcaught. Its a she btw, with a friendly temperament, calmed down after afew handling session.

What's you guys opinion on the possible locality of it? I'm trying to get a general picture on how shes gonna turn out, nevertheless i love her colours! btw she has a very slight tint of yellow below the chin to neck area too

Here's the pics:

( Ignore the dirty cage, was about to clean it)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2175/3...a4859f7a_c.jpgRetic, unedited by Wolf Sam, on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2787/3...2173c4de_c.jpgRetic, unedited by Wolf Sam, on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/569/32...d8b42e72_c.jpgRetic, unedited by Wolf Sam, on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2393/3...23f745c2_c.jpgRetic, unedited by Wolf Sam, on Flickr

Gorgeous. She had some Nice clean bright threads ro wear :gj:

Nice. She's a wild type but definitely not wild caught since retics haven't legally been imported for almost two years now.

Very nice! Very pretty eyes!

Beautiful. Wild/natural color and patterns are my bag!

But not wild caught is my guess as well.

If it is a SHE it will be big.

Awesome! Is that 100% mainland? If so, that's way more snake than I can handle!!! Once it's full size you'll need 2-3 people to handle it, can't really do it alone.

Thanks for the compliment guys! yeap i agree she's gorgeous! :D , i only can assume a "She" since i did a popping test and no hemipenes was seen! I come from South-East Asia so there's a chances that she's WC.


Spent some time today handling her to calm her down after seeing her opening mouth and striking! :rolleyes: , time for more frequent handling.


Her colour was pretty dark today thou :confusd: does you guys retics changes colour into darker/lighter shades too?


Here's two photo i took previously right after shed, hope you guys likes it!

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3893/3...5a74c97d_c.jpgside close up shot on head by Wolf Sam, on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/606/32...676cc973_c.jpgCloseup shot on head by Wolf Sam, on Flickr

I sooooooo want a retic now O_O So cool. You aren't allowed them in the province where I live.

Retics are awesome. Such big personality.

Yes they lighten and darken depending on how they feel. Caesar gets fired up sometimes and looks like he is almost glowing lol.

Nice looking little whatever he/she is :)

And like mentioned, you are going to be in for a big snake probably. Caesar my male SD just turned 9 months old 3 days ago and he is already 5' and eating a large rat every 10 days. But he is a pig lol.

Will you be providing hides for the new Retic ?? Just wondering . ..

This may seem appear controversial and I've mentioned this previously but I've been told , over the years , by a few very experienced people not to give Retics / Burms / Boas hides BUT provide safe places / areas by strategically placed branches . I've had great success following this advice . My hatchling Dwarf SunGlow boa is a lovely little thing now who started off rather nervous and my 7' Snow Boa is the softest , most placid snake I have . There is a belief that hides whilst being great for many species , Royals being a good example are not always the best idea for Retics , Burms and Boas ...

None of my Boas , the Retic or the Burm have hides per-see . ... they just have branches to hide in or behind if they so wish and are all lovely and placid , thankfully :)

I give all my snakes hides and they all are fine. My 7' boa doesn't really use her hide much anymore but she still has one and she is super mellow. Even her vet and nurse both were amazed how mellow she was even when the vet stuck a needle in her nose to take a sample of her sinus infection. She didn't even flinch or hiss.

My 5' sunglow doesn't use her hide anymore really either except to sit on top of.

My retic still uses his hides but its hit or miss. Sometimes he sits in them, other times he sits outside. And I can reach in and pick him up fine. If he gets pissy, it only involves him pushing my hand away with his body or going inside his hide.

Even my 11 month old salmon dh snowglow boy isn't shy and he has 3 hides. he sits in them but always has his head or half his body poking out of them.

I believe every snake should be offered a hide. it gives them that secure feeling they need to help them mellow out. And with age, a lot of boas quit even using them as well as retics. But again, I always offer them as even my big ones will use them sometimes when in shed.

Now if you are talking racks, I can understand that as the rack itself IS the hide.

And all of my snakes are mellow too. I have never even hook trained any of them and I can reach in above them or whatever and just drag them out. Heck half the time, I just leave one door open on their AP cages for hours while I watch TV and they just sit there either with just their head sitting on the litter dam or hanging down looking at the floor. Then they get bored and most of the time will go back in the cage and either go curl up in the back corner and go to sleep which I then close the door or they just sit curled up in front of the open door which is mostly what the retic or Rosey my 7' girl girl does.

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Originally Posted by Sauzo

I give all my snakes hides and they all are fine. My 7' boa doesn't really use her hide much anymore but she still has one and she is super mellow. Even her vet and nurse both were amazed how mellow she was even when the vet stuck a needle in her nose to take a sample of her sinus infection. She didn't even flinch or hiss.

My 5' sunglow doesn't use her hide anymore really either except to sit on top of.

My retic still uses his hides but its hit or miss. Sometimes he sits in them, other times he sits outside. And I can reach in and pick him up fine. If he gets pissy, it only involves him pushing my hand away with his body or going inside his hide.

Even my 11 month old salmon dh snowglow boy isn't shy and he has 3 hides. he sits in them but always has his head or half his body poking out of them.

I believe every snake should be offered a hide. it gives them that secure feeling they need to help them mellow out. And with age, a lot of boas quit even using them as well as retics. But again, I always offer them as even my big ones will use them sometimes when in shed.

Now if you are talking racks, I can understand that as the rack itself IS the hide.

And all of my snakes are mellow too. I have never even hook trained any of them and I can reach in above them or whatever and just drag them out. Heck half the time, I just leave one door open on their AP cages for hours while I watch TV and they just sit there either with just their head sitting on the litter dam or hanging down looking at the floor. Then they get bored and most of the time will go back in the cage and either go curl up in the back corner and go to sleep which I then close the door or they just sit curled up in front of the open door which is mostly what the retic or Rosey my 7' girl girl does.

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Thanks , interesting ... My Royals all have hides as I mentioned but the rest have ' hiding places ' or ' quiet spots ' in and amongst branches and logs .

All lovely and placid aside from a crazy King and a feisty Bamboo Rat snake :)

Yeah, see I keep my cages more simplistic. I have AP cages with shelves but I don't have branches or logs. I just use a large water bowl and hides. Half the time, the boas just use the bottom of the shelf as a hide kind of and just sleep curled up under that.

I offer all hides though just to give them the option plus it also doubles as something for them to get height with along with the shelf. Seems to a boa, 4" off the ground might as well be 4' off the ground. They seem happy with any kind of height elevation lol.

And yeah, my BP loves hers hides but funny part is I catch her a lot of time sitting just stretched out in the front of the cage outside as well. During the day though, she is always in one of the hides.

For me, my snakes ( carpets/corn/boa /gtp etc) has all branches made from PVC pipes and layers of newspaper as substrate. So far, only the Corn snake seems to be hiding underneath the papers, the rest of them just hang around the safe spot.

Similiar to many keepers, I've no designated hide for them, just a cosy corner since i find it hard to remove the snakes from the cage without messing up everything :D simplicity is the key for me.

Right now i've added hide for my baby retic, let's see how it goes, if she get more feisty i might just remove it. :rolleyes: