» Site Navigation
2 members and 929 guests
Most users ever online was 6,337, 01-24-2020 at 04:30 AM.
» Today's Birthdays
» Stats
Members: 75,014
Threads: 248,474
Posts: 2,568,391
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
|
-
BPnet Veteran
Anyone's retic do this?
Yesterday was feeding day. He got a nice, big, juicy rat, which left a gorgeous lump. Normally, he's out of feeding mode in an hour or so, or at least enough to do temp checks and stuff. I mist his cage twice a day (it's super dry in utah), and when I went to do it tonight, he started snapping at the water like a dog would do with a hose...observe:
Anyone see this before? It wasn't a one time thing, either...I had to show the boyfriend too, cause I think it's hilarious, and he did it again! hahaha. Not the best video, I know, but you get the drift of what's going on. He was doing it with a lot more vigor earlier, and snapping multiple times at it...one of the times, he left his mouth open while i was spraying xD
Last edited by iPanda; 09-09-2012 at 03:58 AM.
Mine's bigger.
-
-
BPnet Veteran
thirsty??
2.3 normals
1.0 100% het pied
1.1 spider
1.0 pastel
-
-
Banned
Mine will do it sometimes, it's sometimes a feed mode, sometimes defensive thing, they will do it for a few different reasons. Yours looks like a food mode thing.
-
-
BPnet Veteran
I hadn't thought about cage defensive! Good to know it looks like feeding mode...may have to suck it up and take him out today to get him out of it. Thanks for the info!
Mine's bigger.
-
-
BPnet Veteran
Since I keep my girl in a rack I don't really watch her eat. Interesting behavior though.
iHerp - http://www.iherp.com/thedarkwolf25
1.1.0 Normal BP (Hera) (Eden)
1.0.0 Pastel BP (Homer)
1.0.0 Corn Snake (Zeus)
0.1.0 Kenyan Sand Boa (Athena)
0.1.0 Red Tail Boa (Persephine)
0.1.0 50% Dwarf Retic (Isis)
1.0.0 Bearded Dragon (Spyro)
3.1.0 Cats (Rajah, Muffin, Storm, Ladybug)
-
-
this is just a defensive mode . . . my Jungle Carpet male does this anytime he gets misted. My retic doesn't. But my retic is trained extremely well in regards to feeding and handling times. If you're retic is hesitant to get out of the cage, just start working on hook training.
-------------------------------------------------------
Retics are my passion. Just ask.
www.wildimaging.net www.facebook.com/wildimaging
"...That which we do not understand, we fear. That which we fear, we destroy. Thus eliminating the fear" ~Explains every killed snake"
-
-
BPnet Veteran
My new tiger girl does that when I mist her, just a little pissed off cage aggression.
0.1 Butter BP
0.1 Bumblebee BP
0.1 Normal BP
1.0 Killer Spinner BP
1.0 Kingpin BP
1.0 Black Pastel BP
1.0 Hogg Island BCI
0.1 Pastel Albino BCI/BCC cross
1.0 Hypo het. Albino BCI
1.0 SD Reticulated Python
1.0 Dwarf Lavander Albino Reticulated Python
1.0 Titanium Tiger Reticulated Python
0.1 Platinum Tiger Reticulated Python
0.1 Tiger Probable Het. Citron Reticulated Python
0.1 Motley Het. Albino Reticulated Python
-
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
|