Super Dwarf Reticulated Python Care and Information

[Alicia]

This post is fantastic, thank you!

Gotta admit, I've been interested in SDs for a while now. Is there any more info on the pure locality stuff? Resources, what to ask, what to look for as far as records on animals, that kind of thing?

[reptileexperts]

There are certain things to look for with scale counts on the head. There are very few resources that can point you directly to which subspecies (locality) is which because only a few are trying to be recognized by science as an actual subspecies of python reticulatus, (Sula, Jampea, Sumatra, etc). I can point you to the start of some great information about this here:

http://reticulatedpython.info/me/pap...ic%20paper.pdf

I'm starting a project with my currect collection and taking head scale sheds and scanning them on a PC. I may try and contact some guys with pure locals and get them to mail me a head shed if they wouldn't mind for me to process, this would be the best start I know of to getting an accurate way to pinpoint pure locale information. The only pure in my collection is a Kalatoa. The rest are crosses with Jampea, Kaydui, and Saleyer.

One of the biggest things it seems is - with Jampea, things look lighter, and pures almost look Anery. For Kalatoa, they generally have very long heads in relation to the width. Saleyer have some of the brightest orange eyes I have seen. Kaydui and Kalatoa both exhibit diffusion of the pattern directly behind the neck. Though there are mutations out there that do this (granite back aka het anthrax, or shatter) it can get confusing.

Cheers

[Alicia]

Thank you! Just reading the link now

[DeadLegs]

This thread is great! I am captivated by these guys, as well as standard retics but I'm smart enough to know that with me being paraplegic, caring for one of these guys is just sadly out of the question for me as far as safety.

[reptileexperts]

You'd be surprised, a super dwarf PURE male, is much like a VERY active and fast corn snake. Size wise at least. . . their teeth are a little more dangerous, and they can wrap quicker and harder. But for a size perspective, I truly believe that SD retics can be kept by even beginner keepers with a little bit of caution and care. Feeding aggression is a real thing with retics - even small guys will strike fast and quick and show very strong feeding responses.

[reptileexperts]

Fresh look at the April 2013, Super Dwarf Super Tiger 66% het Albino girl from Travis Kubes, situated beside a standard sized DVD. Empty.

[Artemille]

Quick question. There was a female retic on vital exotics I was interested in that states it is 31.25% SD, 37.5% Dwarf. It didn't have the actual locales. Would she do best in a 6x2 cage at adult size, or 7-8'?

Thank you so much for your posts and your video by the way! The comparisons helped a lot.

[reptileexperts]

6x2 should be fine there is enough dwarf blood in there to keep it under control size wise. I would expect it to get into the size range of 8-11 ft but with heavy feeding you may even see it reach around 13 top. Kris keeps up with his genetics of locality just fine so his % are trust worthy. He's a normal on the nation and even on here from time to time to "show off"
Heh.


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[DSM47]

Quick question, could something like a 31.25% SD, 37.5% Dwarf do OK in a CB 70 rack system? Everything I'm seeing on YT for housing SD/Dwarfs looks to be in that range of setup. I know bigger is ideal, like feeding every four days, but in reality, would a CB 70 work if you aimed at a 7-10 feeding cycle?

thanks

[reptileexperts]

Quick question, could something like a 31.25% SD, 37.5% Dwarf do OK in a CB 70 rack system? Everything I'm seeing on YT for housing SD/Dwarfs looks to be in that range of setup. I know bigger is ideal, like feeding every four days, but in reality, would a CB 70 work if you aimed at a 7-10 feeding cycle?

thanks

No, this would work for the first year maybe 2 if you slow fed it every 7-10 days a small to medium meal. But it can not live it's whole life in a cb-70!! Those purple tubs in the pictures are cb70 for reference.


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