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    I feed my retics once a week and one food item. No one is food aggressive from not eating enough. I really don't see the need to stuff them silly. At only 50% Dwarf and that much food you are going to get a pretty big retic most likely. So hopefully you aren't expecting something tiny.

    My newest female has been very grumpy since arriving. The first time I opened her cage to drag her out she came flying out at me. She got the hook and not me but she came out at least 2-3 feet and barely gave it any effort. She's Not quite 10ft yet so the strike range is impressive for sure!
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    These images are him getting going in this morning. If he is the “thinking zone”, I offer him roam time twice a day. He was sound asleep this AM and normally I would let him be. But I would be late getting in this PM so wanted to make sure he had enough stretch time so, I tapped him awake. It took him awhile to get going but here he comes....



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    The kitchenette is 8.5 feet long. He is a polite boy who will stop and say Hi on his meanderings.


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    another pic

    Oh my how time flies!. It’s been about a year since I shared any follow up about my SD’s. Here is Biji about 1 year after his last set of pics. He has not grown much in length. He weighs 25 lb’s though. Who needs a gym.... Interested in the female but is still docile. Knock wood he will stay that way; that is one of the concerns that I had getting a male. The tiles are 13 inches wide.


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    Re: SD experience

    He's looking great o.r! Must be around 10-11' based on the size of the tiles. Glad he's still being well mannered. How old is he?


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    Re: SD experience

    I was told that he was hatched sometime in 2012. This is the first year that I noticed him arching. But he is was even friendlier while feeling frisky. Now he has settled down again.

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    Re: SD experience

    I was in the BP Net conveying important news about a ball python ban in Spain.

    While here, I figure I'd give an update on my critters. At 12 feet and 25+ lb my "SD-not" is still a cooperative beasty. When he does tells me off, he leaves it at a shrug and a tail wag, never a bite. He is less active at 7 years old.

    I also still have my contrary beasty a true SD cross. She is 10 feet and maybe 10 lb's. Still doesn't enjoy being handled. Not bity just wiggly and never really settles into "thinking mode" when out - except how to escape. So that is the chink in the SD retic dream. The look you in the eye, "thinking" retics tend to be the big ones. Still she is a beautiful animal and not really hard to handle.

    And I still have one old wild type BP.

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    Sad realization

    Here is the latest image of Wisdom on the tile floor. I couldn't figure out how to edit it to keep his head in the picture. So sadly as wonderful as he is, I've decided to rehome him. He handles very easily now. Last week I had a health scare and thinking on it, and I was ever really laide up, none my circle of friends would be able to help me with him. I want to do it now before I get in a jam so I can get him a good situation.



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    Good plan, but sad to hear it.

    I hope your health stays on the good side.

    I find it admirable that you are setting the animals up for the long haul if something should happen to you.

    Best of luck!

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    Thanks Glo.

    It was just a scare. But it got me thinking that one day it won't be a scare. If he is at the edge of what I can handle now, sizewise, what then?

    They like Happy, the ball python, and holding their nose could probably feed him a f/t rat He is safe for neophytes to handle. No way would I expect them to deal with a hungry retic or try to move one to clean the cage.

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