Caesar progression thread.

[Sauzo]

And i woke Caesar up. He was less than happy about it especially when there was no dinner involved. On the plus side, i did order 42 inch snake tongs from Bean Farm for Caesar and 2 big girls. I had a seriously close call a few days ago with Vicky. She missed her rat and i felt her teeth scrape on my finger nail. She shot out over 2 feet to be able to do that. I might have pee'd a little too in the process And yes, Caesar does have a big head. He has pretty big teeth too lol.

[CALM Pythons]

Yeah thats a bit to close for comfort


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[Gio]

He looks great man.

I've over estimated Wallace's size. I measured his shed (dried) and it was over 7 feet, but I'm guessing he's either just 7' or a bit under.

I'd love to hook up with you and JM and look at these 3 side by side.

Caesar should be leveling out at 2 years old.

He's looking good!

[Sauzo]

Yeah thats a bit to close for comfort


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Lol you're telling me. Worst part is I didnt even noticed really until i felt the scrape on my fingernail. Snakes are so freak fast when food is involved lol.

He looks great man.

I've over estimated Wallace's size. I measured his shed (dried) and it was over 7 feet, but I'm guessing he's either just 7' or a bit under.

I'd love to hook up with you and JM and look at these 3 side by side.

Caesar should be leveling out at 2 years old.

He's looking good!

Thanks. Yeah Caesar will be 2 years old next month. I really dont have an exact measurement on him as well it's pretty much impossible with Mr. Mover. But when he stretches out, he takes the full length of the cage plus about half the width of it. So I'm guessing about 8 feet or so.

[Skyrivers]

I purchased tongs after hearing your advice the other day. Happy I did. The last time I fed Rainbow, she struck out and grabbed it as soon as it was in her cage. Just a few inches in the other direction and I would have been bit. Love Caesar. He looks healthy and happy. The more I work with retics the more I love them. Does he ever try to Poop and Pee on you? Rainbow saved up till I took her out last night and WOW.

Rainbow is almost 8 feet now. She can cover the length of her cage 2 times and still have curve in her body. It is a 4' long x 2' wide. I cant wait to put her in her large enclosure. Still 5.5lbs. Weighed her last night empty. I really question her age. She is growing fast.

[Phillydubs]

Did your tongs come with a pair of adult diapers???

If not here is AMAZONS CHOICE. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000F...5qL&ref=plSrch


haha! He looks stunning ! He sounds like such a fun funny snake though. If he only knew all the trash you talked on him here! Lol

[Sauzo]

I purchased tongs after hearing your advice the other day. Happy I did. The last time I fed Rainbow, she struck out and grabbed it as soon as it was in her cage. Just a few inches in the other direction and I would have been bit. Love Caesar. He looks healthy and happy. The more I work with retics the more I love them. Does he ever try to Poop and Pee on you? Rainbow saved up till I took her out last night and WOW.

Rainbow is almost 8 feet now. She can cover the length of her cage 2 times and still have curve in her body. It is a 4' long x 2' wide. I cant wait to put her in her large enclosure. Still 5.5lbs. Weighed her last night empty. I really question her age. She is growing fast.

Thanks. Caesar is pretty awesome. He is by far my most social snake. The boas are awesome too but Caesar has such personality and is always there when i open the cage but probably only because he thinks food is coming but i like to think otherwise lol.

And nope, Caesar has never pooped on me. He pooped on the floor onces and he has pissed all over my bare foot once when i was watching tv and had him out. He parked his butt over my foot and let loose. Creepy/funny part is he was looking at me while he was doing it.

And Caesar used to not even wait for the food to get in the cage. When he was younger he would strike the glass or any movement when he just smelled food and if you slid a door open that he was near, he would literally strike out the door. He has mellowed a lot and doesnt do that anymore.....so far lol.

Did your tongs come with a pair of adult diapers???

If not here is AMAZONS CHOICE. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000F...5qL&ref=plSrch


haha! He looks stunning ! He sounds like such a fun funny snake though. If he only knew all the trash you talked on him here! Lol

That was the deluxe kit. It came with a 12 pack of mens "Depends', a snake tong, a bottle of vinegar, a bottle of rubbing alcohol and 3 large bandaids.

I didnt get it though as i like to live dangerously as you can see by the new tongs compared to the old tongs. I'm an adrenaline junky what can i say lol.

And you can all see the new sweet tongs i got next to the 'fly by the seat of your pants' BBQ tongs lol. Next week, we get a test run of it on Caesar. Think I'll break down and give him a big ole fat guinea pig or maybe a small rabbit to test out the strength on these tongs. They are Snake Stix which I've heard are pretty good so we will find out.

[C.Marie]

A real fabulous feast for one handsome fella, well he probably needs it after gardening, napping, and cruising around looking for his last dinner big boy got to eat right? Also Ceasers head isn't big it magnificent just like every square inch of that perfectly splendid critter. Can never get enough Ceaser just ask my kids lol I show them every time you post a new picture

[Skyrivers]

With Caesar being that big at age 2 and having dwarf genetics, it makes me wonder if Rainbow is either younger or has dwarf in her. The next few months will tell the tell if she grows quickly or not.

[Gio]

With Caesar being that big at age 2 and having dwarf genetics, it makes me wonder if Rainbow is either younger or has dwarf in her. The next few months will tell the tell if she grows quickly or not.

It is very difficult to know what you have.

Dwarf and Super Dwarf labels are marketing terms. Retics, like some other boas/pythons have locality populations. The more reading and researching I've done, has indicated populations within the mainland inhabitants and islands dwellers to have fairly significant variation.

Unfortunately, locality reticulated python breeding has not taken on the movement or cult following like locality boa constrictor breeding. In Australia, the carpet python folks find pure locality animals important.

You may have a smaller mainland, you may have something else in the genetics. Morphs pretty much change the whole game.

This seems to be a fairly honest look at some locality type animals. Mostly photos.

https://localityretics.wordpress.com

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



This video has some interesting info.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjs6v3CDIjc

It doesn't sound like you were given much info about your snake prior to purchase. It is still a beautiful snake and you will enjoy it no matter what.

Growth does slow dramatically once they hit the 2 year mark.