Python Reticulatus Wallace Progression!

[Gio]

I get that move from Gerald all the time, a bit from Phyllis as well. They are NOT fans of having their tails messed with lol. Haven’t had anyone strike the glass in months though.


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He’s Mr. Testosterone tonight.

I wasn’t up for breaking out the vacuum but he left me no choice. His best bet is to settle down soon.

I like being kept on my toes a bit but my tolerance level for his psycho behavior today is about maxed.

Since when do we bite and constrictor ourselves?

I was just looking at him like dude,,, seriously?

[jmcrook]

He’s Mr. Testosterone tonight.

I wasn’t up for breaking out the vacuum but he left me no choice. His best bet is to settle down soon.

I like being kept on my toes a bit but my tolerance level for his psycho behavior today is about maxed.

Since when do we bite and constrictor ourselves?

I was just looking at him like dude,,, seriously?

🤣🤣🤣 I actually did laugh out loud, and loudly, after reading that. That’s too funny man! I look at Gerald the same way when it takes him literally 20+ min to figure out how to begin swallowing his rat... after taking 20 minutes to constrict the damn thing. Sharp as a tack that one is...


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[Skyrivers]

Since when do we bite and constrictor ourselves?

I was just looking at him like dude,,, seriously?

He attacked himself in rage? Wow that is nuts. I visited my friend who has Monty and took him out to hold him. My friends dog walked by, keep in mind Monty is less than 2k grams still, Monty constricts my arm as tight as he can and goes in full attack mode at anything that moves. I had to be careful to remove him from my arm and get him back in his enclosure. He even bit the stick I used to keep him from attacking me. They think they are 10 feet tall sometimes.

[Gio]

He attacked himself in rage? Wow that is nuts. I visited my friend who has Monty and took him out to hold him. My friends dog walked by, keep in mind Monty is less than 2k grams still, Monty constricts my arm as tight as he can and goes in full attack mode at anything that moves. I had to be careful to remove him from my arm and get him back in his enclosure. He even bit the stick I used to keep him from attacking me. They think they are 10 feet tall sometimes.

He didn't necessarily attack himself in rage, it was more a complete loss of control over food. In the wild he would have missed his prey and flopped around in the tree branches until he figured out he had nothing but his own body. How "intelligent" are you when you have such a blatant loss of control? LOL!

I can only liken it to somebody blindly running into freeway traffic to cross the interstate because they smelled french fries across the street at Mickie D's.

In all seriousness, the reaction was purely instinctual, and I think some folks confuse instinct and behavior with intelligence. Busier snakes "seem" more intelligent to us because they interact more. I don't think Wallace is any more intelligent than the other 3 snakes here. One could argue, the royal python, that stays hidden and only pops out to eat, drink and empty out is the smartest of all. Stay out of sight, ambush, eat survive!

The tail whipping later in the night isn't a normal move for Wallace. He does buck occasionally however I believe the whole feeding fiasco set him up for an ill tempered evening.

He settled a bit later on. Though here, you can see he's creeping toward the glass to have another go at something.



Nothing like the LED moon light mode!



He's back up in the perches this morning and the above pictures were from the end of the night last night.

[AbsoluteApril]

Yeah I've had boas in crazy food mode miss the rat and grab themselves, fully coil death ball themselves. Gotta just step away until they realize and unlatch and relax. Not a fun thing to watch though and all I can think of is 'come on, don't be stupid, that's your own body!'. Ug, doesn't happen often but I hate it when it does.

[Gio]

Yeah I've had boas in crazy food mode miss the rat and grab themselves, fully coil death ball themselves. Gotta just step away until they realize and unlatch and relax. Not a fun thing to watch though and all I can think of is 'come on, don't be stupid, that's your own body!'. Ug, doesn't happen often but I hate it when it does.

Secretly love the enthusiasm but yes,,

Dial it back a little big fella.

[C.Marie]

I absolutely love that lighting, wow looks like he is out roaming under a full moon how many colors do they turn magnificent set up for an amazing critter.

[Gio]

I absolutely love that lighting, wow looks like he is out roaming under a full moon how many colors do they turn magnificent set up for an amazing critter.

There are too many colors to list, mostly variations of these basic 3. Plus White.

Greens


Reds


Blues.


Normal.
Although because of a bad staple I have some blues activated in the normal day time mode. I guess it adds character.


Thanks,

I do put a lot of effort into the caging. My kids and their friends love going to check the animals out. I'm a little tentative letting folks know we have 4 snakes, but on the other side of that, I like seeing kids that are interested and unafraid of these guys.

My daughter's friends were able to see first hand the joys of retic keeping. Wallace musked and P'd in my face. I even had a slightly open mouth which really brought on the hysterics.

He's a treat, but at least he's over the rear end defense tactics.

[Gio]

I find it enjoyable to see a snake on the move.


Apologies for the blurry pictures.

I took the pictures with the glass doors closed.


Other than getting him out of the cage, he is still relatively well mannered. He's somewhat annoying to handle but his "in cage" activity is worth the price of more involved handling.

[Gio]

I had two leftovers from the other nights handling session.

They are different photos but similar to the ones in another thread.



He looks a bit darker here.