Gerald Super Dwarf Ultra Ivory Retic Progression

[jmcrook]

Now that is the mature body type of a well maintained retic. He looks lighting fast and lean.

Wallace has nowhere near that muscle tone yet.

You'll have to snap a few outdoor pictures when things warm up and he's settled in.

I'm sure the pattern/coloring is crazy when seen in person.

Lightning fast for sure! He sat in my hand for maybe 3 seconds out of the bag before he tried to make a run for it.
I feel like his muscle tone is more noticeable due to his lack of pattern and fairly even coloration, though Phyllis's muscle tone is getting more and more defined and noticeable even with her busy pattern. Gerald is definitely comparably toned at barely more than half Phyllis's size though.
Can't wait to get pics in natural light! He's going to look amazing


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[cletus]

Beautiful snake! Congrats!

[Stearns84]

And this part is what I want to hit on. I didn't say it was open season on giving endless food. They need to be fed what they need to keep them healthy and 'full'.

The only pure SD out of any of us is JMs Phyllis. The rest of ours are a mix of mainland blood varying from 31% on Caesar to 20%? on Wallace. So with that said, it's going to rolling the dice to see what influence is mostly taken in. It looks like Wallace has taken more of the SD influence with him being quiet and not food driven and even refusing food in shed. Caesar seems to have taken more of the mainland influence and eats anything, anytime, anywhere and when hungry, he is more than happy to search around for dinner. Now does that mean me feeding him a large rat every 10 days is overfeeding him? Or does that mean you feeding Wallace a small rat every 7-10 days underfeeding him? It means neither as like I said, each snake is different and it will depend on the genes and the snake itself being the determining factor in how much food it needs.

And yes they are from an island where they mostly feed on the migratory birds yearly but again, this is for 100% SD. There is a reason there is no mainland ones there, they couldn't find enough food and died off. When they get hungry, they will go looking for food. I mean they are opportunistic and will eat stuff that comes by but when really hungry, they go searching. Some are more outgoing than others.

Correction, didn't know Gerald was 50% mainland.....so we got varying amounts from 50% mainland down to 20%? for Wallace.

And I totally forgot about Sterns Gene(sorry). He's like 50% dwarf and 50% mainland and the oldest yet the smallest out of all of ours lol.

Gene is 25%SD & 25%Jamp. It really is interesting to see the difference in all of ours. I have Gene eating (1) medium rat once a week, and sometimes he will have a small rat after if Tina (Ball Python) skips hers. He doesn't push much at all, however he will reject food from the 1st signs of shed until its complete.

[cletus]

Does SD/D mean Super Dwarf crossed with Dwarf?

[jmcrook]

Does SD/D mean Super Dwarf crossed with Dwarf?

Yeah any of our SD/D/etc abbreviations are just saying what genetic backgrounds are involved in our respective critters.


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[Sauzo]

Does SD/D mean Super Dwarf crossed with Dwarf?

Yes, to get a any morph except normal in a SD, you have to cross it with dwarf/mainland. The only morph for SD I believe is anery.

On a different note, I did find out a couple guys have some cow and pied SD eggs due this year!! My plans of a BCC might change depending how much a hatchling SD pied or SD cow go for lol. Well I'm pretty sure the cow is out as normal cows go for like $6k but a SD pied might be more affordable lol.

[jmcrook]

Gerald has been pretty quiet and secretive since he got here but I do hear him cruising around at night (his quarantine cage is in the bedroom). Got a few shots of him curled up at the front of the cage last night


Hoping he's settling in well. I'm picking up a new batch of rats, pups and weans for Gerald and large for Phyllis, this upcoming Friday so hopefully his appetite in action next weekend.


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[Stearns84]

Beautiful!

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[jmcrook]

Had him out for about a minute earlier while I was cleaning up his couple of urates from last night and his eyes seem to have gone a bit cloudy. May be starting his first shed here. If so I can't wait to see how bright he is with a fresh new paint job!


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[jmcrook]

My girlfriend sent me this pic while I was at work. Haven't gotten home yet but excited to see Gerald's new skin after I get some rest! More Pics this afternoon



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