So this happened

[jmcrook]

Judging by how he looks next to that concrete tub I’d say he’s about 10’ now, right? Cage looks nice


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[Dxw425]

Judging by how he looks next to that concrete tub I’d say he’s about 10’ now, right? Cage looks nice


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I haven’t tried to measure in a while but I’d say definitely between 9’ and 10’ based on him stretched out against the inside of the enclosure. Thanks!

[Dxw425]

So after my last post, went to go get a late night donut. Got back and peeked in the snake room to see a nice fresh turd. Should’ve known.
Does anyone know if that is a sperm plug?

[Gio]

Nice, mature looking head.

Pretty animal for sure.

[RickyNY]

Love that face picture . What a good looking boy!

[Dxw425]

Well Sonny is doing well in his new enclosure, he shed the night after my last post. He did refuse a rabbit today though, and I noticed he’s been pushing still. I’m wondering if he hasn’t just hit the age where he’s ready to breed and maybe that’s the reason for his pushing. The new cage has definitely helped at least so far; his face looks completely healed. I was hoping he was pushing for food but that’s not the case. Also looks like I need to order some massive rats and figure out what to do with the freezer full of rabbits I have...

[Jellybeans]

Beautiful !!!!

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[Dxw425]

Update:
Sonny has been pushing like a madman. He's got the 72x39 inches of floorspace. His hot spot sits at 90 F and his cool side at 76 F. He has his massive water dish. But he wont stop pushing. I thought it was that he was in too small of an enclosure but that hasnt proven to be the issue. He is back at it and his face swelling is back pretty bad. It also appears that he is damaging the ventral scales on the first foot and a half or so of his body frpm all the pushing; they are flaking/peeling as though he had a bad shed but i know for a fact his last she was perfectly removed. Im going to try and trick him by feeding a rat followed by a rabbit again, he hasnt eaten in three or four weeks know i believe. Can anyone with more retic experience chime in? Could he be wanting to breed? The only thing ive seen that resembled a sperm plug was on one of the last pictures i posted but no one confirmed or denied so im not sure. Also I dont have any female pythons to entice him, though im sure it isnt entirely necessary for them to be around for male instinct to kick in. Advice would be much appreciated! I would love to be able to get Sonnys face back to normal.

[CALM Pythons]

Yes to sperm plug... of course only as far as I can tell from the picture.. being in person to see the consistency/texture would generate a better Positive/Negative.
Retics are Beautiful but all the horror stories my freind have of pushing abscesses and sickness caused by it has steered me away from them completely.
For whatever reason the Push for food and Mating like crazy.


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[jmcrook]

All of this is why I got out of retics. When they’re fun and rewarding, they are beyond fun and rewarding. When they are a terror, they make the fun parts not even worth the effort and I, for the foreseeable future, have determined they just aren’t the species for me to keep in captivity. Best of luck with sunny


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