OMG disaster.

[Skyrivers]

Or this individual didn't know what a urate was a year ago, got a mainland retic female, magically found a thousand dollar designer reticulated python male which was identical to a snake for sale on morphmarket by a breeder in his state, and now talks about breeding them like it's no big deal. I CANNOT have these snakes in my state without ridiculous permits, and stuff like this is the reason why. No one needs to casually breed these animals, because most cannot casually take care of them. There is no room for error with the big contrictors, and no one needs to watch a retic lunge 4 ft and latch onto another one.

I can respect your opinion. Some things books don't teach you. I read, I learn, I grow. Sure sometimes I fail but if one person benefits from my lessons I am happy to learn them. I knew what I was getting into and have done a great job of caring for all my animals. Sometimes you just have to get your feet wet and see what happens.

By the way. I have my permit and fallow all laws.

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[KevinK]

Fyi.....Hand Sanitizer of all things (which most of us have handy) can assist in getting any snake to release....and here's proof

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vivjxPjOiw4

[LavenderNoodle]

Poor guy 😿

[dakski]

First of all, I hope Monty, and Rainbow, for that matter, are no worse for the wear. I look forward to hearing a good report from the vet.


Secondly, Skyrivers, I applaud you for saying that, “I only hope others will learn from my mistakes.”


It takes a big person to admit a mistake and an even bigger one to share that with the world so everyone can learn from it.


Look. I don’t think anyone is trying to attack anyone here. I think everyone wants this to be a learning experience and I could not agree more. However, some want that to be the focal point.


What can be learned?

1. Snakes, as calm and docile as they can appear and can be with us, are still wild animals genetically and are not domesticated like dogs, for example. This means they can revert to reptilian and primitive behavior. This can mean unpredictable and often illogical behavior to us as humans.

1. In general, if you have multiple snakes, keep them separate (unless a communal species like a garter snake). Separate enclosures and separate handling sessions. This is especially true with cannibalistic snakes (king and milk snakes etc) and big snakes that are hard to handle even when calm. This prevents incidents between them and is good procedure for health reasons as well.

Again, hoping everyone is okay and thank you, Skyrivers, for your humility.


Everyone please take a deep breath and please focus on preventing anyone else (human included) from getting hurt in the future and wishing Monty a full recovery.

[Bogertophis]

...Secondly, Skyrivers, I applaud you for saying that, “I only hope others will learn from my mistakes.”


It takes a big person to admit a mistake and an even bigger one to share that with the world so everyone can learn from it...

Me too....this ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

[Skyrivers]

Sitting in the lobby waiting for the vet. Saw these guys hanging out.

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[Jellybeans]

Oh wow.....so awesome
Is that second one a crested gecko?

Sitting in the lobby waiting for the vet. Saw these guys hanging out.

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[Skyrivers]

Oh wow.....so awesome
Is that second one a crested gecko?

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I think they all are.

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[Skyrivers]

They are doing a full body X-ray's. And one of his head. Keep up hope nothing is broken.

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[artgecko]

I keep a spray bottle of 50/50 Listerine and water. This has been effective for me in getting a snake to let go of himself after a feeding bite/ constriction.

I'm glad everyone appears to be ok from this incident (hopefully the male's jaw will be ok also). I'm guessing you won't have either of them out with another retic after this..I know I'd be leary following something this traumatic.