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Escaped eight foot long retic eats possum in PA
Wow. That snake won't need to eat again until next year.
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Re: Escaped eight foot long retic eats possum in PA
She's 8 feet? She dosent seem that large. I guess I havent seen very many 8 foot snakes and just assumed they would be giant, as 8 foot sounds very large for a snake.
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Re: Escaped eight foot long retic eats possum in PA
Originally Posted by TopazEye
She's 8 feet? She dosent seem that large. I guess I havent seen very many 8 foot snakes and just assumed they would be giant, as 8 foot sounds very large for a snake.
Definitely near enough. And they get 20+ feet, so that's only a fraction of what she could be.
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Re: Escaped eight foot long retic eats possum in PA
Originally Posted by TopazEye
She's 8 feet? She dosent seem that large. I guess I havent seen very many 8 foot snakes and just assumed they would be giant, as 8 foot sounds very large for a snake.
Retics tend to grow quite long and stay very thin up until they turn 18-24 months old. They don't start thickening up and looking massive until after that.
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Re: Escaped eight foot long retic eats possum in PA
Originally Posted by bcr229
Retics tend to grow quite long and stay very thin up until they turn 18-24 months old. They don't start thickening up and looking massive until after that.
I was mostly asking as I have never seen a 6 ft snake in person so its a bit hard to visualize how big they really are. Retics are huge and something I would prefer to admire from afar Now if there was a boa or even ball python size retic thats a diffrent story
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Re: Escaped eight foot long retic eats possum in PA
Originally Posted by TopazEye
I was mostly asking as I have never seen a 6 ft snake in person so its a bit hard to visualize how big they really are. Retics are huge and something I would prefer to admire from afar Now if there was a boa or even ball python size retic thats a diffrent story
There are super dwarf retics; they get up to 8 ft, I think. A 6ft snake can look small; it really depends on the thickness too. My scrub is almost 7 ft and could almost be cupped in your hands.
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Re: Escaped eight foot long retic eats possum in PA
Originally Posted by TopazEye
I was mostly asking as I have never seen a 6 ft snake in person so its a bit hard to visualize how big they really are...
Just picture a snake that's as long as a bed...most beds are about 6' long. Of course, if the snake isn't straight & it's that long, you know it's over 6'...
The more slender species don't look like they'd be "that long!" when they're curled up...it's kind of surprising to see them stretch out. Like my big male FL rat snakes...
they're about 7' now, but not so heavy...much more manageable in terms of weight than a heavier-bodied snake of the same length would be. They can all tangle you
up pretty well though...rat snakes can improvise some pretty fine "hand-cuffs". Ask me how I know...
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Yeah That snake is easily 8 feet...
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I hope she gets a good home...she's very lucky to have been taken inside just when temps. are falling so low... My stomach hurts just looking at hers, lol, and I
really hope she doesn't regurge this.
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