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67temp (01-05-2021),Bogertophis (01-04-2021),EL-Ziggy (01-04-2021),Gio (01-05-2021),Kam (01-05-2021),Reptile$ 4 Life (01-09-2021)
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Re: SD Retic Updates
Originally Posted by Aedryan Methyus
...i'm still praying that I don't end up with giant snakes... ....
Those are very handsome snakes, but I hope the same thing, for your sake, lol. I'm glad they're yours, not mine...
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
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I think the growth rate is looking good. I had my issues at the 2.5-3 year mark. I fed about as conservatively as you can feed and wound up with an animal hitting the 9 foot mark at 3 years.
The size wasn't as much an issue as the combative, male attitude I had to deal with. That attitude coupled with the size wound up being a double negative. At 9 feet my guy was pretty thick and very strong.
Not my bag, so off he went after a nasty 3rd bite.
This is about you though, and I must say those are beautiful animals and look to be the perfect sizes. I suspect at the 4 year mark you should see the growth taper to a trickle. Keeping the prey items on the smaller side and spacing out the feeding should keep their sizes in check and their health very good.
I'm glad I checked this thread. Retics are wonderful for the right keeper.
Congrats on your progress.
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Re: SD Retic Updates
Originally Posted by Gio
I think the growth rate is looking good. I had my issues at the 2.5-3 year mark. I fed about as conservatively as you can feed and wound up with an animal hitting the 9 foot mark at 3 years.
The size wasn't as much an issue as the combative, male attitude I had to deal with. That attitude coupled with the size wound up being a double negative. At 9 feet my guy was pretty thick and very strong.
Not my bag, so off he went after a nasty 3rd bite.
This is about you though, and I must say those are beautiful animals and look to be the perfect sizes. I suspect at the 4 year mark you should see the growth taper to a trickle. Keeping the prey items on the smaller side and spacing out the feeding should keep their sizes in check and their health very good.
I'm glad I checked this thread. Retics are wonderful for the right keeper.
Congrats on your progress.
Thanks for sharing! That is reassuring... lol I’m sorry that your boy didn’t work out. I don’t blame you one “bit” for sending him on his way, though. I wouldn’t keep an aggressive animal that is capable of causing the kind of injuries that these guys can inflict, either. So far, I have only taken one bite (from the female) and it was totally an accident at feeding time and my fault entirely. I was just thankful that she didn’t wrap me!
Was your boy an SD or a mainland?
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Re: SD Retic Updates
Originally Posted by Aedryan Methyus
Thanks for sharing! That is reassuring... lol I’m sorry that your boy didn’t work out. I don’t blame you one “bit” for sending him on his way, though. I wouldn’t keep an aggressive animal that is capable of causing the kind of injuries that these guys can inflict, either. So far, I have only taken one bite (from the female) and it was totally an accident at feeding time and my fault entirely. I was just thankful that she didn’t wrap me!
Was your boy an SD or a mainland?
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Hi,
2 of the 3 bites, or at least 1 for sure was my fault. The last was all his doing.
Wallace was a mixture of SD, Dwarf and Mainland.
I believe only 17% was mainland. He was more Dwarf than SD but the percentages were encouraging when looking at final size.
If he had been well mannered, 9+ feet would have been OK. But he was very aggressive and very fast.
The switched flipped at 2 3/4 years roughly. I'd been in contact with Garrett from Reach Out Reptiles (wonderful person) and tried some techniques to work with Wallace but in the end, he was too much to deal with. He'd probably be very successful in the wild.
It must have been a bad year because 2 other friends from the board had similar issues.
I'm certainly no expert, but if I ventured to guess, you'll have no issues. The guy I placed Wallace with still says he's nasty. You likely have a fully mature male and other than breeding season issues that may be spurred on by your female I think you are in the clear.
Both of your retics are the perfect size and seem well behaved.
Retics are like nothing else!!
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