Feeding Pics... (DUW!)

[musicalKeyes]

You have some faaaabulous snakes. I can see the point of the argument against racks, but they thrive in either one, so hey. I'll probably end up with a mixture, because i loooove to set up awesome tanks, but racks are so easy to regulate, clean, etc. (I'd give all my guys real dirt and plants if i could, but I doubt that would end well, or be very easy to heat, hahaha. i suppose that's what I have the frogs for )

[mumps]

thanks man... i'm not worried about him at all... like i said i can tell it is just inexperience talking. (not being rude just pointing it out)

Yeah, inexperience. I got my first giant in 1986. When did you start? This was before the "tub" craze came into effect.

You guys are all mindless.

Chris

[Inugohan]

Chris is likely one of the most experienced reptile keepers I know. In both monitors and giants. I think you best respect what he says, and don't be so ignorant next time. Do a little research background check maybe. Also, you did not defend your point at all, you simply avoided it by saying he is inexperienced. In my mind, you are scared to defend the fact that you use bins because you know he is right and that a retic would much rather live in a more suitable enclosure. That being said, the only species I know to do well in bins is ball pythons, and for that I do keep them in bins. But everything else, as expensive as it is, has a full enclosure, as that is what I feel is right. Beautiful retic's, I wish I could get one. Gonna have to stick with my burm for now though. ~Caylan.S.~

[AjBalls]

That tiger is hot.

Though, I'd invest in some forceps. Last thing I'd want is for the snake to miss the rodent and cut it mouth and risk possible infection on those things.

[AjBalls]

Make me some SD tigers, before they get banned lol

Those things are still going to be 10'+. They're never going to be pure dwarf again. Just like the people who complain about hybrids and how people say they don't want that stuff muddying up their collections. Tiger retics generally get bigger than normal retics. There's never going to be a REAL super dwarf albino like so many people would like. Breeding a 50% dwarf to a 50% dwarf will result in.....

[mumps]

Who the hell wants dwarf/super dwarfs?

This is the Giant Python section...

Chris

[AjBalls]

Who the hell wants dwarf/super dwarfs?

This is the Giant Python section...

Chris

The people who like how they look but know they aren't capable of keeping a snake that could potentially reach 20'. The people who know it would need to be fed large rabbits, pigs, and potentially goats and cannot afford such a food bill.

[Travis Kubes]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with keeping retics in tubs. They do great in them. I have been doing it for years.

[mumps]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with keeping retics in tubs. They do great in them. I have been doing it for years.

Just what is your definition of "doing great"? Not dying? Reproducing? Eating?

There's nothing wrong with solitary confinement in prisons, either. We've been doing it for years...

If your snakes are doing so well in them, leave them open - just a crack - and then leave the room for an hour.

I can leave the door open on my ackies' enclosure all day long and they won't leave it. I know they are not snakes, but that is my definition of "doing great"...

Chris

[FIEND_FO_LYFE]

Those things are still going to be 10'+. They're never going to be pure dwarf again. Just like the people who complain about hybrids and how people say they don't want that stuff muddying up their collections. Tiger retics generally get bigger than normal retics. There's never going to be a REAL super dwarf albino like so many people would like. Breeding a 50% dwarf to a 50% dwarf will result in.....

Yeah i know, but still you can get darn close...
like... T5 babies.

so dwarf tiger x SD
then those babies into SD
then those babies into SD
then those babies into SD
etc etc etc...

No they will not be pure, but they wont be a giant.
and i dont want him to breed, i have my pure SDs. I want him as a pet.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with keeping retics in tubs. They do great in them. I have been doing it for years.

THANK YOU TRAVIS KUBES!
(By the way Mumps... T.K. here, has much more experience with retics than im sure you will ever have.)
Travis not only produced my SDs, and the Retics on this page, but he has a very nice collection of these beauties as well.
If it wasnt for him, i wouldnt know that much about "true SDs" and id be stuck with one of the Kuyadi Island retics i wanted before.