Quote Originally Posted by JLuck13 View Post
How many at first 5 months can you have when were talking about an animal that lives as long as monitors do? For the extra keystroke it is for a she not he seems like the extra effort would have been worth it to not contradict yourself mid paragraph :/

I know my retic will have the possibility to kill me but I also know a large retic isn't something to be handled by myself and as much as I hate it if it ever latched onto me and was a life or death situation the people that will be with me will have to problem pulling out their knifes and killing Lady and I would do the same if she went after them. You balso hit the point where how often there isn't much handling to do with an 18+ ft snake. Knock on wood my retic is one of my only snakes that has never even tried to strike/lunge at me, I have also had her from her being 13 weeks old to now 6 1/4' seems that more people worry about a crroc monitor than an adult retic
I've owned retics in the past. I know what you mean that some will be a bit tame. But a retic is an animal that i will never trust when it's big enough to get a hold of me and over power me. It only takes that one time when your retic is 12+ feet and he mistakes you for food. Now you got a problem. As of people being more concerned of croc monitors than retics, I would have to disagree. A croc monitor will have the potential to injure me badly, but not to the point where he would kill me. Now a retic, they are powerful, once those coils are on you, your in serious trouble. Now I won't discourage you to own your retic or any big snake as long as your up for the consequences (if something occurs) and that you are up for the challenge and aren't scared of some pain.

Now at the end they are great animals, just like my croc. I'm up for the challenge of owning a croc monitor and if I get injured, thats all on me. And like I said, the start with my croc isn't good so far. But it will be, because he will be taken care off.