Quote Originally Posted by Theartisticgemini View Post
A 5 year old retic just over 13 FT sound like a very neglected "starved" snake and you were making it sound like that was a normal thing. Thats the reason everybody is flaming you.
But after about 5 posts saying that it is not my intention at all, it hasn't stopped. So obviously there is something that yall aren't understanding and thats what bothers me....

And who knows, maybe the 13ft male I was talking about is genetically smaller, like you said genetics have something to do with it too. But I cant say that for sure because there is no way of knowing. All I can say is what I see and know to be true- The retic is 13-14ft, 5 years old, and is NOW healthy, idk if he was healthy when he was yonger but he is showing all the signs of a healthy snake NOW. So please stop bringing that specific snake up, I have been researching a good bit and there are plenty of other examples of smaller retics. I am not saying that these were fed properly because I was not there so please do not bring this up in another post. I am just stating what I know, that is all.

You have obviously misunderstood what I have been trying to say this entire time so there is no reason for any further discussion unless you would like to comment on what this post is actually about....

The point if everything that I have been trying to say is............ DO NOT POWERFEED RETICS TO GET THEM BIGGER FASTER (AS MANY PEOPLE DO), FEED A HEALTHY AMOUNT (NOT STARVATION) AND THEY WILL GROW TO THE SIZE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.