Anyone going to the pdx reptile expo

[cmack91]

Yeah, it was up there on the cool factor for sure, and the pair of albino dwarf burns, if I had the money and space I would have loved to pick them up, oh wait, theres a ban now actually, is it in effect yet?

[benwallage9]

Yeah, it was up there on the cool factor for sure, and the pair of albino dwarf burns, if I had the money and space I would have loved to pick them up, oh wait, theres a ban now actually, is it in effect yet?

Not in effect yet.... I almost picked up one of the dwarf retics but decided to wait awhile longer

[cmack91]

Not in effect yet.... I almost picked up one of the dwarf retics but decided to wait awhile longer

okay i couldnt remember haha, i held an sd retic and im pretty sure im hooked, it was stunning, definitly gonna have to get one before those get banned too

[benwallage9]

I know I want one so bad there patterns are amazing even the normals I think I might just get a dwarf tho i hear super dwarfs are pretty skittish

[cmack91]

this one seemed pretty skittish, and the guy said he was really cage aggresive, but he had to have been pretty stressed due to the show. i would love to get a dwarf too, but i think i might work my way up the retic scale. but i know that if i ever get anything larger than a sd, it has to be a tiger, those things are just freakin sick, but i dont think i could ever get a mainland, theyre just too big for me, unless i knew i could always have someone else there while handling it

[benwallage9]

but i know that if i ever get anything larger than a sd, it has to be a tiger, those things are just freakin sick, but i dont think i could ever get a mainland, theyre just too big for me, unless i knew i could always have someone else there while handling it

I agree I don't think I could handle a mainland but a male dwarf and female sd would be sweet

[WingedWolfPsion]

My SD retics are a bit skittish, but they're very sweet. As for 'cage aggressive', that's just called 'being a retic'. Hook train them like any retic. They always want food!! They will come out and try to eat you, because you are warm--hook training is the key, lol. Once in hand, they're great.

[jjmitchell]

Yeah my sd retics are not skittish... They do have that retic feeding response, untill they know its not food they will try it.... My sd's are very active when being held, and amazing how calm they are, inquisitive but good natured....

[benwallage9]

So once they're out they don't try to run like run away from you like in a freak out way

[WingedWolfPsion]

Well, they do if you haven't worked with them, but once they're calmed, they are fine. Pretty much like any other snake. I even have some ball pythons that will bolt if they aren't used to handling.