Is this a good trade?

[Mike41793]

Evan i have something else to add. If you really want a retic why not sell your subs for $ then save up for an SD retic. You'll still get that nice feeding response but the snake will be a much more manageable size. Or how about you trade hime for the black blood and have him throw some cash in on his end. A blood is a much more manageable than a retic. I really hope you read these responses before you end up doing this trade today

[evan385]

I really should have gotten online and read your replies but I do not regret the trade that I made. The blood is just a little over a foot so I have plenty of time to get used to her (she is the more jumpy one and has tried to bite a couple times). I got really lucky with the retic. It could have been bad, she could have been aggressive and shy or anything else. I am very fortunate in that it is very obvious that she has been handled a lot. She is so calm and about as tame as one of my ball pythons, I actually had her laying her head in my hand and falling asleep. Now as far as my stepdad and the three snake rule, surprisingly he's not mad at all and is letting me keep my blood python at the house. My retic is being kept at my friends house and while they haven't said no, I think I will keep her at his house for a while at least until I get a job and start making money. He doesn't mind keeping her over there and feeding her, and he has experience with reticulated pythons. His roommate also has experience with large snakes, as he had a Burmese python from birth up until he hit about 12 feet.

[Otolith]

You got the better end imo. Stereo stuff doesn't hold value for very long at all. Plus bloods are awesome

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[Annarose15]

So where are our pics??

[evan385]

So where are our pics??

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[Mike41793]

Im happy for you but to be perfectly honest i dont see this ending well...

[satomi325]

Congrats on your new animals. I wish you luck. And I truely hope you can prove everyone wrong here. Myself included. Getting a retic is a huge jump from Balls and Boas. Especially for one who hasn't prepared at all.

Again, good luck. Don't hesitate to ask for help. We're all looking out for ya.

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[Daybreaker]

I really should have gotten online and read your replies but I do not regret the trade that I made. The blood is just a little over a foot so I have plenty of time to get used to her (she is the more jumpy one and has tried to bite a couple times). I got really lucky with the retic. It could have been bad, she could have been aggressive and shy or anything else. I am very fortunate in that it is very obvious that she has been handled a lot. She is so calm and about as tame as one of my ball pythons, I actually had her laying her head in my hand and falling asleep. Now as far as my stepdad and the three snake rule, surprisingly he's not mad at all and is letting me keep my blood python at the house. My retic is being kept at my friends house and while they haven't said no, I think I will keep her at his house for a while at least until I get a job and start making money. He doesn't mind keeping her over there and feeding her, and he has experience with reticulated pythons. His roommate also has experience with large snakes, as he had a Burmese python from birth up until he hit about 12 feet.

Bolded the above because I firmly believe if anyone wants to take on the responsibility of a giant they should really be in a stable environment first (ie has their own place and has the funds/space to own such an animal). Just my .02...

But, I hope you have a couple hundred to drop on that retic now for an actual enclosure, I can't imagine having her stay in a 75 gallon for more days/weeks/months if she was housed in that with her previous owner. That fish tank is a totally inappropriate enclosure for her IMO. I hope you checked inside both of their mouth's too in case of RIs.

Regardless I'd like to see pics of them; I love the tigers, have it be the mainlands or the smaller cousins and having a black blood myself I always enjoy seeing pics of them.

[Jabberwocky Dragons]

I got really lucky with the retic. It could have been bad, she could have been aggressive and shy or anything else. I am very fortunate in that it is very obvious that she has been handled a lot. She is so calm and about as tame as one of my ball pythons, I actually had her laying her head in my hand and falling asleep

You probably would have been more fortunate getting a demon of an 8' rectic to give you some small idea of what you may face when it doubles and then triples in size. Like people, animals have their cranky days and a responsible large boid keeper has to know how to safely handle a 20' angry python regardless of how tame it seems at 8'. I wouldn't credit someone who got rid of their snake at a relatively small 12' to have knowledge about large boid keeping. Hopefully, your friend kept his rectics to a longer length and you could apprentice with him.