handling my first big? retic!!!

[BFE Pets]

Well to me 12 feet is a big snake! lol It was really educational and I really enjoyed it. Made me really want one even more! The circumstances behind why I got to handle it kind of annoys me. I person that I know called me and ask if I could come do a preliminary health check on some snakes he just bought while he waited to get them into the vet. Of course wanting to see his new additions I shagged tail over there. His first snake is a nice sized female burm at 11 feet. He has her in a 150 gal long fish tank and I've been trying to convince him to get a real enclosure. I like the guy and his hearts in the right place but man sometimes you have to say no. He answered a CL ad for a large retic. He shows up to look at it and ask questions and ends up coming back with it, a 7 foot burm, a 5 foot rtb, a 3 foot ball, and 2 baby corn snakes all in pillow cases except the retic which was and is still in a 75 gal tote. I don't know what to really do about his situation. I've already offered some temporary caging until he can get appropriate sized but hes just like ehhh I aint got time today to come get it. I cant load it up and deliver it by myself or I would. Its driving me nuts that they are crammed in totes and no where to stretch out. any way back to the health check. the burm and rtb looked healthy. clean mouths, no mites, and couldn't hear anything in the lungs with my stethoscope. the corns also checked out good. the ball seemed ok but its color looks off like one that's not getting quality rats and also looked a little thin. The retic wouldn't hold still long enough to get my scope on it but seemed active and alert like other healthy tics I've seen. clean mouth and no mites either. I got a good look in its mouth when I took her out of the tub. lol gawwd I want one! gotta get my caging together and find a nice dwarf boy and a girl sd! maybe some anerys! any way thanks for reading my ramblings and here are the only 2 pics I was able to snap s/he kept me pretty busy. lol

[Mike41793]

Was she moving around a lot on you? From what ive gathered it seems they aren't slow moving like bci's at all lol

[BFE Pets]

Yeah she was a handful! None stop action for sure! I don't know if I'm active enough to own and care for more than 1 or 2 of this type of snake definitely a workout keeping up with them!

[KMG]

The "I'm cool cause I own snakes" attitude bugs me. It always seems they are the ones that keep the snake for the cool factor and don't provide the correct care or hold the correct knowledge. They are the loud mouths in the pet store telling everybody about their collection when nobody asked. Then you ask some simple questions and you get the confused puppy look.

Don't get me wrong, I'm very proud of my snakes. I just don't go around telling everybody that I have them. I think like many of us here most people I know would be surprised to find out I have the ones I do. I don't mind talking about snakes, I just prefer to do it with people that do it right. People that actually care for the animals and the hobby, not the glory hound with a 12 foot snake in a fish tank.

This is a perfect example of an irresponsible person pushing snakes out the door when I'm sure they knew he was not ready. I Just could not let any of my snakes go to a home that I know is not ready. I bet even few people here have enough spare room to bring that collection home. Just the quarantine alone would be a nightmare. But that's me thinking they will be quarantined.

Ha, you got me on a bit of a rant. Sorry.

Good luck with your friend. I hope you can make him see the error of his ways. Your a good friend to lend out your cages.

[DMills]

I don't think you're alone with your feelings, KMG. I feel the same way. This "cool factor" affects lots of different animals adversely. I live in South Florida and can't even begin to tell you how many pit bulls I see roaming the streets or in animal shelters. People get their the"cool factor, don't raise them properly then irresponsibly just let them go. Same US true if snakes. The burms, retics etc are not properly raised, become big and unruly, then end up in the everglades. It sucks and ultimately leads to stupid legislation that hurts responsible owners...anyway, I love retics. Beautiful snake.


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[BFE Pets]

The "I'm cool cause I own snakes" attitude bugs me. It always seems they are the ones that keep the snake for the cool factor and don't provide the correct care or hold the correct knowledge. They are the loud mouths in the pet store telling everybody about their collection when nobody asked. Then you ask some simple questions and you get the confused puppy look.

Don't get me wrong, I'm very proud of my snakes. I just don't go around telling everybody that I have them. I think like many of us here most people I know would be surprised to find out I have the ones I do. I don't mind talking about snakes, I just prefer to do it with people that do it right. People that actually care for the animals and the hobby, not the glory hound with a 12 foot snake in a fish tank.

This is a perfect example of an irresponsible person pushing snakes out the door when I'm sure they knew he was not ready. I Just could not let any of my snakes go to a home that I know is not ready. I bet even few people here have enough spare room to bring that collection home. Just the quarantine alone would be a nightmare. But that's me thinking they will be quarantined.

Ha, you got me on a bit of a rant. Sorry.

Good luck with your friend. I hope you can make him see the error of his ways. Your a good friend to lend out your cages.

I agree with 99% of what you are saying!!! The other 1% is because I never shut up about my animals. don't make me cool but I want people to realize they aren't what everyone thinks. Its really funny because the guy that sold him those I actually answered a CL ad he posted a few months ago and walked away because of the conditions of his.... well everything. the animals didn't look sick or anything but the place was horrible and just didn't like the way he handled his animals or the crap make shift enclosures he was using. not to mention the rabbits running loose in his house. He is a flipper from hell with no morals. As for the "friend" that purchased them he isn't thinking with his head. his heart is in the right place (imo) but he really isn't using his brain. I'm going over today to take my qt tanks for him. not ideal but way better than the 75 gal totes hes using. also taking my laptop and hotspot to help him order caging for the retic from boamaster.com

[BFE Pets]

I don't think you're alone with your feelings, KMG. I feel the same way. This "cool factor" affects lots of different animals adversely. I live in South Florida and can't even begin to tell you how many pit bulls I see roaming the streets or in animal shelters. People get their the"cool factor, don't raise them properly then irresponsibly just let them go. Same US true if snakes. The burms, retics etc are not properly raised, become big and unruly, then end up in the everglades. It sucks and ultimately leads to stupid legislation that hurts responsible owners...anyway, I love retics. Beautiful snake.


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Amen brother! the whole legislation thing is a huge deal in Ohio too!

[KMG]

Then you ask some simple questions and you get the confused puppy look.

Change that to 100%. You over looked this. I'm sure you can answer questions about your animals.


I would love to have a monster snake but I know I can not provide the proper enclosure so I don't. My darn responsible thinking prevents me from buying one.

[BFE Pets]

Change that to 100%. You over looked this. I'm sure you can answer questions about your animals.


I would love to have a monster snake but I know I can not provide the proper enclosure so I don't. My darn responsible thinking prevents me from buying one.

Lmao yep you got me there! 100% I do reptile shows for my local boy/cub scout troops. They even have a reptile badge that I mentor the kids working on it. I want a retic! Not Necessarily a monster especially with the permit issues in Ohio but I'm looking at getting a dwarf male and sd female in the not so near future. I want to know exactly what I'm talking about when I start seriously looking for one. Also really starting to look at carpets now that I'm almost done with balls. Only got about 10 left lol.

[Wes]

Awesome Retic! Wish I knew someone close to me that had some mainlands or even some dwarfs. I would love to work with them. I would love to have some of the larger Tics, but even though I have the room, I don't think it would be a good idea without someone to help me with it on a regular basis once it gets over about 10ft.

I think having a helping hand is one of the biggest things people forget about when purchasing these giants. Could you imagine trying to move a 17ft-18ft Retic without anyone to help? Much less a 24ft-25ft Retic.