Dwarf/Super Dwarf Retic Questions!

[Pampho85]

I'll have to look up videos or something on their feeding response. My ball and kingsnake I had in the past were slow and I had to wait around for them to take the mouse. I'm going to assume, from what I've read, that is definitely NOT the case with retics.

I've seen retics that aren't very fast strikers, but most generally are I'd say. Definitely don't want to use your hands on a large one.

And I'll assume that their brains go into sex mode whether females around or not? If that's the case, I'll go the female route. (Probably dwarf). I intend on breeding my own feeders (both rats and rabbits - I planned on getting into rabbit breeding before I wanted snakes), so I can sell 'leftovers' as feeders or pets.

Doesn't matter if they are or are not, just like many other animals they will go into breeding mode.

Don't wild caught snakes tend to be more aggressive and less suitable for pet purposes? I know most people don't get retics as 'pets' per say, but just thought I'd ask that.

I apologize for responding that way. I was expecting them to weigh at least 100 lbs at that length, but I fully understand that given the size of these snakes, they will require the utmost respect and I'll need to take safety measures when handling them, no matter how much I may 'trust' one. I've been around burms, so I was trying my best to compare their size without really comparing the two, if that makes sense. The "THAT'S IT???" stemmed from my surprise that they weren't anywhere near as large (weight-wise) as I was expecting. My apologies.

Many tend to be aggressive, but there are ones that mellow out. People usually import for a new bloodline or for one that looks different than the others in hopes of being a new morph. And no matter if it's wild caught or CB make sure you have more than one person with you in the room when dealing with a large snake, retics have great feeding responses and if a large one latches onto your hand you won't be able to get it off alone. I know of some retic owners who keeps knives or guns in the pocket in case worse comes to worse but that would be the last option.

I don't own any retics but I've looked into them for a couple years now haha.