I think i'm ready for my first large python. Recommendations?

[colton62]

I want a Burm one day so bad. But with these damn interstate sale laws I'm screwed unless they drop them. Anyways! Awesome little retic guy!


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[reptileexperts]

You'll be fine. Talked with retic shippers about this not too long ago when my shipment came in freezing and the snake had a registered body temperature of 68 which felt freezing. A retic can sustain a body temperature quite low before anything bad happens. That sad, as long as you're warming him up slowly you'll be fine. DO NOT soak him to try and warm him up. Put in room temperature water and not much of it for him to access at his leisure. Most retics will feed the day of arrival, but give him time to gradually warm his body temperature up, then offer food. Cheers on the new kiddo arriving safe.

[Mr Green]

Thanks for the help! I offered him a mouse earlier, but he wasn't interested. I guess i'll offer anyone in a few days.

[Expensive hobby]

Thanks for the help! I offered him a mouse earlier, but he wasn't interested. I guess i'll offer anyone in a few days.

Do yourself a favor and don't feed mice to retics. They can take weaned rats for the most part straight outta the egg lol. Retics can take WAY bigger prey than you woukd think especially looking at boas or balls as a comparison. Try a hopper rat if you are worried.

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[Mr Green]

So I just offered him a hopper rat and he's not interested. He's just coiled up in a ball under his hide. Am I doing something wrong?

My warm side is about 89 and the cool side is 82 with a 70% humdiity level. He's currently in a 20 long and has several hides in his tank. Suggestions?

[Expensive hobby]

Retics will normally hit the day you bring em home. Are you trying live, pre kill, or F/T? Are you feeding in the enclosure or separate container? What kind of substrate? And what kind of heat are you using?

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[Mr Green]

Retics will normally hit the day you bring em home. Are you trying live, pre kill, or F/T? Are you feeding in the enclosure or separate container? What kind of substrate? And what kind of heat are you using?

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That's what I heard and but times he's not been interested. I'm trying live right now and feeding in the enclosure. The substrate is the echo earth coconut husk and i'm heating with a 150W 24 hour light.

[Expensive hobby]

That's what I heard and but times he's not been interested. I'm trying live right now and feeding in the enclosure. The substrate is the echo earth coconut husk and i'm heating with a 150W 24 hour light.

It's not common but I have had snakes that ONLY take frozen thawed or pre kill. I attribute it to a live rodent biting them before I acquired them. Must have been spooked. Also sometimes snakes that have been fed F/T or P/K their entire lives won't know what to do with live. But yours is too young for that to be the case I would imagine.

I'm at a loss considering the info you've given. How many meals did he/she take with the breeder before you acquired it?

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[Mr Green]

It's not common but I have had snakes that ONLY take frozen thawed or pre kill. I attribute it to a live rodent biting them before I acquired them. Must have been spooked. Also sometimes snakes that have been fed F/T or P/K their entire lives won't know what to do with live. But yours is too young for that to be the case I would imagine.

I'm at a loss considering the info you've given. How many meals did he/she take with the breeder before you acquired it?

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I'm not sure how many meals he had, but I chatted with Ben Siegel on facebook and he informed me that it was feeding on adult mice(which I tried the first time).

I'm starting to get a little worried because I own two balls and a boa and they both ate readily on the first day I got them.

[Expensive hobby]

I'm not sure how many meals he had, but I chatted with Ben Siegel on facebook and he informed me that it was feeding on adult mice(which I tried the first time).

I'm starting to get a little worried because I own two balls and a boa and they both ate readily on the first day I got them.

Ya that's not typical behavior. Maybe try a F/T and leave it in the tank for a few hours with the tank covered in a towel. Obviously watch out for catching the towel on fire with the light. If that doesn't work let us know...

And it isn't all that common with retics either, but maybe it's a mouser. Happens with beepers all the time but not generally with retics. Try a mouse again too to see if it has any feeding response, then work on getting it on rats after you get a meal in it in your care.
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