Pics of tics

[papapena]

What you gonna breed her with?

[papapena]

Your videos on Youtube had alot to do with me getting a Retic. I was gonna go with a Suriname Boa, which I had in the past. They were going to ship me a female, but she ended up having a something wrong with her tail, so instead of going with a male I changed my mind and got a Jampea female a month ago. She is 5 months old now. After I ordered the boa, I got to watching videos on retics and did alot of research and was going to change my order to the Jampea anyway, but then I got that call telling me the boa had issues before I could call to change my order. So it was meant to be! I had been without snakes for 7 years and didn't know who was who, so I ordered her from LLLreptile. She is my pet, not for breeding. They sold her to me as 100% Jampea, but me not seeing the parents I take that with a grain of salt. After only a month with her, I'm having to stop myself from buying another one! I'm becoming a Retic Addict!!
I do plan on getting a few more, but from a good breeder this time.

[reptileexperts]

The Tiger Motley actually left my facility about a month ago. I'm working my lines down smaller and smaller, so since she was such a high % of mainland, I thought it would be best to move her into another facility for a new project. I can't mention what she's going to be bred by, but it will be a world first that is for sure!

Appreciate the comments to the videos, saw your comment on the purple girl video from a while back. She is, much much bigger, at this point in time. The thing about Jampeas to keep in mind is that they can and will exceed normal growth potential for a dwarf, if and only if, you feed them heavily. Given a lighter dosage of food for the first 2-3 years, will keep them in their expected range with no health warrant (do the same to a mainland retic and you will have health issues from being underfed).

They are amazing animals, and a strong passion of mine. Retics are a species that can potentially be in everyone's homes that want one. They are coming in smaller packages every year, and in a lot more variety. Price is kind of steep for the morph stuff (good for the breeders, bad for the consumers), but prices are making their way lower. Next year I will be hopefully offering up the smallest purple goldenchilds available on the market, they will be around 62.5% - 56.25% Jampea and will come from some of the best stock available. That's my main project at this time. The rest are kind of just side things that I may or may not push back into. But for this year, this is my big, little, goal.

Cheers,

[papapena]

The Tiger Motley actually left my facility about a month ago. I'm working my lines down smaller and smaller, so since she was such a high % of mainland, I thought it would be best to move her into another facility for a new project. I can't mention what she's going to be bred by, but it will be a world first that is for sure!

Appreciate the comments to the videos, saw your comment on the purple girl video from a while back. She is, much much bigger, at this point in time. The thing about Jampeas to keep in mind is that they can and will exceed normal growth potential for a dwarf, if and only if, you feed them heavily. Given a lighter dosage of food for the first 2-3 years, will keep them in their expected range with no health warrant (do the same to a mainland retic and you will have health issues from being underfed).

They are amazing animals, and a strong passion of mine. Retics are a species that can potentially be in everyone's homes that want one. They are coming in smaller packages every year, and in a lot more variety. Price is kind of steep for the morph stuff (good for the breeders, bad for the consumers), but prices are making their way lower. Next year I will be hopefully offering up the smallest purple goldenchilds available on the market, they will be around 62.5% - 56.25% Jampea and will come from some of the best stock available. That's my main project at this time. The rest are kind of just side things that I may or may not push back into. But for this year, this is my big, little, goal.

Cheers,

Thats cool. I wanted a big snake, just not mainland female big. I've had pretty big boa's and a Burm before, so I'm used to more girthy snakes. I don't mind if she gets 14 to 15 feet, maybe a little longer, I have the room. I just don't want one so big that I need more then one or two people with me to hanlde it. I will adjust her feeding as she grows. I've also had some wild caught venomous snakes when I was younger that I legally speaking shouldn't have had, but I would always relocate them from the suburbs to a ranch we used to have. I am thinking of getting a Golden Child next, or a Platinum Jampea. I think the Golden Child is so beautiful, same thing with Platinums. The Jampea I have is proly going to be the biggest I will get. I would like a few SD sized retics though. These retics are like no other snake I have had. I love how smart mine is and she has a great personality. Never thought I would be saying a snake has personality, but I never had a retic till now! Videos and pictures don't do them justice at all.

[reptileexperts]

Nope, it takes working with them, feeding them, and interacting with them on a daily basis to truly appreciate them.

Venomous are legal in MOST of Texas, just not within city limits for major areas. Check ordinances. But legally speaking, as long as you have a hunting license, and non-game permit, you are allowed to keep any NON PROTECTED species in Texas, including venomous. Exotic venomous like Gabs or Cobras will need a controlled exotic snake permit, 20 bucks and done.

Cheers,

[papapena]

Nope, it takes working with them, feeding them, and interacting with them on a daily basis to truly appreciate them.

Venomous are legal in MOST of Texas, just not within city limits for major areas. Check ordinances. But legally speaking, as long as you have a hunting license, and non-game permit, you are allowed to keep any NON PROTECTED species in Texas, including venomous. Exotic venomous like Gabs or Cobras will need a controlled exotic snake permit, 20 bucks and done.

Cheers,

I didn't know the laws then, this was in the early 90's, I was a teenager. Now I'm 33 and don't feel invencible anymore, so I'll stay with non-venomous or at least rear fang low toxic like the Rofous Beaked snake, which I heard is also very smart.

[Mike41793]

I haven't even had mine for a month and I already want to find a female for him

I love motley Tigers, such a cool simple two gene combo. I love the albino gc's too. Can't wait to see what you make Cody!!

[papapena]

I haven't even had mine for a month and I already want to find a female for him

I love motley Tigers, such a cool simple two gene combo. I love the albino gc's too. Can't wait to see what you make Cody!!

Same here. I'm not going to breed my Jamp, she's my pet and I don't know much about her background. But I am looking to buy a few more to breed. These retics are awsome, not like any other snake i've had. I'm addicted for sure. I'm looking at getting a Platinum Tiger next.

[jclaiborne]

Didnt want to start a new thread for just 2 pics, but took the kiddo to the natural history museum over the weekend and they had a tic skull on display, he thought it was pretty cool

[Rob]

Thought he looked particularly good this morning