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[artgecko]

Yeah... Even 8' adult may be too big for my taste.. I don't suppose there are any super dwarfs that stay around 6' - 7'? It's really more of a weight thing for me too. I'd be more comfortable with an 8' 5lb snake than an 8' 30lb one, if that makes sense.

The largest snake I have now is my BCA male... Who is only about 2 years old and still tiny at 3.5' and about 1lb. He should top out at around 6' and *hopefully* 15lbs, so I may wait and see how well I can handle him as an adult before I commit to a potentially much larger, faster, and possibly heavier super dwarf retic.

The retics have such great colors, patterns, and personality though, which makes it a tough decision... If I knew for certain that one would top out at about the size of an adult BCI male, I'd definitely plan on acquiring one.

The other issue, of course, is price.. and I understand that at the moment, high percentage super dwarfs are going for a good bit of cash. This is understandable considering that there aren't many around and it's still a relatively young project. I'll probably also have to wait until they are more affordable. My dream animal would probably be a SD tiger, or purple albino (or any combination of those two morphs).

Thanks again for sharing the pics and info!

[Sirensong26]

We're in the process of moving the snakes to our new home, when the move is completed I can show some adult examples of the superdwarfs and how they are now - pertaining to size - comparative to the same age as this purple dwarf. Even with monitoring locals and breeders closely, also monitor generation cross amounts - f2 will stay significantly smaller than f1 crosses for 50% stuff, expect f1 to reach 12' and f2 to stay around 8-9' as adult females. My 30 month old 50% Kalatoa F2 is no longer adding length at around 7.5', and slowly putting girth on. Likewise, my 62.5% Selayer from mid 2012, is around 7 ft with a massive head (This is my dwarf genetic stripe female 66% het purple).

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FWIW - she's between 13-14', and about a month ago at her last weigh in - she came in at 46 lb of snake :-)

After reading her specs.....

I stand by my original evaluation. CRIPES. that's a big snake.

[Expensive hobby]

Hey where'd my pics go? Lol

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[Mike41793]

Yeah... Even 8' adult may be too big for my taste.. I don't suppose there are any super dwarfs that stay around 6' - 7'? It's really more of a weight thing for me too. I'd be more comfortable with an 8' 5lb snake than an 8' 30lb one, if that makes sense.

The largest snake I have now is my BCA male... Who is only about 2 years old and still tiny at 3.5' and about 1lb. He should top out at around 6' and *hopefully* 15lbs, so I may wait and see how well I can handle him as an adult before I commit to a potentially much larger, faster, and possibly heavier super dwarf retic.

The retics have such great colors, patterns, and personality though, which makes it a tough decision... If I knew for certain that one would top out at about the size of an adult BCI male, I'd definitely plan on acquiring one.

The other issue, of course, is price.. and I understand that at the moment, high percentage super dwarfs are going for a good bit of cash. This is understandable considering that there aren't many around and it's still a relatively young project. I'll probably also have to wait until they are more affordable. My dream animal would probably be a SD tiger, or purple albino (or any combination of those two morphs).

Thanks again for sharing the pics and info!

A pure male super dwarf will stay under 6'-7' for sure. A female should hit 6'-7'. They stay pretty slender though so there's not as much weight.

My retic is almost 4feet already and you'd never guess that looking at him. You may guess it when he comes flying out of the tub looking for food though haha. Or when you're holding him and go to do something and he's stretched all the way out reaching for trouble and only hanging onto you with his tail when you look back...

[Pyrate81]

I love this thread.

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[reptileexperts]

Retics big move day! Pics after I finish the new reptile room
It's half the size of my old office so we will see

[Mike41793]

Retics big move day! Pics after I finish the new reptile room
It's half the size of my old office so we will see

Downsizing? boooooo

[reptileexperts]

Actually up. Moving from an apartment to a 4 bedroom house. But only 1 of the rooms is going for the collection. Moving from a 16x14 reptile office into a 10x13 it's a tight fit

[artgecko]

Good luck with the move! We just moved into our first home and I got to have my first dedicated reptile room. It's great, but I can say there's always something that "needs fixing" with the house so far. a week after moving in a toilet needed to be repaired, then two fan pull cords broke, now one of the two fridges left with the house has stopped working (and it was my rodent storage fridge too)... Now we're on to ant issues lol. Good luck with your new house.

sorry you're downgrading in size for your snake room though.. I'd imagine more space would be a plus when dealing with retics.

Mark41793- Thanks for the info! Since they stay in the size I'm looking for I'll put them "on the list", but I'm sure it'll still be awhile before they come down in price enough for my husband to let me buy one.

EDIT: Just noticed the red "angry face" at the top of my post.. Not sure why it's there, but I can't remove it. I'm not angry, I swear.