Quote Originally Posted by JoshSloane View Post
As a side note it is always funny how what we think of as "big" changes with how long we are in the reptile world, or what species you work with. When I was a kid I thought a full grown corn snake was large. Then when I started breeding, a full grown female BCI felt huge. Now anything less of a 10 foot burm feels small. Point is, if you are dedicated to working with these animals, and want to interact with them, you will get used to it. If fed appropriately, even suriname red tail females will grow much slower than what you think. They aren't like retics, burms or any giant species. Essentially they grow along with your increased abilities to handle them.
Right on Josh!

I think if I could do everything all over again, I'd have gone with a female version of what I have now or a Peruvian BCC, and then do the same coastal carpet and probably a male dwarf retic or a female SD.

I started off thinking 6 feet was HUGE, now I'm hoping my coastal breaks 10 feet and my boa hits 7.

If I could place my son's royal and get a Suri female or a SD retic, I'd do it but he is not going to dump his royal.