Arguing with the vet close to me

[M.P.C]

No offence ment but someone that acts like that has absolutely no place owning any live animals let alone a reticulated python, thank god those aninals have you around to rescue them... Looks like you maybe a future retic owner

[Kokorobosoi]

Oh boy. I hope you like retics...

[bcr229]

I went out, bought a heat pad, and a Rubbermaid tub to keep him in quarantine for now. The reason it was in my rack in the first place was because I went in to feed his snakes when he was gone for a few days, and that one didn't have a heat lamp, or a heat pad on it. His logic was that because it was next to another tank with a heat lamp, it would be warm enough. Obviously not the case.

Props to you for taking in the critter but he should have never been put into your rack, anything new goes into QT well away from your established, healthy critters. I'm guessing your brother's snake got the RI from being too cold for too long and he was sick when you brought him home, he just didn't show symptoms for a while. That snake needs to stay in QT for at least 90 days after he stops showing symptoms. Hopefully the antibiotics work.

Recently he's gotten a sub adult Boa Constrictor Imperator, and a Reticulated Python, both my mother's doing. At this point, he keeps snakes for a month or so and is bored of it and either sells it to me, or doesn't mess with them except necessities. It's basically a case of him not needing any animals to take care of, but wanting and then my mother happily getting them for him. I've made it clear since he got the Retic that there would be no more animals brought in unless they were mine or my fiance's, since we can actually take care of ours.

Does your mother understand just how large retics can get?

[Terrified of snakes]

Props to you for taking in the critter but he should have never been put into your rack, anything new goes into QT well away from your established, healthy critters. I'm guessing your brother's snake got the RI from being too cold for too long and he was sick when you brought him home, he just didn't show symptoms for a while. That snake needs to stay in QT for at least 90 days after he stops showing symptoms. Hopefully the antibiotics work.


Does your mother understand just how large retics can get?

That's what I'm thinking about the RI as well. As for it being in my rack, the only reason I was okay with putting it in there is because the snakes have all seemed fine, and the idea was to keep it warm. Had no clue it was sick at all otherwise I would've just bought heat lamps and brought the tank out of his room. Also, my mother now knows how big a retic can get. Earlier today I took her on a trip to a friend's house, and let her watch us get out his 12 ft male, and had her watch me feed it a rabbit. She regrets it now. She said he told her it wouldn't get much bigger than a BP. She's agreed not to get him anything else without my permission.

[Terrified of snakes]

Oh boy. I hope you like retics...

I like them, very much so. But, I have a 6 month old daughter, and with how big retics can get, there's always a chance of one getting out no matter how careful you are. Until she's a good bit older, it's only going to be BPs and lizards for me. The only way I'll be keeping that retic is if I can figure out somewhere to put it where she couldn't access it. Right now my rack and my dragon are in the bedroom, so a retic at full size is a no go.

[Kokorobosoi]

I can suggest a custom wooden enclosure... two openings, one from the front and one from the top. Use at least 1/2 min plexiglass, solid wood, and heavy duty hardware. Set a clasp into the lid(s) that can be locked with a padlock. Use screws, not nails. The top access point would help prevent any tagging or direct interaction for feeding and maintenance. The front panel is for spot clean, or maintenance once the baby is old enough to know better.

If you happen to have a long bed pickup truck and about... three? friends.... I have the perfect solution for you, Im in Jersey If you can show up you can have it. All it would need is a padlock.

Anyways, good luck.

[bpfirsttimer]

I can suggest a custom wooden enclosure... two openings, one from the front and one from the top. Use at least 1/2 min plexiglass, solid wood, and heavy duty hardware. Set a clasp into the lid(s) that can be locked with a padlock. Use screws, not nails. The top access point would help prevent any tagging or direct interaction for feeding and maintenance. The front panel is for spot clean, or maintenance once the baby is old enough to know better.

If you happen to have a long bed pickup truck and about... three? friends.... I have the perfect solution for you, Im in Jersey If you can show up you can have it. All it would need is a padlock.

Anyways, good luck.

Would be nice, but I'm in Kentucky and drive a short bed S10 lol. Probably wouldn't work. Either way, I'll figure out something with it like I have the others.

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[bcr229]

Perhaps you should suggest to your mother that the retic be rehomed ASAP, especially if your brother loses interest in it. They are much easier to move around when they are young than when they get up to adult size.

[Terrified of snakes]

Perhaps you should suggest to your mother that the retic be rehomed ASAP, especially if your brother loses interest in it. They are much easier to move around when they are young than when they get up to adult size.

That may very well be happening. He begged me to come help him clean it's tub yesterday. He got it under the impression that it was hook trained, and it obviously isn't from what I saw. The first few days it was really tame, now that it's gotten comfortable, it's showing it's true colors. I took a small bite from it getting it out of it's tub, and handling it while he cleaned. So, only time will tell but unless he can get it hook trained, or at the very least take care of it by himself until it gets some size, it'll be re-homed.

[Kokorobosoi]

Oh dear. A retic is not easy to train once the handler is intimidated by it, which it sounds like the brother is. Rehoming is the best option for everyone involved at this point. It'll just get harder with every inch.