Eight feet and 12 pounds, that thing is a monster for a super dwarf! I think the tiger pattern is my favorite too. I have a 50% Jampea dwarf albino and I've had her for about four weeks now. I'm power feeding her twice a week, seems like the first rat is a huge aggressive strike, then I follow up with a few adult mice. Every mouse seems to get a bit mellow and the last mouse is hardly even a strike at all. Seems like giving them a lot of food keeps them fat and happy and a bit lazy too, really mellows them out. How much do you feed this guy? I'm thinking that a hungry retic could be a lot more aggressive and more unpredictable. I'll probably slow down the feeding once she gets to a good size. I may breed my retic some day to a super dwarf albino, maybe a male SD albino tiger sunfire goldenchild (if I can even find such a snake LOL). That would make some really cool babies.
As far as feeding a ball python and having patience, most balls want live food and will take it within 20 seconds. I try frozen thawed for about 30 seconds and give up, then give a live rat pup and they always eat the live rat pup almost immediately. I'm convinced that some balls just need live.
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