I'm kind of surprised the retic didn't grow on you as fast as it did for Jmcrook and I, Gio. I love retics but they are definitely a handful. I still love boas though and it is really a toss up between them and retics. They are 2 completely different spectrums as far as interaction. Boas are all laid back and mellow and retics are busy bodies for the most part.
Just as Gio cant get his carpet to bite him, I couldn't get Rosey to bite me. She didn't even wince or even so much as hiss when I took her to the vet and vet had to take a fluid sample from a bump on her nose. The vet was said she was really surprised how calm and laid back Rosey was during that as she has dealt with lots of snakes with lumps from rubbing and sinus infections and most pull away, hiss or try and bite. As pointed out, every snake is different personality wise so my advice is go with the one you like the best in color, pattern, size etc.
And as for bites, any snake can draw blood except maybe a really tiny baby. Every bite I've taken from my snakes have drawn blood although Dotties and Vicks were feeding responses. Rosey was being startled as a baby and it still drew 1 drop of blood albeit a tiny drop. Allison drew blood pretty much every bite she did to me and Caesar and Luna have never tried to bite me yet.
I really don't think you can wrong with whatever you pick out the pileup here. Just make sure you find out the temperament before you purchase.......but my vote still is for a SD/D retic
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