Gerald Super Dwarf Ultra Ivory Retic Progression

[Sauzo]

Retics are still reptiles and reptiles have evolved over millions and millions of years to sustain themselves during long periods of famine. Just because something is a retic doesn't mean it is open season to give it endless food. JM and I SD x dwarf retics for a reason. They are smaller. They are from island populations that have seasonal peaks in feeding. Seasonal migration of certain bird species to those islands, mating and birth cycles of other mammals, rainy season, and other events play a role in their feeding and adult size.

And this part is what I want to hit on. I didn't say it was open season on giving endless food. They need to be fed what they need to keep them healthy and 'full'.

The only pure SD out of any of us is JMs Phyllis. The rest of ours are a mix of mainland blood varying from 31% on Caesar to 20%? on Wallace. So with that said, it's going to rolling the dice to see what influence is mostly taken in. It looks like Wallace has taken more of the SD influence with him being quiet and not food driven and even refusing food in shed. Caesar seems to have taken more of the mainland influence and eats anything, anytime, anywhere and when hungry, he is more than happy to search around for dinner. Now does that mean me feeding him a large rat every 10 days is overfeeding him? Or does that mean you feeding Wallace a small rat every 7-10 days underfeeding him? It means neither as like I said, each snake is different and it will depend on the genes and the snake itself being the determining factor in how much food it needs.

And yes they are from an island where they mostly feed on the migratory birds yearly but again, this is for 100% SD. There is a reason there is no mainland ones there, they couldn't find enough food and died off. When they get hungry, they will go looking for food. I mean they are opportunistic and will eat stuff that comes by but when really hungry, they go searching. Some are more outgoing than others.

Correction, didn't know Gerald was 50% mainland.....so we got varying amounts from 50% mainland down to 20%? for Wallace.

And I totally forgot about Sterns Gene(sorry). He's like 50% dwarf and 50% mainland and the oldest yet the smallest out of all of ours lol.