Kalatoa 100% Pure SD Retic Progression (Pic heavy...)

[FlynnTheBP]

She is beautiful! Sorry she bit you...it happens sometimes. I love retics and I always wondered about their temperament. Is she usually docile?

[jmcrook]

She is beautiful! Sorry she bit you...it happens sometimes. I love retics and I always wondered about their temperament. Is she usually docile?

Yeah she's usually super chill. Very food oriented and a bit cage defensive sometimes but generally very calm once she's out and about.


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[Sauzo]

A couple seconds after she let go, still had some crazy strong coils gripping my hands together.

After I cleaned it up. All six rows of teeth clearly represented

Never get too comfortable folks. Show respect and read your animals closely. SHE (stupid handling error) wasn't paying attention to where her head was and spooked her and she responded accordingly. Can't blame her. I'm sure we'll both have our guards up a bit for interactions in the near future


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That's epic man. It looks like a tattoo where they forgot to use ink lol. Well dang, I'm the only one left who hasn't been pissed on or now bit lol. Actually I think Cloud hasn't been bit or pissed on either lol. Not sure about Gene.

That's wild that you booped her snoot and she went ballistic on you lol. I've booped Caesar a ton as he never sits still. Heck I turned around when feeding the snakes next to him and slammed into his head with my arm lol. Felt bad but he wasn't hurt and just backed up a little and looked at me lol.

That is a pretty big bite lol. And lol, yeah I'm sure both of you are going to be gun shy for a bit. When Caesar opened his mouth and hissed at the snake hook, I kind of got scared every time I reached in to pick him up for a little bit.

You know why she bit you!!?? Cause you aren't feeding her enough!!!! Lol j/k, my god people don't take this all serious and jump down my throat

Anyways, at least you got the bite out of the way so next time she tags you, you will know what to expect lol.

Oh and off topic, I still think Phyllis is a lot thicker and bigger than Caesar using your forearm to compare her thick part.

Oh and I love how after she bit you, she thought about it and was like 'well since I already started this, I might as just finish it' as she decided to sample you again hahaha.

[Tigerhawk]

Yup she's keeping you on your toes. She got you good. Sorry that happened to you.

[jmcrook]

Keep snakes for long enough and it's not a question of if, but rather, when you will be bitten. 4th or 5th time in over 20 years but the only time so far that I've had a bite and coil where I was kept wrapped up for a solid minute or two. Definitely wasn't fun but all things considered it wasn't horrible. Just remained calm and waited for her to eventually give up after dunking her under the faucet did nothing. Definitely freaked me out when she casually went back to he bite area as though it were food and started opening her mouth on it again. Might pick up a bottle of cheapo vodka to keep handy for helping induce a bite release for these scenarios in the future if/when they arise.


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[Sauzo]

Wow, didn't even release with water? My BP latched onto my finger like it was a skinny scrawny rat and tried to drag my hand into her hide. I dunked her head with my finger in her water bowl and she released. Never been coiled by anyone though. All my bites were just quick tags except the BP but that was my fault.

I'm not looking forward to Caesar coiling me lol.

So whats Gerald up to? He just calmly watching as Phyllis tried to eat you and thought 'dang man!! Not sure if I want her as a girlfriend, she might try to eat me too!!'?

[Snoopyslim]

WOW that must have hurt like a son-of-a-*****!!!

Sorry that happened but I appreciate your words of wisdom to other owners though. I was bit by my Valentine for the first time awhile ago - my fault - food response bite - she came out of shed and was especially hungry, bit the first thing that came near her face (my finger). I held her tail so she could not wrap...she stayed for about 2 minutes, I was just about to dunk her in water when she went to bite deeper but was able to get my finger out. Needless to say I now feed in tank and she's back to normal. I think I became too comfortable since she has never ever been aggressive and I took that for granted.

Must have been frightening to have been coiled...lucky she's not full grown. I can't imagine how painful that actually was...I found being bit by a ball more annoying/burning pain but the jaws on a rectic...yikes.

Safe future handling and thanks for sharing I LOVE reading/looking at rectics...

[jmcrook]

Wow, didn't even release with water? My BP latched onto my finger like it was a skinny scrawny rat and tried to drag my hand into her hide. I dunked her head with my finger in her water bowl and she released. Never been coiled by anyone though. All my bites were just quick tags except the BP but that was my fault.

I'm not looking forward to Caesar coiling me lol.

So whats Gerald up to? He just calmly watching as Phyllis tried to eat you and thought 'dang man!! Not sure if I want her as a girlfriend, she might try to eat me too!!'?

Hahah! Gerald is in shed right now so he's being a recluse in his warm hide with his jet black eyes in a nice hue of blue can't wait to see what a fresh paint job looks like on him!
I don't know when/if he's going to be paired with Phyllis. Maybe someday, but Gerald has probably got a couple of dates set up with some older pure SD girls late this year. I'll keep everyone posted on the development of 75% SD platinum retic babies when that happens. My friend that breeds reptiles professionally said about Gerald, "I've got a couple ladies that would love to meet him!" Haha


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[jmcrook]

WOW that must have hurt like a son-of-a-*****!!!

Sorry that happened but I appreciate your words of wisdom to other owners though. I was bit by my Valentine for the first time awhile ago - my fault - food response bite - she came out of shed and was especially hungry, bit the first thing that came near her face (my finger). I held her tail so she could not wrap...she stayed for about 2 minutes, I was just about to dunk her in water when she went to bite deeper but was able to get my finger out. Needless to say I now feed in tank and she's back to normal. I think I became too comfortable since she has never ever been aggressive and I took that for granted.

Must have been frightening to have been coiled...lucky she's not full grown. I can't imagine how painful that actually was...I found being bit by a ball more annoying/burning pain but the jaws on a rectic...yikes.

Safe future handling and thanks for sharing I LOVE reading/looking at rectics...

Certainly didn't feel good but in all honesty, not quite as bad as I would have expected. It was mostly how she was pulling back with her head while her teeth were sunk deep into my forearm that caused the most discomfort. You know, how they kind of pull their head in the opposite direction of their coils a lot of the time to latch their teeth in better? That was the part that sucked the most but it was more the initial "oh s***! She's got me!" that made it seem worse in the moment. Once she established that she was hanging on for a min I just kind of accepted it and stayed calm waiting for her to let go. The blood in the pic makes it look way more gnarly than it was. Needless to say I would not be thrilled about this happening when she's 2-3' longer and weighs 2-3x as much.
Like you said, never be "too comfortable" and even if you are, don't take that for granted. On a long enough timeline everyone gets bit eventually. Par for the course if you're going to be a lifelong snake keeper


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[cletus]

Looks like you got tagged pretty good!