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

[Sauzo]

I wish I could add on here but I think Wallace was the last which is OK. I have a very busy life and another snake may become more of a chore, although I'd take a "Gina" here any day of the week.

Glad to hear Caesar is settling, maybe Wallace will fire up a bit and then slowly level out. He is so mellow in the cage and rarely reacts to anything I'm doing. He even needs some convincing with food. I prefer the Caesar attitude in a way as that is what retics are all about.

On the other hand, I don't want a snake over the 10 foot mark unless it is a carpet or boa. Retics are another level and with size, that can cause problems.

Caesar must have a birthday coming very soon.

Yeah, Caesar turns 1 year old the 18th. He is bigger than Rosey it seems. I haven't measured after his last shed but he just 'feels' a lot longer. No where near the girth of Rosey though.

And yeah retics are another level but the past 7 months I've had Caesar, the only time i have seen him mad was when i tried to introduce him to the snake hook lol. Since then, if he doesn't want to socialize, he bats my hand away with his body and if that doesn't work, he just tries to move to the hide that he wasn't under when i went to bother him.

That's half the reason i love retics. That amount of interaction whenever something happens. I love my boas but to be honest, they lift their head and perk up when the doors are slid open thinking food might be coming but Caesar is on another level as he will actively come out of his hide or from the back of the cage and check out what's going on. I usually leave the door open when I'm changing water and he will poke his head out and inspect the outside and watch me come back with his water bowl. I love how aware and interactive he is. Now there is a drawback and that is his feeding response. I have had to use a sliding door as a shield more than once when he smells dinner. That's the time when i have to be on the ball with him and the boas as they go from the gentle, relaxed lounge snakes to tubes of muscle and teeth lol.

That's why i go with the minimalist set ups. Makes it much faster and easier to just look inside for a poop or piss and then slide a door open, boop a snoot and then scoop and go.

And thanks, i love Gina. I personally don't really like picking 'favorites' as i 'love' all of my snakes but she is definitely up there. Along with what i think is an awesome pattern and her little eyelashes, she has an awesome personality. She has never tired to bite but she did get pissy at me once and hissed but that was it. No coiling or anything, just sat in her little spiral coil in her divet in the aspen and hissed once when i went to scoop her up. Then she was fine and started exploring haha.

[jmcrook]

She was acting like she's still a puppy, climbing all over my hat yesterday hahahah. A big puppy now...



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[Gio]

I can really see the thickness coming on. I really like the pattern coloring and change down by the tail.

I think this will be the summer when she starts to hit a little maturity.

[jmcrook]

I can really see the thickness coming on. I really like the pattern coloring and change down by the tail.

I think this will be the summer when she starts to hit a little maturity.

I think so as well, Gio. Her length is seemingly slowing down a bit but she's packing on the girth for sure. She feels a little thicker and a little heavier every time she's out. Close to the size of my wrist now!


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[Gio]

I think so as well, Gio. Her length is seemingly slowing down a bit but she's packing on the girth for sure. She feels a little thicker and a little heavier every time she's out. Close to the size of my wrist now!


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That's good! I like a little thickness with the squirmy, fast ones. I don't want a black mamba LOL!

[jmcrook]

Phyllis's pushing the last two days has been intense. Totally trashed her cage twice, spilled water everywhere, wrecked the joint. I noticed earlier when I was cleaning it all up that she's actually got a very slightly swollen upper right lip and it's causing her to whistle a little bit. No other sign of RI and she's always been a bit of a vocal breather.
I did choose to minimize her cage furniture so she doesn't have as much stuff to brace her body against for pushing leverage. I felt bad taking her branch away because she generally sleeps behind it, but she's using it to beat up her face and had a couple rough scales that seemed to be scratched by something in the cage so I guessed it was the branch.
She's still got some stuff to play with though. I took bcr suggestion from another thread to give her some crumpled packing paper to push around. It seems to be working so far tonight! Not too restless in the cage but still active and poking around at the paper rather than the center support of the cage, which is good.

Granted I did have her out for half an hour before to let her climb all over the stairs and work off some energy, so that might account for her being calmer in the cage. I think the added floor space is also nice for her. Need her t25 to be done asap!


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[jmcrook]

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[jmcrook]

Well the pushing continued through the night and her fat lip got a bit more swollen.

I'm concluding that she just needs food food food no less than every 7-9 days. Gave her a large rat just now. Going to keep an eye on her and monitor the swelling over the next week. I'm fairly confident it will go down but it's still frustrating to deal with nonetheless



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[Stearns84]

Phyllis's pushing the last two days has been intense. Totally trashed her cage twice, spilled water everywhere, wrecked the joint. I noticed earlier when I was cleaning it all up that she's actually got a very slightly swollen upper right lip and it's causing her to whistle a little bit. No other sign of RI and she's always been a bit of a vocal breather.
I did choose to minimize her cage furniture so she doesn't have as much stuff to brace her body against for pushing leverage. I felt bad taking her branch away because she generally sleeps behind it, but she's using it to beat up her face and had a couple rough scales that seemed to be scratched by something in the cage so I guessed it was the branch.
She's still got some stuff to play with though. I took bcr suggestion from another thread to give her some crumpled packing paper to push around. It seems to be working so far tonight! Not too restless in the cage but still active and poking around at the paper rather than the center support of the cage, which is good.

Granted I did have her out for half an hour before to let her climb all over the stairs and work off some energy, so that might account for her being calmer in the cage. I think the added floor space is also nice for her. Need her t25 to be done asap!


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Did you officially order the T25?

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[jmcrook]

Did you officially order the T25?

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Yeah I ordered it march 29th.


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