People will tell you all day long that the amount of feeding will control the snake growth. This is only true if the snake cooperates. Some retics will push violently when they want food. So you will have no choice but to feed them or take them to the vet every other week to deal with broken teeth, split lips, scrapes etc.Originally Posted by Aedryan Methyus
Thanks you guys. I'm really excited about these guys. Aside from hopefully producing some Moonglow Boas in the future, this pairing is definitely going to be my most exciting breeding project. BUT, could you guys please at least lie to me for the next 4 years and keep promising me that they aren't going to become 100 pound giants??? lolSeriously, though... If these guys had 50% Kalatoa parents that ranged from 7' - 9' that tells me that they will probably be larger than their parents since they're only 25%... I'm gambling on Jay brewer being right about controlling their size through prey size and feeding schedules. The breeder i'm getting them from said, "If you feed them a lot they could reach 10', but if you just feed them every 2 weeks then every 4 weeks when they are a couple years old they will only reach 6' - 7' and just a few pounds." Jay brewer says to keep Retics small, feed them small prey that is no larger than the fattest part of their body once every 7 days then cut them back to every 10 days. What do you guys think?
Some dont push, some do. Phyllis and Caesar are/were BIG pushers and Jacob will agree with this, they both have done a fair amount of damage to themselves. Gene and Wallace are not pushers so for them, the long feeding schedule will probably work.
Like mentioned above, plan for a 10' snake and you wont end up with a bad surprise and only a good surprise maybe.
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