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

[jmcrook]

Good guess on the seasonal changes. It happens to all of mine here every year, especially when things really heat up the activity level goes up and the feeding intervals become more frequent.

I do remember your wait for the cage too LOL, it was a long one! I was VERY close to buying the exact cage but felt I needed a 2 foot tall cage at the least. I wish I had a 3 footer, but we all have limits we have to set.

I'm sure I'll run into some pushing with Wallace at some point. It's the nature of the hobby and I went for the retic, because of the activity level.

I know a lot of these are only 50% SD and some are Jamps and so on but I'm not so sure your girl is way too large for her age or mixed. I wonder if she's a first generation gal?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhxMtNIOWqE

Check out the 50% SD male tiger here.

It also looks like your girl fits the ranges here.
http://www.vitalexotics.com/reticula...on-care-sheet/
Maybe she's just on the larger end is all.

Try a rabbit and wait a while. Then try a rat, and double back in a short time with a quail. Let her ride for a bit after that. See if some larger infrequent meals followed by some smaller frequent meals, and bit of a famine period changes anything.

Size wise I don't think you will have a problem with her. I think she'll hit a slowdown soon.
I'm more concerned about her pushing. Retics seem quite aware of where the cage doors are and they may push for different reasons. My carpet was pushing, but not for food, she'd just do it, then she'd change her habit and decided climbing was more fun.

I’d love to offer her a more varied diet but only have access to way overpriced rats locally. Pretty much have to order online or pay $9/jumbo at the shop in town.
And yes, she is first generation captive bred. Parents were wild caught imports from kalatoa I was told, though dad was exceptionally dark for kalatoa.
As for her size she’s luckily not bad to work with at all. Except when she doesn’t want to go back in her cage. When the 10’ 20lb snake says “I’m going this way” there’s not much you can do about it haha.
She’s at day two after feeding the other night and hasn’t moved from her warm hide. I’ll leave her be and see how long before she pees and goes back to the races


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