Cow Retics Size

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Hi can you please tell me more about retics. I really like them but kinda not sure about them since everyone keeps telling me they are aggressive or very reactive with a very strong feeding response. I have been waiting for 8 years just so I have enough time and money to move out so I can own snake so I really want to learn more about retics from people. I take snake very seriously and not a pet and recognize its size can get real quick that is why I want to learn how to handle them.

"Everyone" keeps telling you the downsides yet you're still trying to elicit a different answer? This is why people get in over their heads with snakes, & this is why the snakes end up getting re-homed or dumped. Experience with one B.P. does not prepare you for successfully keeping a retic- it just doesn't. Why rush into this? I don't understand why you're so fixated on only acquiring a retic? And you mentioned "moving out"- I hope you're aware of the difficulties in finding a place to live that allows such species, especially if you're renting, or sharing a place. And keep in mind that many places do not allow these to be kept at all (I'm talking about city, county & state laws too). And who's going to be your reliable safety back-up when the snake gets big? When snake-keepers get injured (or worse) it always makes for sensational headlines in the media & results in more bans for everyone else keeping snakes, responsible keepers too. None of us want to see that happen...do you understand that? It's one thing to admire a creature, but quite another to be able to LIVE with it. And "wisdom" is knowing the difference, before you get in over your head.