SD Retic Updates

[Gio]

Thanks for sharing! That is reassuring... lol I’m sorry that your boy didn’t work out. I don’t blame you one “bit” for sending him on his way, though. I wouldn’t keep an aggressive animal that is capable of causing the kind of injuries that these guys can inflict, either. So far, I have only taken one bite (from the female) and it was totally an accident at feeding time and my fault entirely. I was just thankful that she didn’t wrap me!

Was your boy an SD or a mainland?


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Hi,

2 of the 3 bites, or at least 1 for sure was my fault. The last was all his doing.

Wallace was a mixture of SD, Dwarf and Mainland.

I believe only 17% was mainland. He was more Dwarf than SD but the percentages were encouraging when looking at final size.

If he had been well mannered, 9+ feet would have been OK. But he was very aggressive and very fast.

The switched flipped at 2 3/4 years roughly. I'd been in contact with Garrett from Reach Out Reptiles (wonderful person) and tried some techniques to work with Wallace but in the end, he was too much to deal with. He'd probably be very successful in the wild.

It must have been a bad year because 2 other friends from the board had similar issues.


I'm certainly no expert, but if I ventured to guess, you'll have no issues. The guy I placed Wallace with still says he's nasty. You likely have a fully mature male and other than breeding season issues that may be spurred on by your female I think you are in the clear.

Both of your retics are the perfect size and seem well behaved.

Retics are like nothing else!!