Quote Originally Posted by RKO View Post
Donley, contact the seller and find out if this is for real. I can guarantee it's not because as I said, male retics do not get 22'.
Maybe he bought it as a male and because of it's temperament, doesn't feel like verifying the sex?
I have also found people also seem to add a few feet to animals that are really large due to estimating instead of actually measuring.
The guy is being upfront. The snake is large and agressive and needs an experienced keeper.
Underfeeding this snake will just make it more agressive. He should be feeding it normally like he is.
Why put it down? Retics are not ball pythons. Some are docile, some are psycho, ALL need to be respected.
An experienced large boid keeper can deal with this snake. He probably can too but decided it is too much of a hassle.
Trying to place the animal rather than neglect it and want an experienced keeper to take it due to the size and temperament is a good thing IMO.
You may not need a room size enclosure but you definitely need a custom cage. Not a glass fish tank. Hopefully saying you need a room will prevent the people that think keeping a big snake would be cool from asking for it and going to the nearest Petland to buy a fish tank and screen top.