My pure Jampeas

[Sublimeballs]

Decided its time I stop procrastinating and make a thread for my retics.

As a lot of you know I just got my male jamp, and that he came to me with a large burn on his stomach. Well, his treatments are done and his burns are now just little scabs, another couple sheds and he's good as new. I haven't had a chance to measure him but he's got to be 9-10 feet and 17.5lbs now, and going on 5 years old now. Im told he was produced by Travis Kubes and is possible het anery(wait for it). Hes been really good for me throughout his treatments and is now being left completely alone for a month or so to get the settle in period he was denied. He's going to be, and has been, an absolute pleasure to work with; I'm so glad he made his way to me.

[Sublimeballs]

Another pic of him.

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And another.

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For those of you that have noticed the patchy shed, his humidity is fine. It's from the burn.

[sharthun]

He's lookin great Sub!:)

[jpsteele80]

He looks absolutely beautiful

[Sublimeballs]

My female jamp was my first retic. I got her about a year and a half ago from Bob Clark(she was the last female he had). She's a 2011, and at the time I got her she was about 4 feet long and tiny(I've got to get some old pics up for an example of their growth rate). She's now probably a little longer then 10 feet(its hard to tell, you retic owners know what I mean), and around 12lbs(got a lot of girth to gain). She's 100% true to all of the Jamp stereotypes: always ready to eat, crazy monster feed response, always on the move, wants to climb everything, ect... After you break her feed response she's a joy to work with, but nowhere near as laid back as my male. Shes become my favorite animal that i ever worked with. She sparked my love of pure locale retics and retics in general. During my lengthy search for a male for her I ended up talking with Jason Gaspar(the guy that had the moster 17 foot jamp)and found out that Bob had bought the clutch she came from off him. Sooo... She's also a possible het anery. She might be ready to breed next season, can't wait for this project.

As I've been typing this thread my female has started to shed. So instead of just posting an "in shed" pic you'll get both in a little bit.

In shed:

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Another in shed.

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[MCB]

Lovely mate, they look awesome. It's good to see them!

[dave himself]

Well it's about time you posted pics :D. But I'll tell you what it was with the wait, they are beautiful thanks for sharing :)

[Sublimeballs]

Well it's about time you posted pics :D. But I'll tell you what it was with the wait, they are beautiful thanks for sharing :)

Thanks man, it took forever didn't it. I kept feeling bad that I didn't get some up for everyone that had asked.

[Sublimeballs]

Thanks Steve, JP, and Markus. I consider myself very lucky to have a pair of these beautiful animals in my life. I really can't wait for some eggs, I might not even sell the babies.lol.

[BagnaraSnakes16]

the size of the head is huge for a jamp that long! awesome snake

[SnoopySnake]

Wow, I really love the red tones in these guys, and they have stunning eyes.

[jpsteele80]

That first pic he almost looks like a mainland, looks to be like 15 feet or so

[moshirimon]

Awesome silver eyes!

[Sublimeballs]

That first pic he almost looks like a mainland, looks to be like 15 feet or so

He's a big little guy for sure. I'm honestly not 100% on his length he's definitly bigger then 9 feet, might be bigger then 10, I don't think he's 11 though. Imagine my surprise when I picked up the box and opened it up to find him inside. The guy that sold him to me said he was about 8 feet and under 10lbs.

[Sublimeballs]

Awesome silver eyes!

I can't decide if I like the orange or silver eyes more. Altought the jamps eyes change constantly. My female had bright pure silver eyes when I got her(I have a pic of her ad from Bob Clark's website somewhere), and have turned anywhere from silver, bronze, greenish, gold, marble, to almost black. You really have to look to notice after a bit.

[jpsteele80]

Yeah he may have under advertised a little bit, he definitely looks bigger than 8 foot and is probably heavier than 10 lbs , or so it looks that way from the pics

[Sublimeballs]

Hes about 18lbs empty.

[Tsubaki]

very nice looking jamps! :D

[Sublimeballs]

very nice looking jamps! :D

Thanks, they're awesome animals.

[KSTAR]

I LOVE THE PATTERNS ON THE JAMPS!! They're amazing some just never stay still lol

[Sublimeballs]

I LOVE THE PATTERNS ON THE JAMPS!! They're amazing some just never stay still lol

Part of why its taken so long to get descent pics. Jamps are definitely my favorite locale. Their personality is the best.

[JWFugle]

Part of why its taken so long to get descent pics. Jamps are definitely my favorite locale. Their personality is the best.

whats makes the super jamp? vs jamp. (i was told mine was super jamp)

and agree they never sit still... unless your trying to let them out to get some exercise, then there just rocks...

[Sublimeballs]

whats makes the super jamp? vs jamp. (i was told mine was super jamp)..


A "super jamp" is the term coined for jampea and super dwarf crosses. So jampea crossed to kalatoa, madu, kayuadi(depending on who you're talking to I say they're dwarves).

Super jamps are supposed to be really fun mix of the two. Stay on the smaller end of the spectrum of size for jamps. And supposed to have a slightly toned down feed mode. Who did you get yours from? Mike Chambers?

[JWFugle]

A "super jamp" is the term coined for jampea and super dwarf crosses. So jampea crossed to kalatoa, madu, kayuadi(depending on who you're talking to I say they're dwarves).

Super jamps are supposed to be really fun mix of the two. Stay on the smaller end of the spectrum of size for jamps. And supposed to have a slightly toned down feed mode. Who did you get yours from? Mike Chambers?

ok cool didnt know for sure and couldnt find it on google(go figure) well she certianly is fun and all the good traits of retics but smaller. idk if i would use the words "toned down" and feed mode in the same sentence though. i drop the rat in and close the door as fast as i can sometimes, and i dont go near the cage for the next couple hours cuz she'll hit the glass if i get to close. but as soon as the scent wears off i can open the cage up and reach in and do and move w.e. i want in there with little more than her just watching me.

and no i got her from an animal expo near chicago from Jim Gaspers of Gasper Reptiles. he had a couple of real sweet golden child tigers too among other things, but this one really caught my eye. and price was right for me.

[Sublimeballs]

Believe it or not, if you can get the prey item into the cage. That's a toned down jamp feed response. I can't get food into her cage she comes out for it no matter what. And stays in feed mode pretty much at all times, even with a huge belly buldge.

I never got to meet or speak with jim(RIP), his son is a great person to work with. What year is your retic. My female comes from there line of jamps(last clutch they ever produced of pures), there's a chance our animals are related.

[JWFugle]

Believe it or not, if you can get the prey item into the cage. That's a toned down jamp feed response. I can't get food into her cage she comes out for it no matter what. And stays in feed mode pretty much at all times, even with a huge belly buldge.

I never got to meet or speak with jim(RIP), his son is a great person to work with. What year is your retic. My female comes from there line of jamps(last clutch they ever produced of pures), there's a chance our animals are related.

I didn't even know he passed :-/ I never got to meet him when I was there it was his wife and two sons running the table.

Yikes well glad she's as good as she is, I do handle her very often so maybe I've calmed her down a bit, as long as I don't smell like rat I'm safe. She scours my room for where I put food tubs or my feed gloves looking for a meal haha.
That has happened many times as well, I love their aggression for more food even while they are almost too full to move around yet still acting hungry enough to eat a horse lol.

I bought mine in 2012, was told she was a May or June baby. That would be pretty cool if there related, it'd help me know if I'm taking care of her right.

[moshirimon]

I've owned jamps, kayaudis, and mainlands and although the smaller two are much faster and skittish, the feeding response is still nothing to a mainland. Just from my experience. The size also doesn't make things any easier. I've had 13 footers literally strike out and around enclosures all in one shot... If you get what I'm trying to say lol. I started out with dwarf locales but once I got into the big boys it was totally different. But when not in feeding mode they are a hundred times calmer.

[millertime89]

I didn't even know he passed :-/ I never got to meet him when I was there it was his wife and two sons running the table.

I bought mine in 2012, was told she was a May or June baby. That would be pretty cool if there related, it'd help me know if I'm taking care of her right.

Wow, you must have bought one of the last animals he produced. He passed away in late 2012 IIRC. Jason (his son) has pretty much taken over the business but he keeps his head low and just does his thing. Don't hear from him too often. He's also got arguably the biggest Jamp ever, around 17ft.

[JWFugle]

Wow, you must have bought one of the last animals he produced. He passed away in late 2012 IIRC. Jason (his son) has pretty much taken over the business but he keeps his head low and just does his thing. Don't hear from him too often. He's also got arguably the biggest Jamp ever, around 17ft.

must have been. im gonna message my friend who goes to the same expo and tell him to double check my info. im 95% sure thats who it sold it to me but with you guys talking about this you got me thinking this guy had some real high end stuff and as much as i enjoy her she was not in the price range most of you guys operate in. ;)

shes a great snake almost 2years old, right around 7-8ft, and 6-7lbs healthy and active so i dont complain.

[millertime89]

A bit on the big size for a 2 yr old superjamp but not that big considering who it came from. Jason (and formerly Jim) always has had some really nice stuff. I like the superjamps, a great entry to retics at a reasonable price that most likely won't get huge.

[Sublimeballs]

I agree superjamps are a great intro to the retic world.

Little update on my male jamp, he shed for the second time for me and the burn is completely gone. The bulk of it is now normal looking/colored scales with only a dime sized scar. Ill post some before and after pics soon. But for now here's a feeding pic. I've been feeding him really small meals, to not stretch his wound while healing, well.... He got a good meal this time.

[JWFugle]

good to hear hes healed up. everything but his eyes are nearly identical to my girl its awesome to see what them keep there colors and intensity. o and i will hopefully found out this weekend if shes related to yours. :)