2 New Additions

[aaron_cg]

One of my pet peeves with this hobby is people who do not do there research. Basic things like husbandry, care, feeding, ADULT SIZE.

Anyways, I was contacted by a friend of a friend. Long story short, he bought a Retic and Burm without realizing how big they would get. Ironically enough, I have a guy building me an 8x3x2, double stack because I was planning on getting a Burm and Retic anyways.

Right now, there both small. The burm at about 5 feet and the retic at about 2.5 feet. So happy about free new guys.

Female Retic, allegedly het for albino "Lizzie" http://i1335.photobucket.com/albums/w662/aaron_gibson2/Mobile%20Uploads/20140526_162348_zpsl97pcxvk.jpg

Male Burm "Teddy" http://i1335.photobucket.com/albums/w662/aaron_gibson2/Mobile%20Uploads/20140526_162211_zps7oxkhii8.jpg

[EL Ziggy]

Nice pick ups Aaron. Best wishes with the new additions.

[jpsteele80]

Congrats on your new additions, absolutely beautiful snakes, 2 of my absolute favorites

[sharthun]

Nice addition to your collection!

[drumcrush]

Sweet additions!

[jpsteele80]

Is that a mainland retic or some sort of dwarf species?

[aaron_cg]

The guy claims it is a normal het Albino. I have no clue as far as mainland, dwarf, etc... From what I have read online it is a normal. About 2 months old and already almost 3 feet long.

[SnoopySnake]

That burm is sweet.. I would love to have one some day but I don't think I could take on that big of a snake and with the restrictions I'm sure it'd be impossible to get a dwarf:sad:

[Sublimeballs]

The retic is a mainland, some dwarf blood is possible but I don't see it at all. She's gonna be a big beauty.

Beautiful additions Aaron, can't wait to see them grow.


Snoopy: depending on what state you're in a dwarf burm may not be an option. A kalatoa male retic shouldn't get bigger then 6 feet. Something to think about.

[Kera]

Congrats, gorgeous additions. Good on you for taking them :)

[MCB]

Congrats for taking them in :) Both look in great shape, and both going to get big! Enjoy.

[dave himself]

Two beautiful snakes mate, and well done for giving them a good home :)

[Teal]

Nice new additions! I'm glad the fella realized he was in over his head and placed them appropriately

[aaron_cg]

Thanks guys, I really do appreciate the kind sentiments. Now, if only my big cages were in already!

[millertime89]

Very nice additions. Is Teddy a teddy bear as his name would imply?

[aaron_cg]

Haha, well, he is sweet, however once I open the enclosure door, he's darting out. Actually, all my reptiles are named after serial killers, or tyrannical leaders. So, hes actually named after Ted Bundy.

[FWK]

Great pick up, always good to see critters taken from a potentially bad situation and go to a good home. And free makes it even more awesome.

One of my pet peeves with this hobby is people who do not do there research. Basic things like husbandry, care, feeding, ADULT SIZE.

Agreed. Although it certainly is not limited to the reptile hobby. I keep nature aquariums and it drives me nuts to see somebody leaving a pet store with a ten gallon aquarium, two baby oscars and a plecostomus. People honestly believe the fish will stay small if kept in a small aquarium. I've had people tell me the same about their snake. Then when the critters do get to big they just toss them out. I have a picture somewhere of some twenty or thirty plecostomus taken by bow fishers from a lake in Texas.

[aaron_cg]

Oh, I agree. I don't know much about fish, but I know it goes across the board for all animals. My wife works at the shelter and at least once a week someone brings in a big dog claiming they didn't know how big it was going to get, but it looked so cute as a puppy.

That on top of the mis-information that is out there. I was in petco buying some crickets and overheard a sales rep telling a customer that the iguana would get about a foot long, and that's it. Had to step in on that one.

[millertime89]

Haha, well, he is sweet, however once I open the enclosure door, he's darting out. Actually, all my reptiles are named after serial killers, or tyrannical leaders. So, hes actually named after Ted Bundy.

http://img.pandawhale.com/post-15400-Your-post-truly-disgusted-me-I-6FZa.gif

[aaron_cg]

Hahaha, that is an amazing gif. I am definitely going to steal that!

[millertime89]

:D Have at it. One of my favorites from reddit.

[T.O-SK8TER]

Nice looking burm & retic, do you plan on growing them really big?

[aaron_cg]

If you mean like power feed, no. I have no breeding plans, so I plan to let them grow at there natural pace. I got a really good deal on an AP T65 cage for the burm, with RHP and belly heat all ready installed, and I am going to make an 8x3x3 for the retic. My guy that was going to build the cages decided to stop responding...

[HtxBoas]

Beautiful! I actually inquired about the same Retic about 30 minutes after you got them! I figured it was one of those situations of buying without knowledge...She looks a lot like my female Retic.

[HtxBoas]

Man, I saw the craigslist ad about the these two, and called about 30 minutes after they left! The Retic is beautiful. Looks a lot like my young female Retic. Looks like you got a great inheritance!