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kuester
08-06-15, 06:46 PM
I have 2 retics now. A male super tiger/possible sunfire cross at about 9ft and a female bali/sumatran cross at about 11ft theyre both just under 3years of age. The male is perfectly fine when i take bim outdoors. The female on the other hand im afraid to let go of because as soon as we get outside she starts thrashing and is trying to get out of my grasp. I know if she hits the ground she'll be gone. Any ideas why she does this shes so mellow and sweet indoors.
MDT
08-06-15, 06:49 PM
Lol! mine are just the opposite...my two males are insane when I get them out side. my female is quite placid though.

You ask a good question though.
Aaron_S
08-06-15, 06:50 PM
Just don't do it. It can be an overload of the senses and they are extremely uncomfortable of all the new things.
prairiepanda
08-06-15, 08:27 PM
It could be that she just really really wants to explore, or as Aaron suggested is freaked out by sensory overload. The cal king I used to have would sometimes get super interested in something specific and start thrashing around in my hands because she wanted to go investigate it.

But if that's how she's acting, I would suggest just not taking her outdoors.
bigsnakegirl785
08-06-15, 08:34 PM
Luckily my retic is very calm outdoors. She speeds around, but doesn't easily spook from my touch (as long as I don't touch her tail of course) and doesn't thrash around.

I'd say either expose her gently to the outdoors and maybe with time she'll get used to it, or just refrain from taking her outside as others have suggested. Especially if she's an older, larger animal.
SnakeyJay
08-07-15, 01:29 PM
I've started taking my young male outside, he seems ok so maybe I've got lucky :)
millertime89
08-07-15, 02:49 PM
Interesting. Almost like agoraphobia in snakes.
reptiledude987
08-11-15, 04:03 PM
Interesting. Almost like agoraphobia in snakes.

This made me lol
yolygwapits
08-13-15, 02:26 AM
I have a 5ft reticulated phyton ! i get bit of it... now i im scared to hold him !!! he is male and in shed now after it shed can i hold him or practice first the hook practice after i hold him !!! what can you suggest to me guys
millertime89
08-13-15, 03:13 PM
Short handling sessions, go slow, be patient. They usually calm down as they get older. Just be prepared because some never calm down.
jossh27
08-15-15, 01:12 PM
Obviously you meed to get a snake leash. They sell them at walmart beside the childrens leashes
AlexCrazy
08-15-15, 02:54 PM
Obviously you meed to get a snake leash. They sell them at walmart beside the childrens leashes
LOL ha ha ha
they don't really sell those or do they? in the US XD
dave himself
08-15-15, 03:48 PM
Sorry I couldn't resist

http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j342/davy64/snakes/Screenshot_2015-01-16-00-33-25.png (http://s1081.photobucket.com/user/davy64/media/snakes/Screenshot_2015-01-16-00-33-25.png.html)
DDW
08-15-15, 07:35 PM
Sorry I couldn't resist

http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j342/davy64/snakes/Screenshot_2015-01-16-00-33-25.png (http://s1081.photobucket.com/user/davy64/media/snakes/Screenshot_2015-01-16-00-33-25.png.html)

I LOVE this...

now I must get a retic so I can walk my great Dane and snake together... lol

JK

but I stile LOVE thisXD
Sublimeballs
08-16-15, 01:28 AM
Everyone always beats me to that pic
millertime89
08-17-15, 10:35 AM
She did NOT want to sit still during the photo shoot yesterday... Lol. It just takes some practice and patience.
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/t31.0-8/11222616_10207713363537869_1814694881878414722_o.j pg
dave himself
08-17-15, 12:29 PM
She did NOT want to sit still during the photo shoot yesterday... Lol. It just takes some practice and patience.
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/t31.0-8/11222616_10207713363537869_1814694881878414722_o.j pg

Beautiful pic mate, that hair colour really suits you :)
millertime89
08-19-15, 10:51 AM
Beautiful pic mate, that hair colour really suits you :)

Lol, that's not me. Just the model I was working with.
AlexCrazy
08-19-15, 11:11 AM
Pity he did not look at the camera...
LOL i also thught it maybe was you... Jajaja
dave himself
08-19-15, 01:19 PM
Lol, that's not me. Just the model I was working with.

:D I know mate I was just kidding, but that is a class pic and a stunning retic :)
millertime89
08-24-15, 02:25 PM
Pity he did not look at the camera...
LOL i also thught it maybe was you... Jajaja

She actually. There was something up there that she was searching for, no idea what as I wouldn't let her up there.

:D I know mate I was just kidding, but that is a class pic and a stunning retic :)

Thanks. I need to get some more free time to do photo editing as I took some with my snakes and other models a few weeks prior and that's how I met the photographer that took these.