A lady tiger

[Terence]

This pic is a few weeks ago. She is around 7 ft, nearly 1 yr old.
This is Eve
http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/ac350/NH-6/retics/Eve4-18-10-2.jpg

[Lankyrob]

She is beautiful!!

[shaunyboy]

thats one gorgeous snake mate.my mrs wont let a retic in the house.shes scared it eats one of the grandkids.i'm slowley chipping away at her though so maybe i'll get a retic yet.
cheers shaun

[infernalis]

She is beautiful!!


Ditto that! wow she's a stunner.

[Will0W783]

Gorgeous retic! I have a normal super dwarf and they are such neat snakes. They are pretty intelligent for snakes too.

[Terence]

thats one gorgeous snake mate.my mrs wont let a retic in the house.shes scared it eats one of the grandkids.i'm slowley chipping away at her though so maybe i'll get a retic yet.
cheers shaun
I snuck my male into the house in 08. He broke the ice with my lady and retics. She helped pick out Eve in 09. They have a way of doing this.
Thanks for all the kind words folks.

Cheers

[marvelfreak]

Sweet retic! She's a real looker. I use to have a baby retic that hated me. I traded him off after 50 plus bites. Never bit anyone else just me.

[Terence]

Sweet retic! She's a real looker. I use to have a baby retic that hated me. I traded him off after 50 plus bites. Never bit anyone else just me.
I have heard of this. We have been lucky enough in that both of our retics are calm snakes. I know a breeder about an hour drive from me that has 3 het albino tigers about 7 ft that are GORGEOUS but are just as agro as it gets. He will not sell them. Glad you were smart enough to relocate before it grew to a size that is harder to place being a biter.

[dragunov.762]

awesome retic i wish i could get one but no room right now. maybe in a couple months.

[Terence]

awesome retic i wish i could get one but no room right now. maybe in a couple months.
That is were we are now as well. Need to buy a house before I can expand. Want a couple more retics. A sunfire and a platinum. Confined to one bedroom for now. Love them stacking cages!

[infernalis]

Even after you get the house, expanding is a never ending project. ;)

[Terence]

Even after you get the house, expanding is a never ending project. ;)
Hopefully. :)

[infernalis]

We have owned this place for 4 years, built a reptile room shortly after we moved in, and now there are cages in the hallway, living room AND the snake room.

I often stand in the basement and think about how cool it would be to have a 50 foot long 25 wide reptile room.

But the logistics of heating that space and setting it all up is impractical unless I was to open a business, then I could write off all the expenses of doing this.

Even then, I would give my Savannah a 12 by 12 room with a dirt floor, Chomper would be so happy.

Then I would build another similar room, maybe longer for a retic, so it can move around as naturally as possible.

Those two animals would take up a major chunk of the basement, but it would be worth it just to be able to allow those animals a good life in captivity.

Especially since big pythons and monitors are generally the most misunderstood and "poorest kept" animals in the pet trade.

the sheer numbers of these majestic species that never get to live a full life is very disturbing to me.

[Terence]

Well put. Husbandry I think is the main cause of their early deaths. They just can't get away from their waste unless we clean it, as soon as you see it. Most people are inherently lazy. With retics, you can keep them in a cage that some people think is too small. They spend a lot of time coiled up in the corner. "Time out of cage" is one of the keys, IMO. Especially with retics being the "smart snake". Our male is 10-11 ft. I take him out on the average about 3 times per week for 30 minutes or so to crawl up and down the hallway and snoop around the house a little, supervised of coarse. I would do it more but he is the size where the 2 person rule applies. Eve comes out almost daily. The same with our Boa constrictors. Nearly every day.

[Lankyrob]

Is that your male in your avater?? Can you post some more piccies of him? I am fascinated by huge snakes but would never have them myself as i could'nt physically manage them.

[infernalis]

Well put. Husbandry I think is the main cause of their early deaths.


Thanks, I'm fairly certain that poor husbandry is the culprit as well.

The fact that babies can be purchased for $40 all day long does not help either.

Any fool can part with a couple twenties and enter into a commitment that should last between a quarter to a half century, then "want out" within a year or two. Very sad.

We take Chomper out of his cage frequently, he does not even like to go potty in his cage, Can't blame him either, Monitor feces has got to be about the most foul substance on the planet.

I usually take him out in the yard to go during the warm months, or on the linoleum floor (easy clean up) during cooler weather.

In the two years he has been an adult, he has only defecated in his cage maybe 5 times.

I bet cleaning up retic poop has to be an undertaking!

[Bree]

thats one gorgeous snake mate.my mrs wont let a retic in the house.shes scared it eats one of the grandkids.i'm slowley chipping away at her though so maybe i'll get a retic yet.
cheers shaun

Personally it might depend on the grandkid it eats?

In any event gorgeous girl there! Wow! Gratz on this beauty!

[shaunyboy]

I snuck my male into the house in 08. He broke the ice with my lady and retics. She helped pick out Eve in 09. They have a way of doing this.
Thanks for all the kind words folks.

Cheers


i'm getting there mate,at first my wife couldnt look at a snake.now she helps me give them,baths,medicine,help if they have bad sheds,etc,etc.she has even claimed snakes out my collection as hers and i'm not allowed to sell them.so my cause and secret agenda's coming on fine,haha

[infernalis]

I think mine is reversed, Dorothy had a Savannah Monitor long before I considered keeping reptiles.

She still says "no retics or burms" but someday I may wear her down.

The Albinos are stunners.

[Bree]

I think mine is reversed, Dorothy had a Savannah Monitor long before I considered keeping reptiles.

She still says "no retics or burms" but someday I may wear her down.

The Albinos are stunners.

Has she ever held a retic? I don't know why but they seem to just ooze personality and intelligence (Tigers that is to me)

Plus what about a dwarf retic? That's the way I'd thought to go myself originally but then I got my lil Tiger.

She'll change her mind one of these days... we can hope

[infernalis]

I know I'll never see an albino this way, but if one needed re-homing or downright rescue, she'd be there with me to pick it up.

She's a real sucker for hardship cases.

[emseeKAY]

oh wow, that is one amazing animal, wish i had the room for one lol not just yet but soon hopefully lol

[Terence]

They are both feeding as I type this. Tomorrow morning when they are all fat and ahppy i will take a few pics. Love these guys!

[Terence]

All fat and happy.
Eve today
http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/ac350/NH-6/retics/Eve5-9-10.jpg
Helix today, unproven het albino. Hatched June 08. Currently about 10+.
A very good boy. He munched 3 one lb. rats yesterday so he looks really thick.
http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/ac350/NH-6/retics/Helix5-9-10.jpg

[Lankyrob]

Man - the markings on the bottom one are awesome!! I quite like the "yellow" snakes but the more "natural" markings really do it for me.

[marvelfreak]

Your Reg retic looks like his size you up for a snack. LOL

[Freebody]

wow nice retic,
retics and burms are my favorite snakes, Bigger is always better :P
at first i thought you avatar was my favorite snake ie the granite burm but i can thats a retic head. looks big tho would like to see a pic of him if it is yours :)
one day im going to track down a baby granite burm and raise him and maybe even bread it with my fem retic, if i could ever get them 2 or even get a fertile egg out of the deal.

[Freebody]

oh SWEET i didnt see page 2 of this thread, their he is, im jelous to say the least :)

[Terence]

Thanks, glad you like them!

[Hillsberry]

What an awesome snake! I love Retics my all time favorite type of snake. She is beautiful!!!

[Hillsberry]

Oh and your male!! Wow! Amazing!! I wish I could have a snake like them!

[Terence]

Thank you! Go for it.