Our new retics

[Jenn_06]

got new snakes todayhttp://www.redtailboas.com/forum/images/smilies/bouncing2.gif from Harry at montersnakes
they are so cute wish i could take more pics of them....my kids are the owners and got to name them.

Princess

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o284/joejenn06/roxy/IMG_1157.jpg

McQueen(son LOVES the move cars if you cant tell)

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o284/joejenn06/roxy/IMG_1158.jpg

[shaunyboy]

nice cute wee guys you got there.they wont stay that way for long.you'll soon have cute big guys
cheers shaun

[marvelfreak]

:Wow:SWEET LOOKING TIGER RETICS:Wow: Males or females or both?

[Jenn_06]

Thank you
the super tiger is female and the tiger is male

[Lankyrob]

We have been looking at a tiger retic in our local shop - what sort of size are you looking at when fully grown?

[marvelfreak]

I believe 16 plus feet.

[Jenn_06]

is it a minland? females can get about 17ft and males about 14ft there are few that got to 26ft, if you want a smaller retic go with a dwarf or super dwarf.

Isis mom is only 14ft full grown

[marvelfreak]

Dwarf top out about 14 feet and super dwarf about 9 feet, but uselly smaller. If i am wrong correct me.

[Freebody]

Nice tigers! the full stripe is really nice and clean in pic 1. is that the super tiger?

[Jenn_06]

yes the 1st one is the super and they are so sweet not bitty at all i took them out to get there weights and see how long... as of today the female is 4.8oz and 2 1/2in long the male is 4.7oz and 2 1/2in long.

[presspirate]

Are they nippy? I have heard that retics are prone to biting. I was in the local reptile store one day when a guy brought in a super dwarf and he and the shop keeper were exchanging stories of people they knew that had been bitten by their retics.

[Freebody]

no retics are very smart,so maybe they mishandled them and payed the price for it or somthing like that, my dwarf retic is a little kitten, so calm and cool and really seems to enjoy being handled. i never heard of anyone having problems with retics biting out of anger, although their feeding responce is crazy to say the least, mayber that when your friend were getting tagged all the time, i could see that happening for sure :P

[presspirate]

@Freebody Interesting. I like the large breeds, but I'm afraid the biggest I'll go is with my rtb. What do you feed a 14' snake? I have heard stories of people getting animals that are about to be euthanized from shelters. Don't know if they are true. I know of a company here in MN. called monster feeders that goes around to hog farms and buys freezers full of baby pigs to re sell. Curious as to what a monthly food bill is for a full grown retic, or even a full grown dwarf.

[Jenn_06]

if you handle you retics alot they will not be bitty and hook training it a good idea...Isis has a crazy feeding responce i mean she will be half way out of the cage to get her rat lol, but when i touch her with the hook she knows its play time and not feeding time.

Yes retics are really smart, everytime i go in my room she will be by the door watching want im doing and see if i have food.

when my snakes get that big they will be on big bunnys, i will not feed pigs, they have too much fat and have no hair i dont want to clean up that poop lol...

retics are long and slim not big body like burms

[marvelfreak]

no retics are very smart,so maybe they mishandled them and payed the price for it or somthing like that, my dwarf retic is a little kitten, so calm and cool and really seems to enjoy being handled. i never heard of anyone having problems with retics biting out of anger, although their feeding responce is crazy to say the least, mayber that when your friend were getting tagged all the time, i could see that happening for sure :P
I had one that know matter what i did it would bite me but never anyone else. http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/general-python-forum/82835-snake-chip-s-shoulder.html

[presspirate]

My apologies, in my previous posts I totally forgot to compliment you on your beautiful new retics. They are lovely! :Wow:

[infernalis]

great looking snakes. Thanks for sharing.

[percey39]

Awesome yet again im am extremely jealous. You are going to have fun when cleaning up all that retic mess lol, i think scrubs are bad but im sure a big retic would make some monsterous poo lol.

[Jenn_06]

Thank you everyone


Awesome yet again im am extremely jealous. You are going to have fun when cleaning up all that retic mess lol, i think scrubs are bad but im sure a big retic would make some monsterous poo lol.

Thats why i have kids and a husband lol.

[Freebody]

that snake had the hate on for ya lol, well i stand corrected then :P
my retics mother is full grown at 11 feet so im not expecting mine to get much bigger than that, i plan to feed her bunnies as well. i will either breed my own or their is a rodent breeder i buy from that sell PF bunnies for like 6-7 $ if i remember correctly.

[Jenn_06]

wow $6-7 for a bunny thats alot if i was you i breed, i want to but dont know if i can make myself kill the cute little bunnies lol

[Freebody]

your in the states prices on feeders seems to be cheeper out their. here its a steal of a deal :P, ya im the same way bunnies would be hard although i really like mice and rats as well, so most likley a box with a tank of co2 would be the way to go if i were to breed my own.

[Jenn_06]

i was told just dont get them scared because they will scream.

[Will0W783]

Haha, yeah definitely hook train retics. I have a superdwarf female, and she's an absolute sweetheart, but she has a crazy feeding response. She watches when you come in the room and will have her nose pressed up against the cage door. When you first open the door you have to be off to the side because she will fly out with her mouth open, looking for food. As soon as I hook her though, she calms, and becomes a doll baby. I take her outside and let the neighbors' kids play with her in the grass. I'd swear she knows when she is center of attention and shows off...lol.

[Freebody]

willow thats funny because mine is the exact same way. i love retics :)

[Jenn_06]

Isis is the same way and i can tell already that the male is going to do it too.lol