Female ate again, male refused.

[stephanbakir]

Female took 3 mediums this week, male again refused.

Last pic is for size reference, he rarely eats, she always does.
They are both in the SAME sized tub.

[Gungirl]

You should take the pic from a bit more of a distance to show the size difference better. Nice looking snakes though.

[snake man12]

Wow are these tiger retics or normals. And how big are they

[Jenn_06]

they are looking good and the female it getting big, why you feeding her so many meds and not just moving her to large?

[stephanbakir]

Male is about 3 feet (was bigger the her a month ago) female is almost 6.
They are both platinum het albinos. (taking photos is hard right now because I'm reorganizing the room. Next sunny day I'll take photos for you guys.

[Gungirl]

they are looking good and the female it getting big, why you feeding her so many meds and not just moving her to large?

I think at least one of those was meant for the male and seeing as he refused Stephan just feed it off to the female.

[stephanbakir]

I think at least one of those was meant for the male and seeing as he refused Stephan just feed it off to the female.
This, and I'm trying to burn through my mediums so I can start feeding rabbits, rabbits are half the price of rats by weight

[alessia55]

In the first few pics it looks like there's a lot of retained shed...?

[stephanbakir]

In the first few pics it looks like there's a lot of retained shed...?
She has no issues eating while in shed so what happens is, you feed her when shes blue and her shed rips apart all over because it can't stretch.

[alessia55]

She has no issues eating while in shed so what happens is, you feed her when shes blue and her shed rips apart all over because it can't stretch.

Ohh I see, OK

[millertime89]

She looks gorgeous man, can't wait to see her in person. Shame about him though, want me to take him off your hands?

[stephanbakir]

No thanks :P Even if he is small, hes got great genetics and you can still breed a 4 foot male with a 15+ foot female :P I've never witnessed it but a few really good friends have.

[Jay]

At first glance I read the title as, "female ate male"

[lady_bug87]

i cant wait to see the babies when you start breeding they are going to be beauts

[stephanbakir]

At first glance I read the title as, "female ate male"
They are housed separately :P

[Jay]

They are housed separately :P

Yea that's why I was extreamly confused, and the fact that it said again… I'm useless without cafine in me.

[Kayla90]

God I love these two. They are truly stunning in person..

[shaunyboy]

males tend to go off eating leading up to and during breeding season

you think thats why he's off his food mate ?

both gorgeous looking retics stephan

cheers shaun

[stephanbakir]

I do believe thats why hes off feeding. The only thing he wants to eat are mice, and I refuse to feed him mice. I'm gona try him on rabbits next month if hes still off food, I can get rabbits dirt cheap now.

[lady_bug87]

maybe he just wants a little... cloaca like Shaun said


(ok that was a little uncouth)

[millertime89]

how old are they? '10s?

[shaunyboy]

I do believe thats why hes off feeding. The only thing he wants to eat are mice, and I refuse to feed him mice. I'm gona try him on rabbits next month if hes still off food, I can get rabbits dirt cheap now.

you could always try scenting a rabbit with mouse blood and guts,not a pleasant task but it works most of the time mate

cheers shaun

[stephanbakir]

how old are they? '10s?yeh, early 10s, they were fed fuzzy/small mice every other week from birth when you should normally feed a HATCHLING fuzzy/small RATS from birth. Might be introducing him to some cloaca if this keeps up.

you could always try scenting a rabbit with mouse blood and guts,not a pleasant task but it works most of the time mate

cheers shaun
I have no issues with that, I come from a hunting family, so cleaning and gutting is easy. (Ive got a pic of me at 8 years old plucking a goose :P)

[millertime89]

yeh, early 10s, they were fed fuzzy/small mice every other week from birth when you should normally feed a HATCHLING fuzzy/small RATS from birth. Might be introducing him to some cloaca if this keeps up.

some people... you had mentioned they were maintenance fed before. Who did they come from?

[stephanbakir]

Prefer not give his name, he works for the Toronto zoo and the rest of his stuff is in great condition, he just doesn't know his snakes.

[millertime89]

fair enough, wasn't sure if it was a breeder or what.

[stephanbakir]

Hes a collector of reptiles, caiman, and lizards for the most part, no snakes.

[Kayla90]

I have no issues with that, I come from a hunting family, so cleaning and gutting is easy. (Ive got a pic of me at 8 years old plucking a goose :P)

Where is this so called picture??

[millertime89]

and he just happened to have a pair of platinum het albino retics, you lucky SoB.

[stephanbakir]

In the kitchen I believe, you've been here 2 months :P Tons of pics around the house of my catches :P

[stephanbakir]

and he just happened to have a pair of platinum het albino retics, you lucky SoB.
A pair of Yearling platinum het albinos for the price of hatchlings, and he lived 5 hours away, but had a table the expo I was going to anyway :P

[millertime89]

yeah, lucky SoB

[alessia55]

Could ya rub some of that luck on me?? I'd like to stumble upon some snakes too :rolleyes:

[stephanbakir]

Took me 2 years to find this pair lol, they are currently the only snakes I own. I'm just going to wait patiently to find the right animals.

[lady_bug87]

hopefully your male gets beefy soon

[stephanbakir]

Gona try feeding him tonight. Everything else ate yesterday.

[millertime89]

if you do offer him some cloaca, what are you gonna throw his way?

[stephanbakir]

I've got a selayer female and a lavender tiger in mind. Both are 2007s and stunning. (they belong to a friend) Problem is, I wouldn't be in this country to see the eggs hatch, so I'll probably pass on the project.

[millertime89]

sad face :( can't say I blame ya though. I would go for that Lav Tiger personally.

[stephanbakir]

sad face :( can't say I blame ya though. I would go for that Lav Tiger personally.
He can breed both, silly :P

[millertime89]

right... I just derped, thought you meant you had to choose one.

[stephanbakir]

right... I just derped, thought you meant you had to choose one.
I don't limit my males! :P

He ate today, finally :P

[millertime89]

that's good, hopefully it starts a trend.

[stephanbakir]

Thats what I thought 2 weeks ago, when he ate. then he took 2 weeks off again lol.

[millertime89]

maybe that'll be the trend, every 3 weeks he'll decide to eat.

[stephanbakir]

God I hope not, I didn't pay for a 3-4 foot adult male retic :P

[millertime89]

lol, well if that's the case... my offer still stands :D

[lady_bug87]

he'll come around eventually and I would LOVE a 3-4ft retic... haha

[stephanbakir]

A 3-4 foot male breeder mainland is risky, you never know how the female will kill him, biting or squashing.

[lady_bug87]

i wouldn't breed him I would just love him.

[millertime89]

for what he is, he needs to be bred. I too would be worried about him getting killed by the female.

[stephanbakir]

Again, female took 3, male took nada. (he took a small yesterday though)ww-1bC6Qggg&list

[lady_bug87]

He definitely IS beautiful I'm sure he will have a growth spurt

[millertime89]

god I love platinum.

[stephanbakir]

He definitely IS beautiful I'm sure he will have a growth spurt
Thats the girl, boy refused so I have no pics of him(he goes 2 weeks on, 2 off lately). Female took 3 rats, I'll take a pic of her belly once it settles in about an hour, its pretty impressive right now.

[stephanbakir]

Her last rat of the evening.RPtiuf4lfuk

[stephanbakir]

god I love platinum.
Wait till she gets older and yellows out! I can't wait!