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10-25-03, 10:58 PM
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tempermental retic
I've got a 3 year old retic . Ive had here for a year now she is 7' and realy tame (to me ) my friends handle her, and she is a little fiesty but has never bitten them, however I had somebody I don't know try and take here off of my shoulders . She flipped out launched off my shoulder (5') and barely missed his face . She missed, the guy was teriffied . Has anyone ever had anything like this happen?
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10-25-03, 11:30 PM
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I set my burm which is 5 feet, down on my chesterfield to take a picture of him, picked him up 10 seconds later his body went flat and he went to tag me in the face. I was quick enough to move my head out of the way of the strike, fortunately! So I now know that when I bring him out not to let him out of my hands or off my lap because I figure he feels safe when I am holding him or when I am not holding him and go to pick him up he thinks Im a predator. This has happened to me many times but he never striked at me just gives me little hisses, yet never happens when I get him out of his cage.
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10-26-03, 10:24 AM
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I might be the only one that will point this out to you but lets look at the fact that it is 3 years old and only 7 feet AND it is a female I have a male that is one year old that is allready 8 feet.
I am not sure what you are feeding it but it needs way more then what you are offering.
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10-26-03, 02:19 PM
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the guy I bought her off of said she waS 2.5 years old when I got her , he could have been wrong, he was just a reptile finder. he did'nt know much about the retic . I keep her on rabbits , about once a week.
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10-26-03, 02:36 PM
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Could esaly be a dwarf,
and not all retics grow to such a huge lenght in the wild.
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10-26-03, 02:43 PM
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Dwarfs get larger then 7ft even females......I'd feed it multiple rabbits a week....maybe 2-4. My MALE Burmese Python is almost on rabbits and not even a year old......
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10-26-03, 03:01 PM
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Thx for the info, Dose anybody know where to get feeder rabbits in BC or AB fairly cheap? adults in town here are costing me 28 bucks a pop & 1 liter pop bottle size ars 10 bucks. lol
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10-26-03, 03:26 PM
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I'd feed it multiple rabbits a week....maybe 2-4
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that sounds like way to much 2-4 rabbits would be over feeding I would feed her maby a 4 pounder eatch week (depending on her gerth) if u want to see if u can get her to be big, i would doubt it is a dwarf because if it was a dwarf you would know, and you would of payed for it,
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10-26-03, 05:37 PM
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The price of rabbits in town is $ 10 for a small and $28 fore a large. If anybody knows of anyplace cheaper please PM me I'm spending 200 + a month 2 feed my retics.
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10-26-03, 06:59 PM
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Big snakes take money to keep, Why dont you try a sales barn or look for a breeder. Or even start to breed your own.
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10-28-03, 08:19 PM
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Thx.
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10-29-03, 12:27 AM
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order some frozen ones in and buy a lot so you get your moneys worth, i think you can get large ones for 10 bucks!
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10-29-03, 12:53 AM
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I use to pay $1 pound for rabbits And then i satrted to go to the sales barn and get them cheaper. I now have a guy that sells me 200 good size rabbits for $250 every 4 months.
Brandon
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10-29-03, 02:22 PM
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We must never forget snakes are wild animals. They may react quite defensively in strange or even familiar situations. They are very unpredicatble. Just because a snake hasn't bitten someone in 10 years, is not to say it won't one day in the future during a routine cleaning or something. There are any number of things that can set off a strike. Perhaps he had a scent on him that the snake found appetizing, or frightening. Maybe it was the way he moved the snake. There are any number of possibilities.
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Dwarfs get larger then 7ft even females
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Super Dwarfs often finish around 5.5 - 7 feet as adults. However these are not as commonly found.
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10-29-03, 02:34 PM
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I wounder if maybey snakes are predictable, but there are probaly too many variables? I know that the instincts of crocadiles are but that may be a whole other ball game, well I don t no just a thought!
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