I'm loving reading through this and seeing how I approach my handling to everyone else's. Of course my retic is still young but I've approached him from day one the way I intend to for his lifetime... With Floki (my retic) being 50% madu and 25% Jampea he's on the smaller size but I've no doubt of what he will be capable of as an adult.
It's scary sometimes when you see the mentality of some keepers, and how they show literally zero respect for what these animals are... I've wanted a retic for about 5 years, so after a lot of research and thought on the matter we finally agreed on an SD.. Of course we ended up with a lottery ticket in terms of size in the end with an SD cross but at almost 17 months and barely being 3ft we should be ok.... I hope
It's when the purchase of a giant is a snap decision based on the "cool factor" that it usually turns out bad for the snake, the person... And in the end these idiots will make it worse for all of us.
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