The "Bite Club" thread - Page 16

BlindOne · 01-31-12, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Freebody

my dwarf albino lav retic / she is 10.5 feet now

LOL, that's not a DWARF!!

youngster · 01-31-12, 12:25 PM

It's a dwarf for a retic

But certainly not a dwarf in regards to snakes.

Will0W783 · 01-31-12, 01:57 PM

Dwarf retics average 12-13 feet for males, 15-16 feet for females. Super dwarf retics stay 6-8 feet.

A regular retic can and most often will top 18+ feet long in captivity.

**millertime89** · 01-31-12, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Will0W783

Dwarf retics average 12-13 feet for males, 15-16 feet for females. Super dwarf retics stay 6-8 feet.

A regular retic can and most often will top 18+ feet long in captivity.

a bit less usually for males usually from what I've seen. Anymore there's so much mainland dna mixed in it gets muddled, pure dwarfs usually top out around 12 for males and 16 for females. Mainlands... well they're another story. Males hit 16 and females will be 18-20 without much effort.

Freebody · 01-31-12, 06:12 PM

bella is 4 years old, so she will not be getting to much longer in length, a few months ago she has started fattening vrs lengthening, her mother was 14 feet, the father was a large 9, if i remeber right. herny piorun had realy good lines of dwarfs and super dwarfs. My guess she will hit the 14 feet in the next 20 years or so like her mother. either way, she is so calm and gentle when not in feed mode, i would have no problem with her gettng larger, but life will be much easier if she stays on the smaller size.

exwizard · 01-31-12, 07:01 PM

Yeah well even as big as she is, to be so tame, I think is awesome!

Lankyrob · 03-26-12, 12:00 PM

Got a retic love bite tonite - thinking about it afterwards Mondays are our feed day (tho not due til next week) so it was my fault for sticking my hand in!!

I got him out anyways and held him for about 5 minutes, he was totally chilled and acting normally.

Norm66 · 03-26-12, 12:08 PM

I got bit 5 times Friday. Four were from my friend's kingsnake and 1 was from her baby retic. Only the retic drew blood and only a little bit at that. We're going to handle her a lot to make sure she's used to it while she's still a pup.

alessia55 · 03-26-12, 12:13 PM

Rob what are you watching in the background in those pics? Body of Proof?

Lankyrob · 03-26-12, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by alessia55

Rob what are you watching in the background in those pics? Body of Proof?

Hollyoaks

- i SWEAR i was NOT watching it, The Simpsons had finished whilst i was getting mauled and i hadn't turned it over!!!

marvelfreak · 03-26-12, 03:40 PM

That looks like it left a nice bruise.

MoreliAddict · 03-26-12, 03:42 PM

rob, don't you use a hook?

spot is usually hoping for food when i open the enclosure, and snaps out of it if i pull him toward me a bit with a hook

CK SandBoas · 03-26-12, 03:43 PM

Looks like that one had to hurt, Rob!

Lankyrob · 03-26-12, 04:39 PM

We have a routine with the retic, i put my clenched fist up to him, he tastes me with his tongue and then i pull him out, this time it didnt work purely cos it tied in with his expectation of feed day, i have a hook for my JCP but may start using it for the retic too as it has left a pretty large bruise!!

**millertime89** · 03-26-12, 11:45 PM

Rob is that a Lego pirate ship in the second picture?