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jay's reptiles · 09-23-16, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Ebolling

Im actually quite upset about how he repsonded to the criticism. Pretty sure he has the exact attitude that leads a keeper into dangerous situations . As far as college etc goes for me i plan on staying with my parents and attending a community college ( cheaper , closer and still offers the courses I want) and I have close friends who would intervene if they thought i was over my head with my situation.

actually i was completely fine about the stuff he said. I was just telling him that i am perfectly capable of taking care of this species.

jay's reptiles · 09-23-16, 07:04 AM

i will be attending a community college as well.

SnakeyJay · 09-23-16, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by jay's reptiles

actually i was completely fine about the stuff he said. I was just telling him that i am perfectly capable of taking care of this species.

Ok, walk us through your safety procedures/precautions with your retic then mate? Talk us through it as if he was already an adult retic and explain how you'd get him out, feeding time methods, what you'll do when he eventually lands a decent bite at a decent size etc etc..

You may have already sorted all this, but we may be able to give some tips to improve things and make it safer and easier...

I had all my procedures/methods sussed out before purchasing Floki, but that was a demand from my girlfriend as she's super protective of our tiny little rat dog hahaha

jay's reptiles · 09-23-16, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by SnakeyJay

Ok, walk us through your safety procedures/precautions with your retic then mate? Talk us through it as if he was already an adult retic and explain how you'd get him out, feeding time methods, what you'll do when he eventually lands a decent bite at a decent size etc etc..

You may have already sorted all this, but we may be able to give some tips to improve things and make it safer and easier...

I had all my procedures/methods sussed out before purchasing Floki, but that was a demand from my girlfriend as she's super protective of our tiny little rat dog hahaha

Hahaha well I'm at school right now. But here is a couple things. First, if she was able to get a hold of me. I would pour just a little bit of alcohol in her mouth. I already have the 2 person rule for when she is out. When its time for her to come out i lightly type her on the head with my snake hook. So she knows its not feeding time, She feeds inside of her enclosure at night as well. So i don't at night. She feeds every Wednesdays as a baby. ( unless she is in shed) ill feed her right after shed in that case.

SnakeyJay · 09-23-16, 01:07 PM

Ok so an adult retic lands a feeding response bite and you'll get a bit of alcohol...

I think you need to work out a proper plan with whoever the second person is, when it's happening you wouldn't be thinking straight and neither would they. They need to know how to actually unwrap the snake and be confident enough to do this, and then be able to get him/her back into the enclosure.

The 2 person thing only works if the second person is capable and confident.

dannybgoode · 09-23-16, 01:19 PM

You have the nucleus of a plan and that's good.

Bear in mind though that the 2 person rule needs to apply every single time you open the viv. Be it to feed, clean, change the water, clear the **** out, in an emergency at 2am in the morning whenever.

I know of at least one person who has owned retics for 30+ year and this particular snake for 16 years who let his guard down once. He nearly lost his foot and will never walk properly again. This isn't BS, isn't to scare you into not having one-its real, it happens.

As Jamie says your number 2 needs to know exactly what to do and how when they see you being potentially killed by a 150lb snake. You need to know what to do when you have a 150lb snake out of its enclosure and it suddenly decides to spaz out (both Dave Himself and Tsubaki will have examples of retics having a turn).

None of this is trying to belittle you or have a go. These snakes are serious business. Yes they are one of the most fascinating species to own but if it goes wrong it doesn't tend to just go a little but wrong in a life changing way.

dave himself · 09-24-16, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by jay's reptiles

Hahaha well I'm at school right now. But here is a couple things. First, if she was able to get a hold of me. I would pour just a little bit of alcohol in her mouth. I already have the 2 person rule for when she is out. When its time for her to come out i lightly type her on the head with my snake hook. So she knows its not feeding time, She feeds inside of her enclosure at night as well. So i don't at night. She feeds every Wednesdays as a baby. ( unless she is in shed) ill feed her right after shed in that case.

Look mate you and I and the OP seem to have have got off on the wrong foot here and it's my fault

and for I apologise to you both. I'm no expert when it comes to these large snakes I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm just a muppet who's lucky enough to keeping these beautiful snakes for a few years. If there's ever anything you think I can help both you with swing by and drop me a PM my doors always open

SnakeyJay · 09-24-16, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by dave himself

Look mate you and I and the OP seem to have have got off on the wrong foot here and it's my fault

and for I apologise to you both. I'm no expert when it comes to these large snakes I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm just a muppet who's lucky enough to keeping these beautiful snakes for a few years. If there's ever anything you think I can help both you with swing by and drop me a PM my doors always open

And this is why I like this forum......