All you retic owners that raised the babies!

[iBaman]

nope, he's a super tiger albino, too. He eats once a week, except as of late, he's only accepting about once every 3 or 4 weeks...

[millertime89]

No retic will reach 14 feet in its first year. The biggest ever confirmed was an abnormally large Sula that nearly broke 9 in the first year. Typically you'll see under 8 feet in the first year. Burms when fed on the same schedule as a retic should grow just as fast.

[Metalserpent]

Originally Posted by millertime89

No retic will reach 14 feet in its first year. The biggest ever confirmed was an abnormally large Sula that nearly broke 9 in the first year. Typically you'll see under 8 feet in the first year. Burms when fed on the same schedule as a retic should grow just as fast.

Thank you for posting this. Baman, your retic is a male. His size is fine. If he is eating shedding crapping and behaving normal you are doing fine. Enjoy him. Our 14 ft female is a white phase tiger. She is 3.5 yrs old. I don't push mine.
A long and healthy life I feel is far more important than a **** measuring contest.

[millertime89]

Originally Posted by Metalserpent

A long and healthy life I feel is far more important than a **** measuring contest.

Most certainly. They need to be 3 years old before they can breed anyways, let them take that full time to get there.

[iBaman]

Originally Posted by Metalserpent

Thank you for posting this. Baman, your retic is a male. His size is fine. If he is eating shedding crapping and behaving normal you are doing fine. Enjoy him. Our 14 ft female is a white phase tiger. She is 3.5 yrs old. I don't push mine.
A long and healthy life I feel is far more important than a **** measuring contest.

that's exactly what I was thinking xD Just get stressed out when I see conflicting info >.<

[iBaman]

Phew, thanks for clearing that up, Kyle! I thought they usually stayed around 8 to 10 ft the first year, then the growth rate slows down a little.

[millertime89]

usually is the 5-7ft range but approaching 8 isn't what I would call uncommon. Yes the growth rate does slow down because they start putting on weight instead of length.

[iBaman]

yeah, he's definitely doing that, the little fatty. he'll likely not grow very fast right now, as he's decided once a monthish is fine to eat >.<

[millertime89]

also, don't be surprised to see 5 feet in 6 months. This is Thingy, about 5 ft and 5 months old.

[Metalserpent]

Here is a pretty girl. She is about 12 ft. She will be 3 yrs old in April. We call her Sunshine.

[MoreliAddict]

Originally Posted by Metalserpent

Here is a pretty girl. She is about 12 ft. She will be 3 yrs old in April. We call her Sunshine.

Brian at bhb has and albino Burm named Sunshine, too!

Nice snake!

[iBaman]

wow, she's beautiful!!

[Metalserpent]

Thanks, we really dig her. Nice lookin tic Kyle!

[Relentless]

Wow, Sunshine is gorgeous! She has stunning color and such a good size. She is like the perfect length to girth ratio. What is that morph called and how is it produced?

[Will0W783]

Honestly some of the extreme retic growth rates one finds on the internet unrealistic, or unhealthy for the snake. If fed frequent, very large meals, a female retic CAN hit 10-12 feet in its first year. Is this good for the snake? Probably not. My female retic, a supertiger (not dwarf at all), is fed 2 medium rats (my supplier's large are more like most people's large) every two weeks. She is a year and a half old, and about 6 feet long. When I bought her a year ago, she was 2 feet long. She was fed a small rat every 7-10 days for the first 6 months, then two small rats every 2 weeks, then a medium, then two mediums, and she is almost big enough to take a large. I am not underfeeding her, nor am I powerfeeding her. I was really surprised by her slow growth, from what I've read on retics, but I think that people tend to overfeed them to get them to breeding size faster.