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Originally Posted by MDT
Try hook "training"....coupled with confident handling. Hopefully that (plus, a little time) will chill your retic down a bit.
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As MDT said hook training and slow direct movements; snakes know when you're nervous. My retic is a beast in her cage, she has one of the best feed responses I've seen in a snake. But all I have to do is(assuming she hasn't already launched out her cage for food that doesn't exist) slide her forward a few inches with the snake hook and her entire demeanor changes I can then grab her and pull her out. And she's one of my best behaved snakes out of her cage.
As for the growth if you go all out and power feed you could end up with a 10 foot retic this time next year; I don't advise this. If you don't overfeed you can expect anywhere from 5-7 feet in a year.
Do you by any chance know what local yours is? Post some pics it's always nice to see retics as they grow.
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