Is Reticulated Phyton that devil many describe?

[dave himself]

It's just my view on this but owning one of these amazing snakes is an awful lot of responsibility. First off is the size, if you go for a mainland and it's female you can end up with a snake that is 16 to 20 long, are you prepared for this ?. The second thing is another person to help out when things go wrong,and they do. My wife and I never handle any of our larger snake alone IMO its just not worth the risk. The third thing would be space and cost, we don't know what size our female retic will end up, but we're prepared to give her a 9x3x3 viv at the very least. Then there's the cost of feeding, when we brought our girl home she was eating small weaner rats ( I think ) now she's eating medium rabbit's, and she will only be two years old this May coming. And finally are you ready to deal with your normal placid large snake if things go wrong ?. We've had Daisy, who is normally so laidback and good natured that we've had the neighborhood children in stroking her and getting their pictures took with her, turn on us in seconds and it really is no fun trying to deal with a snake her size who does not want to go back in her viv. I have posted many times that our retic is the calmest snake that we have and she is. But does that I mean that I trust her or don't give her the respect she deserves not at all, and the bigger she gets the more respect she will be given. I'm not trying to put you off owning or caring for one of these amazing snakes, it's just I've seen it time time again, people get a large snake and once it grows they realize what they have done and want to move it on. I'm not saying you would do that I'm just saying it does happen. I hope anything thing I've written helps, and if you do decide to buy there are plenty of people on here to help you out

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by dave himself

It's just my view on this but owning one of these amazing snakes is an awful lot of responsibility. First off is the size, if you go for a mainland and it's female you can end up with a snake that is 16 to 20 long, are you prepared for this ?. The second thing is another person to help out when things go wrong,and they do. My wife and I never handle any of our larger snake alone IMO its just not worth the risk. The third thing would be space and cost, we don't know what size our female retic will end up, but we're prepared to give her a 9x3x3 viv at the very least. Then there's the cost of feeding, when we brought our girl home she was eating small weaner rats ( I think ) now she's eating medium rabbit's, and she will only be two years old this May coming. And finally are you ready to deal with your normal placid large snake if things go wrong ?. We've had Daisy, who is normally so laidback and good natured that we've had the neighborhood children in stroking her and getting their pictures took with her, turn on us in seconds and it really is no fun trying to deal with a snake her size who does not want to go back in her viv. I have posted many times that our retic is the calmest snake that we have and she is. But does that I mean that I trust her or don't give her the respect she deserves not at all, and the bigger she gets the more respect she will be given. I'm not trying to put you off owning or caring for one of these amazing snakes, it's just I've seen it time time again, people get a large snake and once it grows they realize what they have done and want to move it on. I'm not saying you would do that I'm just saying it does happen. I hope anything thing I've written helps, and if you do decide to buy there are plenty of people on here to help you out

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very well put Dave,i agree with everything you said mate

my wife helps me with my Carpets when required

one day i got a feeding response from a female Jungle that had NEVER struck before in the 3 years i had her,when i went to take her teeth off my right wrist,she wrapped up my left wrist and constricted...

i sat for 3 hours blood dripping from me,until my wife came home and unwrapped my Carpet Python handcuffs...

i felt like a right idiot,it went as follows...

" is that you honey ? " any chance you could pop up stairs and give me a hand "

she walks in the room and i'm sitting on the end of the bed,handcuffed in snake and a pool of blood at my feet..

i was embarrassed to say the least

after my wife had a good laugh,she removed the Jungle

cheers shaun

[SSSSnakes]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

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very well put Dave,i agree with everything you said mate

my wife helps me with my Carpets when required

one day i got a feeding response from a female Jungle that had NEVER struck before in the 3 years i had her,when i went to take her teeth off my right wrist,she wrapped up my left wrist and constricted...

i sat for 3 hours blood dripping from me,until my wife came home and unwrapped my Carpet Python handcuffs...

i felt like a right idiot,it went as follows...

" is that you honey ? " any chance you could pop up stairs and give me a hand "

she walks in the room and i'm sitting on the end of the bed,handcuffed in snake and a pool of blood at my feet..

i was embarrassed to say the least

after my wife had a good laugh,she removed the Jungle

cheers shaun

Gotta Love a wife that does not panic and laughs at the stupid things her husband does. I've been there too. Snake cuffs are better than any police handcuffs. LOL

[dave himself]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

^^^^^
very well put Dave,i agree with everything you said mate

my wife helps me with my Carpets when required

one day i got a feeding response from a female Jungle that had NEVER struck before in the 3 years i had her,when i went to take her teeth off my right wrist,she wrapped up my left wrist and constricted...

i sat for 3 hours blood dripping from me,until my wife came home and unwrapped my Carpet Python handcuffs...

i felt like a right idiot,it went as follows...

" is that you honey ? " any chance you could pop up stairs and give me a hand "

she walks in the room and i'm sitting on the end of the bed,handcuffed in snake and a pool of blood at my feet..

i was embarrassed to say the least

after my wife had a good laugh,she removed the Jungle

cheers shaun

Thanks mate, and I have to admit your little mishap did make me spit coffee

[CosmicOwl]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

^^^^^
very well put Dave,i agree with everything you said mate

my wife helps me with my Carpets when required

one day i got a feeding response from a female Jungle that had NEVER struck before in the 3 years i had her,when i went to take her teeth off my right wrist,she wrapped up my left wrist and constricted...

i sat for 3 hours blood dripping from me,until my wife came home and unwrapped my Carpet Python handcuffs...

i felt like a right idiot,it went as follows...

" is that you honey ? " any chance you could pop up stairs and give me a hand "

she walks in the room and i'm sitting on the end of the bed,handcuffed in snake and a pool of blood at my feet..

i was embarrassed to say the least

after my wife had a good laugh,she removed the Jungle

cheers shaun

Honestly, even a rat snake can tie you up pretty well. Constrictors of any size are stronger than we give them credit for.

[SSSSnakes]

Originally Posted by dave himself

The second thing is another person to help out when things go wrong,and they do.

General rule is to have 1 person for every 4 feet of snake, with a snake over 8 feet.