One of canada's largest snake.. - Page 2

Dom · 08-22-04, 10:56 PM

Reptilia Retic is not 20 feet ... Its big but nowhere that ... pretty sure is around 14-16 feet max but if someone actually knows the size let me knwo .. I think it looks big because of the weird caging its in .. All the cages attached together makes it looker bigger..

Unless they have changed retic ..

I think the big problem with bi snakes is too many ppl claim to having Huge snakes and end up alwasy exagerating .. I know there are a few 20 footers in canada.. I am just pretty sure that its not eh one at reptila or at the Toronot zoo ..

I am thinking that It may be Ryans that has the longest one out there.. but know really knows

Scales Zoo · 08-23-04, 10:28 AM

Pandora measures 19.25 - 19.5 feet. I'm sure if I pulled on her tail a bit I could get her to measure very close to 20'. It is very difficult to accurately measure big snakes lengths. I often refer to her as a 20' snake when talking to people - as she is so close, and I too tend to exagerate I guess, hehe.

I need to weigh her again, I think she has gained weight. Last weight was 190 lbs, I doubt she is over 200, but may be close to the 200 mark.

I know of 1 Retic (not on display) that is over 20 feet long, but I've also claimed Pandora to be the longest snake on display in Canada.

Ryan

Ron · 08-23-04, 10:49 AM

Hey Ryan,

Wasn't the female African Rock that Nathan had ~ 20 feet?

JimmyDavid · 08-23-04, 02:53 PM

When we discussed the "big eaters" subject, i remember a 20' afrock being brought up. But since everything is a 20 footer these days...

Dom · 08-23-04, 04:18 PM

lol Tx for the info Ryan! .. I knew you had a big snake .. wasn't sure on its dimensions.. What the age on it .. Ours is only 4 and a few month??

If I remember well "Wolf Captive Breding" in bc or in the west anyway had a HUGE monster rock python .. it was for sale a while back .. dunno how big it was or how much it sold .. I know though my girl is a baby form one of her clutch and is around the 75 pound now..

So heres what we should do .. Ryan can claim he has one of the longest snakes in Canada and we can claim it to be one of the fatest lolMy dream is still to see a snake reach the 400 pound mark .. its a life time goal .. My rock better start eating lol

Scales Zoo · 08-23-04, 05:07 PM

Our female retic Pandora is about 13 years old. She weighs more than 200 lbs after eating, I guess.

Our tiger retic, who was Nathans, is over 18' long, and is thicker than Pandora. She is only 5 years old, and one of the largest Tiger retics I've ever seen or heard of.

Nathan's female Afrock is 20' and 200 lbs, and is the same one that was sold a while back (no longer Nathans) . It was offered to us from Nathan, but we had no extra room for that monster.

Ryan

**Aaron_S** · 08-23-04, 10:06 PM

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Originally posted by Dom
My dream is still to see a snake reach the 400 pound mark .. its a life time goal .

Wouldn't this just be a very obese snake and unhealthy for it to attain such a size? Unless of course the length of the snake is relative to the weight.

Dom · 08-23-04, 10:58 PM

Aaron ... You got it .. a long 25 - 30 foot snake would fit the description .. I mean seing baby .. the 27 foot burm would just be remarkable!

**Aaron_S** · 08-24-04, 01:46 AM

If I do remember she was still obese and it affected her lifespan.

I think to hit a 400 pounder would be closer to 35-40 foot. Without it being somewhat obese.

VooDooMafia · 08-24-04, 01:55 AM

I would have to say that there are larger then 20 foot retics in Canada, you just dont hear about them.

JimmyDavid · 08-24-04, 06:33 AM

400 pounds for a 35-40 footer?!? nothing could be more out of truth. Let's see...math says that when you double the size of a body you get 8 times the cubic size of the original. That means it will weight 8 times more. Assuming the ideal weight for a 20' retic is around 200 pounds, a 40' would weight 1600 pounds. Even a 30 footer, wich would be half way in-between, could weight 800 pounds. And these are figures for a retic, imagine a burm or rock python.

And now, to prove EVERYTHING is a 20 footer these days(hehe, i posted this on the boa forum also, just for fun) :
http://www.ardmoreite.com/stories/03...ace_kids.shtml

Dom · 08-26-04, 12:00 PM

Don't get me Wrong Jimmy .. a 35-40 footer would be nice as well lol

bistrobob85 · 08-26-04, 12:08 PM

That was one of the biggest exagerations i have seen in a long time...

**Aaron_S** · 08-26-04, 01:07 PM

I don't think I'm exagerating here. From what I read Baby was obese at 400+ lbs. and 27 feet. So to have a snake that is JUST muscle and not totally obese at 400 pounds I believe the snake would have to be pushing close to 35 feet.

CHRISANDBOIDS14 · 08-26-04, 01:21 PM

Lol, Jimmy. I actually had emailed them about that, and it was supposed to get changed by now. The lady said she would at least "inform the editor". Whatever that means?! LOL. Hopefully it gets changed.

C.

Those are some HUGE snakes BTW. Lol.