make sure her set up is proper (temps, humidity, hides, etc). what type of enclosure is she in? what are her cage set-ups now? how was she kept from the person you got her from? the questions are least of worries right now. whats important is that you have her in a PROPER enclosure. also, once she is in her proper enclosure set-up, do not handle her or offer food for 2 straight weeks. she has gone through tremendous and horrible stress. she needs to, for a lack of a better term, destressify. make sure she has hides, at least 2 ideally 3 (at least one on the cool side and on the basking side). later on down the road, you can potentially eliminate the hides (none of my retics have hides). but they have to feel secure in their enclosure and with you. it looks like you recognize the series of issues here with this snake, so i will leave it alone. but i cant stress this statement enough to new people in the retic world, DO NOT LET THEM SENSE YOUR FEAR AND IF THEY BITE DO NOT DROP THEM OR PUT THEM BACK. they will associate those two things eventually, that if they strike/bite the handler, they get away. and you will never be able to handle one of the best snakes in the world to have/handle. she is still young and small enough to tame down. patience, persistence and consistence are the keys to owning the snakes.
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retic is king of kings



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1.0 Albino Tiger Retic

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