i am a member of usark, and damn proud of it. the whole point here is that this incident could have happened to anybody. granted, i know my retics and can get a good idea when they are gonna strike. however, for anybody to say they can all out predict their snake and know when they will strike/bite is not accurate. no matter how many generations of cbb an animal is, they are still predatory and instinctual animals. anybody in world, bob clark/mike wilbanks, jay vella, whoever, all have the same chance of taking their retic/burm out into the yard and getting tagged or coming real close (depending of course on speed of animals vs. speed of owner). granted, one should know not to do that with a brand new, stressed out snake. she has admitted that she did a couple things that were not in her or the snakes best interest. the snake is young and small, and can easily by handleable and tamed down some, with some persistence and confidence, as well as proper housing and food offerings. dont let anybody discourage you, use common sense and do whats in the best interest of the snake, as well as yourself, and all will be fine. if i got ripped apart for all the stupid things ive done to get tagged by my retics in the past, i wouldnt exist anymore, haha. fact of the matter is, you can only learn so much by talking, reading and watching, eventually you have to jump in an get true hands on experience. that is how we learn with anything
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retic is king of kings



1.0 Tiger Retic

1.0 Albino Tiger Retic

0.1 Striped Tiger Retic (het albino)

0.1 Salmon Boa

1.0 Albino Boa

0.1 False Water Cobra

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