hey guys,

over the years iv had a couple burms, red blood pythons and a trillion ball pythons. I decided back in december to try out a baby retic.

when i got her she was about 4-6months old and shes female. for the first week i let her stay in her cage to get used to her new cage, then i began to start hook training her like i had done with my burms, and then have her out for 10-15 min handling sessions with gloves on. i would work with her twice a day until march when my son was born and havnt had much time since. even up to that time i didnt feel like i was gettin anywhere with her, i never felt comfortable with her temperment and especially now i tried pulling her out a few times last week and shes still very very jumpy. she is the most unpredictible reptile i have ever handled, and I never had this problem with any of my other snakes, not even my burms.

what should i do? is there hope for this snake? I really think im going to go back to burms, my 14 ft male just died a few months ago boy do i miss him. when he was a baby it took about 2 months to get him used to the handling, then never bit again.

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• help with my retic - numatik, Sun Jul 19 20:15:52 2009
• RE: help with my retic - jscrick, Mon Jul 20 12:10:22 2009
• RE: help with my retic - HappyHillbilly, Mon Jul 20 19:05:10 2009
• RE: help with my retic - numatik, Fri Jul 24 11:59:05 2009
• RE: help with my retic - HappyHillbilly, Sat Jul 25 00:24:24 2009
• RE: help with my retic - jscrick, Sat Jul 25 13:12:54 2009
• RE: help with my retic - HappyHillbilly, Sat Jul 25 15:47:08 2009
• RE: help with my retic - jscrick, Sat Jul 25 21:13:51 2009
• RE: help with my retic - HappyHillbilly, Sat Jul 25 23:37:19 2009