So, at these years NARBC I finally broke down and picked up my first retic. I’ve owned several large burms in the past but have been out of the hobby for about 4 years. I have her set up in a 20gal aquarium for now. I usually don’t like to give them too much extra space so her next cage will be a 4 footer but was going to wait till she grows into it a little more (was planning on another month or so). She’s got under-tank heating (which she hasn’t needed except in the night when the basking light is off. The hot end is in the low-mid 90’s and the cool side is in the low 80’s.

This is probably excessive nervousness because it’s been a while but hey, better safe than sorry. I’ve been told the have stronger feeding responses than burms and I have never had burms get finicky when I first get them. Last Tuesday she went poo just fine and seems nice and active when she’s out. I was expecting her to really go for her food but I’ve attempted feeding twice with no luck.

I was trying to feed her a large live mouse. She was getting fed frozen but I’ve found in the past that if they’re going to be picky it’d be with non-live and to rule that out generally I give my snakes live on their first feed and get them back on frozen once I verify they’re going to eat and have a good appetite. I also feed in separate feed bins as I always do with my large snakes and have tried once in the bin then the next day in her cage with no luck

As of yesterday I’ve had her a full week.

Should I be concerned? Anything special to consider with this species that veries from the feeding habits/patterns from a burm?

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• First retic nervousness - Tatoo, Mon Oct 19 11:07:43 2009
• RE: First retic nervousness - Tatoo, Mon Oct 19 11:12:04 2009
• RE: First retic nervousness - Sarge2004, Mon Oct 19 19:24:08 2009
• RE: First retic nervousness - reticguy76, Mon Oct 19 20:04:52 2009