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arboreals
at Sun Nov 30 09:59:22 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by arboreals ]
I keep hearing that these are dwarfs. They are in NO way a dwarf Retic. Telling people a snake is a dwarf these days means sales. I have 1.2 Bali Yellow Head retics. A 6yr old 10 1/2ft male that came to me skinny because it's last owners though they would keep him real small by feeding him less. He should be atleast another 2-3ft long. My females are smaller only 5-6ft and 6-7ft. All of these retics are supposedly c.b.b. I do not know for sure so my guess is C.H. Regardless my male is as calm as they come along with my 6-7ft female. The smaller female is a total psycho but that's ok with me. I've seen a 16ft pair of Bali's, and i've heard of a 20ft female. From what I understand 18ft seems to be the adult size (although like anything there are exceptions). Now They are a smaller local as 18ft still isn't a 20 some odd foot normal, and they are much slimmer in size then a normal not carrying around all the weight. Personally I see my females reaching between 14-16ft but we will see. The smaller female eats 3X the larger one! One of the reasons why people thought these are dwarfs because I don't believe any Bali retics were found in bali over the size of about 9ft. You have to realize that Bali is a heavly populated area and it's very possible that every snake that gets up to size is killed as you know how it is in those type of environments. All and All are they smaller retics? Yes they are a smaller local of retics but not near dwarf size. They do have a slimmer build and If bought as babies or C.B.B. they can calm down. Most think they are all psycho which isn't true as mostly w.c. Bali Retics are still around, C.B. is still pretty new. Notah Howe has c.b.b. Bali Retics for sale and I'm awear of 2 other breeders that have also bred them in the past 1 of which sold their adult pair. Another thing I've noticed is that Notah Howe's babies are real light in color not like the typical looking darker Bali. My smaller female looks like one he produced while my other two look like typical Bali's (Dark black outline on bluish silver sides with a yellow/golden color head). I'm anxious to see how big my females grow up to be and to see how big Notah Howe's babies get. Alot more info on them and their size will be avaiable in the next 2-3yrs or sooner. I'm actually debating letting my females grow up 2 more yrs before trying to breed them to get a better look at adult size. Breeding snakes usually results in a snake not to grow as large. Who knows we shall see. I've done Tons of research and this is what I've come up with. They are my favorite retic (I like them more then ALBINO'S!). What a pleasure to work with! I hope I've answered some questions for you and if you'd like any other info feel free to e-mail me.
John
Elapids@hotmail.com
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RE: NO Bali's Aren't Dwarfs-Read ON! - arboreals, Sun Nov 30 09:59:22 2003