My male is not to much to handle actually. I take him out all the time by myself without people home and so on. For retics I believe 10 1/2ft may be to much for one person if it was normal but these do have a smaller build. He is weighing in at 20 lbs about. Still a bit skinny but he's gaining weight nicely. He's actually around 33-35lbs with all the jumbo rats in him lol. I purchased my male off of a guy on kingsnake that had it for approx 6yrs. It was his personal pet and I got him only because it was to much for his wife to handle alone when he went on business trips. I'm about 6'1 6'2 and put up around 300lbs weight lifting so to me it's easy to lug him around and not worry about anything. For someone smaller who knows He's been very calm. Retics do have a very strong feeding response and as calm as they are in their cage they will still lash out and try and bite. I just take a shirt and put it in front of his head and grab him no prob, then everything stops! My females I purchased through some friends (James and Anja). I think the yellow head retics are by far the prettiest of them all. I'm still waiting to see if NERD hatchs some sulwesi's because if they do I may be picking up a pair. I only want the ones like the one on their site with the crazy silver sides as I love that look. Males aren't much trouble to deal with and I've yet to deal with an adult. I have experence with larger retics and a 16ft normal is something I wouldn't mess with alone no matter how calm it appears to be. They are big and can be unpredictable so you never no. They love water! I have nice large rubbermaids in their enclosures and they will all sit in the water for extended periods of time. Keep the questions comming if you'd like I love these animals so much!

John

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thnaxx for the info-good to hear from a real keeper rather than just dealers-how heavy would u say ur male is-is he too much for one person to handle?

where did u purchase ur retics?

im still thinking about getting one-but still going to do all the research i can before i make the final decision.

hey they gotta be good if u like them more than albinos.

laters

jim

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