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Hello, two days ago I picked up a Female Dwarf Tiger. When I picked her up she was fine, no aggression once so ever. But now that I got her home she is constantly striking in and out of the cage. Any tips or ideas of why she is doing this or how to curb it before she gets to the size where she would be dangerous. If it makes any difference it was a 12 hour ride from when I picked her up until I got her home.

You should give it some time to settle down first and get use to a new home. Give it about a week, also feed it. My retics always strike in the cage, most times when I walk by. Just their feeding response. Your guy could have been fed out of the cage, or both. Give it time and handle it, should be OK. My burm was like that when I first got her, was fine at the show and then bham, got warm and a new snake but she calmed down and was my fav.
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0.2 Rotts
1.0 Super Tiger
1.0 Amel Retic
0.1 Ball Python
0.1 Red Tail
0.1 Blood Python
1.0 Green Ananconda
1.0 Emerald Tree Boa

Totally agree with this very good advice. That little tic is scared right now. Give her a week to acclimate-maybe two weeks before handling and give her several meals. If she continues to strike the glass-cover it and then partially remove the cover as time goes on. I have bought some baby retics that acted like they were hatched on the north shore of hell when I got them home-lol. They all grew into very calm snakes. She will calm down with time and gentle handling. Short sessions are best to start with. Be sure you are cancelling her feeding response when taking her out. I strongly advocate hook conditioning. Best of luck with her. Be patient, take it slow, and both of you will be just fine. Bill.
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Thank you both, ive moved her into a far corner of the house were there is very little activity, and covered the glass with paper, but left the top half of one of the sides open so she could be veiwed from a distance to make sure everything is still ok inside, I am going to give her some food today and see how things go with leaving her alone. On another note, I dont know about around where you guys live but the local pet store around here wants $9.99 for 4 adult mice. What a rip.

Yes they are, and only on short notice do I buy from them. As soon as I got my first snake that out grew the mice and then got a Burm, the wife no longer wanted them in the freezer of the ref, even wrapped and put in rubbermaids. It is best especially with a retic, buy a small freezer, and then buy from Rodent Pro or some place like that. This way when it goes up to rabbits your set, or you deceide to grow your collection. Like myself.
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0.2 Rotts
1.0 Super Tiger
1.0 Amel Retic
0.1 Ball Python
0.1 Red Tail
0.1 Blood Python
1.0 Green Ananconda
1.0 Emerald Tree Boa

Im already pricing freezers. I hope to add an albino male to the collection by the end of the year, so rodentpro is in my favorites.