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How long do male and female dwarf retics get?

Depends on the variety. Somebody posted some a while back that I believe were 12 feet, but I could be remembering incorrectly, so take it for what you will.

Most "dwarf" retics get around 12'. They call them dwarf because they wont get the size of normal retics.(20' or bigger) I know there are a few that get no bigger than 6'. I beleive Bob Clark has one on his site. Not a 100% sure if its his site or one of the other big guys. I hope this helped.
Rick Vanderpool

Lol, yeah, I know they don't get as big as regulars. I wass just wondering about the size differences between males and females. I thought females got bigger than males, but maybe that's just with normal size retics. I'm not sure. Thanks for the help though.

size potential has more to do with food availability and growth. a cbb dwarf fed good sized meals 2x a week will grow fast and get big. at five or six females could be 14 to 15 ft
males perhaps a few feet shorter.
feed them smaller meals 1x a week or every 10 days and a two year old will be 5-6 feet and still quite healthy.

i have and breed kayuadi island dwarfs and have yearlings that were fed weekly that are just > 3ft long while i fed their mom more aggressively to breed at two years of age at about 9 feet in length

Hope this helps

mom is sitting on eggs for about a month now and babies due mothers day

winslow

Ok, thanks man. I feed mine once a week and it is just under five feet. I'm going to find out the age this saturday, and I'll probably post some more info on her then.