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Ok, I got my first Retic today. Female about 4 feet in length. She was shipped to me and a cold pack was used due to the extreme heat wave in my area. When I opened her up she was kinda cold and sluggish. Shes all warmed up and normal now. My question is, will this cause her to go off feed for a short time or anything like that? I have very large burms and a couple of boas but I have never cooled them for breeding or anything. I'm gonna try to feed her in a fews days after she settles in. Thanks for any help.

Oh she was only boxed up about 15-16 hours or so.

She'll be fine. Snakes show up a little cool after shipping quite often. It's much better than her showing up too hot, cuz she'd likely be dead. As far as cooling causing her to go off feed, cooling a snake for breeding is much different than chilling a snake for a night. Plus, she's a retic.

Just keep an eye on her, make sure she doesn't get an RI from the shipping (highly unlikely), and feed her in a few days.

Ok, this is my first rectic so i'm trying to figure out what is different about them vs burms and boas. My question is about the eyes. I noticed that the retic can move it's eyes. I don't mean lens and all but inside the lens I can see the eyes moving much more than other snakes. Is this normal? Is it just because the eyes are so big and orange that I notice it more than in a dark eyed snake? I have kept snakes for many years and have never seen one able to move the eyes this much. Thanks for any imput.

the not eating is probably due to the stress of travel, and new surroundings. dont handle or offer food for about a week. let the snake settle in a become as stress free as possible. second, it is more noticable to see eyes moving with the big standout orange eyes of a retic. most snakes (with exceptions of blind snakes, etc) can see and have a degree of peripheral vision by being able to rotate and move their globes (or eyeballs)
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retic is king of kings

1.0 Tiger Retic
1.0 Albino Tiger Retic
0.1 Striped Tiger Retic (het albino)
0.1 Salmon Boa
1.0 Albino Boa
0.1 False Water Cobra

boas if you watch them enough, you can see their eyes move. burms are just slugs. most of them have darker eyes and because they are usually snoozing and lazy, their pupils are usually dilated, so it can be a little tougher to see them "looking around" so to speak
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retic is king of kings

1.0 Tiger Retic
1.0 Albino Tiger Retic
0.1 Striped Tiger Retic (het albino)
0.1 Salmon Boa
1.0 Albino Boa
0.1 False Water Cobra