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Would a male retic fight a male burm and vis versa.

I put a male burm in with a retic that was sold to me as a male. (who i determined was a female) I was still a little worried about fighting in case i was wrong. So i watched the pair for 25 mins or so. And no combat no agression what so ever.

Would it matter if the retic was in shed or not. Or will a retic fight when in shed?
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Thomas Jones
aligatorhunter@earthlink.net

No one is to be trusted

It all depends on how aggressive of a breeder the retic is. If there is a female thats "ready" in the room, i would be alot more hesitant about putting the 2 males together. I've had 2 male retics together on several occasions with no ill effects. This SHOULD NOT be attempted unless you have plenty of time to observe them together and you can go in and check on them repedly through out the day. In the first 5 minutes is when you should see signs of aggression. back arching, throwing loops against the walls, iradic jearky movements, etc...

I wouldn't even take the chance. Male (adult) retics can be very aggressive and incredibly dangerous toward other male retics and I would assume possibly toward other male pythons too. In 1988 I had a skimpy 13 foot male retic almost kill an 18 foot monster male (Michael Jacksons snake, no less, lol) and there wasn't even a female in the entire room, much less simply a female that was smelling necessarily ready to breed. The males were being housed in a seperate room at the opposite end of my house so as to prevent such aggression. I had placed the huge male that I had just bought "as a female" with the smaller male. I saw a little interest and so I left them alone. I came back in about an hour or so and the big retic, which I found out was just a big male, was totally shredded. He had bites that circumnavigated his whole body as he had apparently spun to try to evade the attack. Some of the bites were so deep that his organs were visible. I got him immediate emergency medical attention and he amazingly survived.

Anyhow,. short answer,.. house adult males alone. I don't even risk housing my subadult male retics with anything. But then again,. I never house anything together unless it is breeding time and a male is placed with a female for a week or so. Even then I watch as the scent of a previous male may linger and the possibility of the male attacking the female is present.

>>Would a male retic fight a male burm and vis versa.
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>> I put a male burm in with a retic that was sold to me as a male. (who i determined was a female) I was still a little worried about fighting in case i was wrong. So i watched the pair for 25 mins or so. And no combat no agression what so ever.
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>> Would it matter if the retic was in shed or not. Or will a retic fight when in shed?
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>>Thomas Jones
>>aligatorhunter@earthlink.net
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>> No one is to be trusted
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Believe in yourself and your abilities and you can accomplish anything.

I wouldn't even take the chance. Male (adult) retics can be very aggressive and incredibly dangerous toward other male retics and I would assume possibly toward other male pythons too. In 1988 I had a skimpy 13 foot male retic almost kill an 18 foot monster male (Michael Jacksons snake, no less, lol) and there wasn't even a female in the entire room, much less simply a female that was smelling necessarily ready to breed. The males were being housed in a seperate room at the opposite end of my house so as to prevent such aggression. I had placed the huge male that I had just bought "as a female" with the smaller male. I saw a little interest and so I left them alone. I came back in about an hour or so and the big retic, which I found out was just a big male, was totally shredded. He had bites that circumnavigated his whole body as he had apparently spun to try to evade the attack. Some of the bites were so deep that his organs were visible. I got him immediate emergency medical attention and he amazingly survived.

Anyhow,. short answer,.. house adult males alone. I don't even risk housing my subadult male retics with anything. But then again,. I never house anything together unless it is breeding time and a male is placed with a female for a week or so. Even then I watch as the scent of a previous male may linger and the possibility of the male attacking the female is present.

>>Would a male retic fight a male burm and vis versa.
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>> I put a male burm in with a retic that was sold to me as a male. (who i determined was a female) I was still a little worried about fighting in case i was wrong. So i watched the pair for 25 mins or so. And no combat no agression what so ever.
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>> Would it matter if the retic was in shed or not. Or will a retic fight when in shed?
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>>Thomas Jones
>>aligatorhunter@earthlink.net
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>> No one is to be trusted
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Believe in yourself and your abilities and you can accomplish anything.