I picked up a nice retic today. Someheres around 4' or so. Sure did not look to be that long because as we all know retics are not real thick snakes (compared with burms). It is an imposrt though, but in great shape. I has been worked with alot these past few months by the people who had it. It has been wormed twice and she said it needs it one more time. Not reall aggro at all except wheninside the tank it is in right now. It is absolutley great when out of the cage and being handled. It is not at all under weight. I tried feeding it a f/t baby rabbit but did not take it, but it is just the first day. Only problem with it is it has a small blister or something a couple inches behind the head and it has had recent shedding troubles. I soaked it a little while and most came off. I will soak again tomarrow. I am expecting baby rabbits about the end of the month so maybe I can get it switched asap before it gets big and it gets harder to switch. I do not know if it is a male or female. I am going to try the poping method. I am experienced on this so I need no lecture on it. It maybe to big. I have popped a few burms this big around so maybe I can tell. I hope it is a female. Maybe in about 3 years I will have some bateaters??? I'll get pics when ever I get this camera back ona gain. We went to windows XP or something linke that and had to wipe out everything on the computer and my cam. may not be compatible. I sure hope it is.
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Justin
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Got me one!!!
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Congratulations.
You should be able to pop it. When I got my pair, also imports, I was able to pop them both, and the male was about 5-6 feet at the time. My male is about 7 feet now I think, and im hopin to have some bateaters this spring. But well see. Good Luck.
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1.0 Albino Green Burm
0.2 Normal Burm
1.1 Java Retic
I popped it and I think it is a female. This one is a bit tough to pop. I'll try again later, maybe the muscles will be relaxed a little bit. How long ago was it when you got your pair? It is a little hard to get out without being tagged, but once out it is great. It looks almost like one of those silver side ones. As soon as I get the camera on I'll get pics. It finished shedding so now I can see the beutiful colors. It's eyes are orange but not extremly. I like the whitish color on the sides in like triangles. It is just so cool. Tomarrow I'll try a f/t rat.
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Justin
I think it was about 4 months ago that I got my pair. I hope yours are like mine and eat everything in sight. My retics were much harder to pop than a burm, I dont think their tails will bend quite as drastically as a burms will. Where did you get yours from, and do you know the locale? Mine have quite a bit of silver on them as well. Good luck and let us see some pics.
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1.0 Albino Green Burm
0.2 Normal Burm
1.1 Java Retic
Honestly I asked every question one could think of about the individual animal except that. I have been looking for their biz card since I got home from the show. That was one of my main questions that I was going to ask. I will try to find their e-mail, number or somehting.
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Justin
