It is what you make it. If you handle it and work with them, they are great. Just as any baby they can strike quick. Retics do have a strong feeding response, that when you see it can be taken as a sign of aggression or being mean. Like when you walk by the cage and you see a mouth full of theeth flying at you and it shakes the whole cage. That only happens in the starting months when they start eating again. I really enjoy mine. They are very active and move a lot especially outside the cage. I would prefer my retics over my Boa's anyday as far as temperment and so on. They do get large and heavy but overall a great snake. I am sure if I missed anything the people in here will advise. I would go with a Tiger or Super Tiger if you go with one and invest in a snake stick if you do not have one.
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0.2 Rotts
1.0 Super Tiger (Dash)
1.0 Amel Retic (Mahola)RIP Buddy.
0.1 Ball Python (Cyeanne)
0.1 Red Tail (Memphis)
1.0 Coral Sun Glow Boa (Rodman)
0.1 Blood Python (Danica)
1.0 Green Ananconda (Prefontain)
1.0 Emerald Tree Boa (Bing Bong)
1.0 Ivory Ball Python (Hansel)
0.1 Bumble Bee Ball Python (Sissy)
0.0.2 Yellow Ackies (Ludmilla and Ivan Drago)