Your retic will grow to what ever size his genetics will let him you can not stop it. You may be able to slow it down but a hunger retic is a mean one so don't under feed him. When Tigger was smaller I feed her one to two large rats every 10 to 14 day. Then when she was big enough to eat rabbits I would feed her one 2 to 3 lb rabbit every 2 to 3 weeks. Now she eats one 5 to 8 lb rabbit every 3 to 4 weeks.
take care
Tom
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