How to Keep a Retic Small

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www.PrehistoricPets.com We've seen Dwarf and Super Dwarf Reticulated Pythons that grow to the size of a Carpet Python, but what about normal retics? Is your snake going to grow as big as TWINKIE? Watch as Jay shares helpful information on keeping your Reticulated Python a manageable size by following a healthy diet and feeding plan. SUBSCRIBE for more Prehistoric Pets! - bit.ly/2kySj6L
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@sianhall329 7 лет назад

If you feed your snake an appropriate sized meal once a week or once every two weeks then, yes, the retic will stay small compared to its overfed counterparts... for a while. The reality is that retics are large animals that generally average at 13-15ft - minimum. If you can't handle that basic fact of life and would prefer something smaller, then I would suggest that you stay away from retics entirely.

@sanchez1a 8 лет назад

Near 4:45, Jay states that you can't tell the difference between a five year-old, five foot Retic and a three or five month-old, 5 foot one. Well, I've seen dozens of "power fed" pythons and boas of all sizes and everyone of them had/has a pinhead (small head and large fat body). A five year-old, five footer will have a normal sized head and the 3-5 month-old, five footer will be a pinhead every time! Very, very easy to tell which animal is older...every time!!! Jay's video of "Twinkie the monster snake at the Reptile Zoo" proves my point. Twinkie is 3-1/2 years-old, 22 feet long in the video and has an abnormally small head, what I and many call a pinhead! Compare Twinkie's head with that of any ten year-old retic, even a much shorter one and there's no comparison...Twinkie is a pinhead! All animals power fed are done so for one reason, to breed earlier...to make money faster, period.

@drthik1 10 лет назад

If u don't want a big snake don't get a retic

@MultiBully23 7 лет назад

silly drthik1

@MultiBully23 6 лет назад

It all depends on how ya feed the snake

@judasdeverrader7186 6 лет назад

@@MultiBully23 yea but its bullshit to starve a retic because you want a small snake

@alansteven8176 3 года назад

Jay is spitting facts here

@jaydraines8618 8 лет назад

if you can't deal with the potential size of a retic, don't get one.

@SuperSmokestack 7 лет назад

I feel like the whole point in getting a retic is to have a big animal. The size makes them so facinating. Thats what makes them so atractive. Well that and all the amazing colors they come in.

@sapphireotaku3399 7 лет назад

Swilli Willi I like retic personality and appearance, I'd like a dwarf or super dwarf cross though. Personally I think most mainland retic keepers are selfish with it. Keeping a 15-20ft in a 6 x 2 or 8 x 2, rarely giving it time out of the cage, and overfeeding to get a huge snake to brag about. Realistically, I love the snakes but don't have the space and strength to deal with a 15+ foot snake. I accept that and simply don't get one rather than mistreating it or keeping it until it's too big then selling or releasing it.

@SkitzLdN 11 лет назад

Indeed. I think a reticulated python's digestive system works 40x harder when digesting, the liver doubles in size, it really is fascinating. I am a hunter which is VERY fortunate for my retic as the wood pigeons, magpies, crows, rats, rabbits, fox's, deer etc, go toward her and it saves me a RIDICULOUS amount of money! If you are interested I would recommend giving hunting a try or maybe ask a hunter if he's willing to sell some game to you or perhaps a butcher, farmer etc.

@IAMGiftbearer 11 лет назад

Very interesting! Speaking of Super Dwarfs I hope you'll do a video on them sometime soon.

@HoundofOdin 4 года назад

Good information and very helpful. I've heard people say that a retic should be over 15 feet by the time it's a year old, and then they show me an animal girthier than a Burmese python that's obviously obese. Ignore the keyboard experts and listen to the people who breed these animals for a living.

@itsamemario333 8 лет назад

Thank you for this extremely informative video.

@ChristianFlores1808 11 лет назад

Please do a video specifically on your super dwarves

@drepop803 11 лет назад

i fed my male tiger normally and he still got big. once a week when he was a baby. then once every other week his 2nd year. eventually he got too big for rats so i switched him to bunnies. he was on that every 2 to 3 weeks. ofcourse each feed was only 1 food item. anyways they dont all grow the same. i always hear tigers and sula's are two of the fastest growing retics.

@pythonman8103 6 лет назад

Jeff is like shut up and lets do this!

@robbbrown7316 9 лет назад

As for maintence feeding, yes you can sliw there growth but like people every animal is different, best to ask how old the parents are and how big they are. I would suggest a timor puthon if you are affraid if a retic getting to big.

@01REDEYEDDEVIL 11 лет назад

GREAT INFORMATIVE VIDEO!!

@Weddingphotographyontario 8 лет назад

This was the most help full video ever!! Cleared up so much. Thank u

@MarcosDiegos 7 лет назад

what is a "mainland" ..generally?

@eternale23 9 лет назад

I'm not entirely sure jay is being honest here. I fed my mainland tiger retic twice a month and she is now 12ft at just around two years old!!!! I can't begin to imagine how big she might have been if I fed her four times a month as jay recommends.

@ptv032913 9 лет назад

Well for her to get that size in that amount of time you had to have been feeding her big ass meals

@drunkenliquor8767 7 лет назад

eternale23 mine is 2 years old but only 5 feet

@sjsuperiorpythons6757 7 лет назад

Adrian Allan Is yours a male or female and is it mainland?

@MultiBully23 6 лет назад

Mainland Retics carry the tiger gene gets huge like Fluffy.

@MultiBully23 6 лет назад

DEVprince99 was how often u feed the mainland and what size the food?

@storybookpets 11 лет назад

How much does a dwarf retic cost? you rock jay

@necromancerification 4 года назад

Depends on the morph.island etc. I got my baby Dwarf selayar het albino/mocha for 250 euro

@sal__1435 4 года назад

At what length does the female become able to produce and mate can anyone help me

@erp3438 2 года назад

Why wasn't the snake in the video

@ReptileNexus 11 лет назад

I thought they were... Apparently I was wrong. My bad. Burm, anaconda and rocks. Oops.

@awynn6945 5 лет назад

Superdawrfs for a normal would cost ~1000. While a mainland normal retic cost ~125. I’ll buy the mainland and feed it the way he says to.

@funwithflags7506 5 лет назад

No point inhibiting the natural growth and what the snake should be feed get a carpet Python or a boa if u can't afford the price of a dwarf I won't be able to look after a mainland

@Ghost2743 11 лет назад

Thanks for pointing that out to people Jay, my retics are fairly "dwarfed" due to my feeding schedule, not that it's my intent to keep em small, it's just easier on my wallet. ;D People forget (or don't know) how snake's digestive systems and metabolisms shut down as soon as there's no food in their belly's. Which is obviously why growth rates are so hugely affected by feeding. ;Phas

@sheltonking6338 11 лет назад

why would u want the largest snake in the world small if u dont want a big one just get a boa or somthing that stays smaller or just a smaller genned retic?:)

@xabandz5436 5 лет назад

What u do with babies sell them ????

@alanehlers6148 10 лет назад

so why not just get a carpet python?

@BionicleSaurus 10 лет назад

Cause they don't look like retics, at all. That's like saying to someone who wants a small great Dane to get a chi Wawa. It just defeats the purpose of getting the animal.

@Ak47AssaultRifl3 11 лет назад

ii wanna be like jay :)

@ReptileNexus 11 лет назад

So how are sales on the big snakes now that you can't sell them across state lines?

@mamameliora5252 5 лет назад

You can now :)

@mamameliora5252 5 лет назад

US Ark won the case recently.

@robbbrown7316 9 лет назад

If you want a smaller retic get a super dwarf, they are s.d. retics not s.d. boas. Your superdwarf retics will still get 5-7 even 10 feet pending on the locale. Yes there are adult s.d. retics that are 4 feet, i have one and hes 7 years old, just like crocs and caimans a dwarf retic at 5-10 feet is (DWARF ) compared to a 25 feet mainland, the term dwarf is relative. With crocs and caiman yes a 4 foot dwarf caiman is tint compared to an east african nile croc, but a 4 foot dwarf c s iman is a big powerful animal that can really f*** you up, trust me i,'ve been bit, and any crocodilian over 2.5 feet you have to know what your doing and hang on. If you are set on a small retic, my advice would be tofind a pure cbb male Madu or Honey Island retic, ibelieve they are the smallest. Peace alligatorboy1984

@KingGaboon 10 лет назад

My female mainland is a year & few months old, she has always been fed appropriate sized meals once a week and she's already on the 9ft mark so this theory is completely false.

@miniwanincklan4116 9 лет назад

I feed my snake once a week with a 20 percent of her weight, i wish geeting it huge, am i doing right? I got 8 foot burmes 2 yearls old, and just buyed 2 more burm and 1 retic

@kaloebvaldez5560 6 лет назад

Why starve a retic with such small meals ....... STAY AWAY FROM RETICS BURMS!!!!! Go with smaller boas or ball pythons lol or something I love my boas and retics........

@nicholascampbell4575 4 года назад

So the research I’ve done says male reticent get around 8-14 but videos I’m seeing they don’t seem to be that big what would I do to get them that size in a healthy way for the snake

@MakiMaki962047 11 лет назад

*Longest

@ianmiscool6969 11 лет назад

Worst jokes ever.

@TheReticKeeper 11 лет назад

My female laid 24 eggs. 21 were perfect. She is 14' feet. 3.5 years old. First time breeder. Eating one 4lbs rabbit a week every week. Your theory is wrong. I will bet $1000 she she will lay more eggs next season, eating once a week a 4lbs rabbit. 4lbs isnt a really big meal. Barely leaves a lump.