Want a retic

41qt will last a male retic for a decent amount of time. Welcome to the retic addiction...

A little nervous, but with this nice size cage I'll have for 'em and me being retired I can give 'me ALOT of attention. I'm gonna breed rabbits for him and my dog. Yup, my dog LOVES chasing and eating rabbits. I've seen her crunch on one without busting it open and then swallow it like our snakes. And while riding horses on the trails, I've seen her run towards some cows and then stand up on her hind legs and HOP towards them like a roo. No up down up down hopping, but body straight up and hopping towards them. She's wild. Anyway, I get my boy next week.

41qt tub system (with heat) should hopefully get you a year or so. maybe less, maybe more depending on genetics and feeding schedule/type of prey/size

Got my baby lav tiger retic in today!! When I opend the bag he tried to get acquainted really quick! Not shy like the BP's. And as I was holding him, not moving much in front of him and showing him to the fed-ex guy, he tried mulit times to assert himself as dominate over me. He's sooo silly.

Congratulations! He's cute ... so far....
Here's to the start of an interesting relationship!

Since this gonna be the only retic I'm gonna own, I'm gonna make videos once a month of him. I'll call it (growning up retic) I know I don't need a huge enclosure yet, but I'm excited about how I'm gonna build it. I do have a ? I've heard that they can bust through plexi and glass and someone said to use pnumatic stapes and hardmare cloth? Maybe it was a joke? What if I make the windows out of smaller thick glass, like windshield glass?

Well, he ate a live mouse on the 24th and a 2nd on the 26th. I pulled him out yesterday to let him move around on me and get my scent. All he did was sit in my hand staring at my head. I moved my head and he followed. Sooo much the opposite of bp's. He struck at me but was still a good foot from my face and I wasn't moving. Then he warned me I guess by showing me his teeth. He's soo funny! Like I'm scared of him, right now..

get him on rats. and f/t as soon as possible. longer you wait, the tougher it can be to switch him.

Thanks Ryan, will do that next week. I've been using a pen to tap him on his head and then pick him up, so he'll associate the 2 together. And not touch him when I'm gonna feed him. Sound good? Ron

Well folks, tried to tong him a f/t wr, but he did a diversion attack on me. He hit the food and as my eye's were on the rat getting bite, he zig zaged and got out of the tub and up all the other racks which is about 6-7' high. The lights were off and I had a flashlight to look for him. It was like the anaconda movie where the snakes slithered up the trees in superman speeds. I'd see him and poof, he's gone. I finally cornered him and grabbed him with my tongs to pull him towards me. Then I grabbed him and he got acquainted with my flesh and wrapped around. When he got borned and let go, I uncurled him and put him in his tub without food for the night. I showewd him! Huh?