Mikkwa
Walks in Spirit Creations
Thought I might give my input in here as well. I own 3 retics & 3 burms. None are fully grown yet, I just got into keeping the really large kids about 1 1/2 yrs. ago. My burms are quite laid back with their attitude where as the retics are a bit more busier when I have them out. The retics take a few more mins. before they settle into being held, they tend to want to roam more than my burms.
I enjoy handling & interacting with my burms & retics more than I do my boas. And I've had my boas for much longer and I am a 5'2" old female. In other words, even an old lady can enjoy the big snakes! My husband who is 6'7" is the one who is afraid of snakes, but he's getting over it now.
I really can't say which I love better, a burm or a retic. I have my favorites out of the 6 & one is my sunfire retic. She is the one on my avatar, she's a super smart girl & will lay her head on my shoulder while I hold her. My favorite burm is my female granite with reduced pattern. She is a sweetheart and doesn't get in any big hurry about anything.
All of mine are hook trained & know when I touch their nose with a long wrapping paper roll that it is not feeding time. Each has its own personality of course and I have one male burm that is a real stinker in his enclosure, but once out he is a sweety. My super tiger male retic is the most flighty one, but he will settle down after a little handling. None have ever tried to bite me while I was handling them, but I have been bitten. It was purely my fault and avoidable, I was just careless while watering my sunfire & she thought I was bringing food.
I have never owned an afrock or an anaconda so I can't comment on them one way or the other. I just wanted to let you know a little about my experience with mine and how much I enjoy having them in my collection.
I enjoy handling & interacting with my burms & retics more than I do my boas. And I've had my boas for much longer and I am a 5'2" old female. In other words, even an old lady can enjoy the big snakes! My husband who is 6'7" is the one who is afraid of snakes, but he's getting over it now.
I really can't say which I love better, a burm or a retic. I have my favorites out of the 6 & one is my sunfire retic. She is the one on my avatar, she's a super smart girl & will lay her head on my shoulder while I hold her. My favorite burm is my female granite with reduced pattern. She is a sweetheart and doesn't get in any big hurry about anything.
All of mine are hook trained & know when I touch their nose with a long wrapping paper roll that it is not feeding time. Each has its own personality of course and I have one male burm that is a real stinker in his enclosure, but once out he is a sweety. My super tiger male retic is the most flighty one, but he will settle down after a little handling. None have ever tried to bite me while I was handling them, but I have been bitten. It was purely my fault and avoidable, I was just careless while watering my sunfire & she thought I was bringing food.
I have never owned an afrock or an anaconda so I can't comment on them one way or the other. I just wanted to let you know a little about my experience with mine and how much I enjoy having them in my collection.
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