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#1705079
Aquasquid69
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 A temperment quiestion
so i just got a retic i have never had one before but i have alot of other snakes , two red tails, a anaconda, albino granite burmese. so the retic is very aggressive is that their temeperment or is it the fault of the previous owner just curious if i handle him will the biting change or is that just the temperment? also i have never been bite before so how bad will it hurt to get bite by this retic he is about 4 or 5 ft but pretty slender i can wrap my thumb and pointer finger around him and touch my thumb and pointer just to give a good idea about size. should i wear gloves or will it not hurt that bad just curious.... i dont mean to sound like a wuss LOL i am covered in tattoos but i somehow think that snake biting will hurt worse then a tat LOL any advice will be greatly appreciated
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04/16/08 12:49am
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#1705107
Croc Attack
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Message To: Aquasquid69 In reference to Message Id: 1705079
A temperment quiestion
Retics are know to be an agressive species but no worries man there are many handable retics out there. Alot of retics are cage agressive meaning when you go to take them out of the cage they think its feeding time, it helps to bump them lightly on the head with something soft or just a stick to let them know its not time to eat, this helps get them out of that "feeding mode" if you work with him and handle him often you will see how quickly he will get used to being held. You can wear gloves if you want but FYI a bite from a 5’ retice wont hurt, you will bleed but you wont be able to feel it (in my opinion)
Good luck man
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04/16/08 02:21am
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#1705146
J-Star
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Message To: Croc Attack In reference to Message Id: 1705107
A temperment quiestion
well actually MOST retics (id say about 70% - 80%) of CB or CBB and even WC hatchlings are tame!!! i hate it when i hear people who have never even encoutered a retic, say that they are agressive animals!!! only wild tics are aggressive and ive even seen one big wild retic on a tv programme that was taken out of a river and held by a idiot! lol but anyways what im trying to say is that retics are amazing animals that should not have a reputation for being aggresive but for being the most amazing snake to look after!! i personally would be more worried over a ETB or white lipped python rather than a adult retic lol
cheers
J-Star
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04/16/08 05:24am
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#1705198
Grunt
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Message To: J-Star In reference to Message Id: 1705146
A temperment quiestion
I agree.
I would like to state that a lot of people see no need to hook train their snakes and thats their choice. My recommendation is start hook training now and it should help it calm down. I have two WC retics that are tame as can be.
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04/16/08 07:40am
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#1705201
J-Star
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Message To: Grunt In reference to Message Id: 1705198
A temperment quiestion
my 0.1 retic is a WC aswell nd she has never shown any sign of aggresion except at feeding lol and thats only at her rats lol
cheers, hey grunt hows your retics doing anyway?
J-Star
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04/16/08 07:43am
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#1705207
Grunt
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Message To: J-Star In reference to Message Id: 1705201
A temperment quiestion
their doing fine dont have time to post any new pics but will soon, and yours?. I am sickk of seeing people give these animals such a bad reputation. I have been battling with my father for almost 3 yrs because of his attitude about retics being around my children . now after all this time he says well I guess you cant believe everything you see on animal planet, LOL like we didnt know that. He is 71 and has the old time thinking that if someone like jack hanna or or the guy that use to be on mutual of omaha’s wild kingdom it must be true. he didnt take into account that they were talking about these animals in their natural habitat.
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04/16/08 07:58am
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#1705214
J-Star
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Message To: Grunt In reference to Message Id: 1705207
A temperment quiestion
cool, yeah they are doing great, personallt i see retics as one of the most least aggresive snakes (but thats my thoughts) and i would consider getting a tic BEFORE getting a white lip or ETB as they are very AGGRESIVE (not tryin to put people off of them) and have fragile skin which needs PERFECT humidity (so do retics) and also many ETB’S and white lips are difficult feeders, and you have to make a perfect feeding schedule, and every ETB has its own feeding schedule e.g- every 2 weeks or week or less!! depending on the food (whcih cant be too big!!) lol anyways all im trying to say to EVERY PERSON who has never seen a retic before do not judge them, they are amazing animals to keep!!! and people say that they have heard they are man eaters, well actually a retic has never been reported to eat a human!!! they have killed but not eaten as our shoulder are just too narrow for their jaws!!! a burm has aten a 5’6’’ man before buts just......well i dont know lol
cheers
J-Star
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04/16/08 08:12am
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#1706267
Croc Attack
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Message To: J-Star In reference to Message Id: 1705146
A temperment quiestion
To whom are you replying Quote: i hate it when i hear people who have never even encoutered a retic, say that they are agressive animals!!!
Would you say that a majority of retics are more agressive than say RTB?? Yeah I would say so and just because one snake species is more agressive than another does not mean it deserves a bad name at all, but alot of people do hear that they are very flighty and prone to biting...so some people say that they are "bad snakes" thats fine so they dont buy them because they lack thee experiance to understand how to handle them. Not there fault they are more incline to agression is it? It just means more experiance is needed.
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04/17/08 02:05am
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#1706468
J-Star
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Message To: Croc Attack In reference to Message Id: 1706267
A temperment quiestion
i was talking about people who have just heard about tics frm other people the frm other people and they all think tics are bad because hollywood are making films about giant snakes 30+ bigger than they really are, then everyone beleives thats how it really is....a 60’ snake with a bad hamster brain temperament and likes the taste of people??? lol
J-Star
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04/17/08 09:20am
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#1706765
Charlystarly
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Message To: J-Star In reference to Message Id: 1706468
A temperment quiestion
LOL iagree frm that movie a few years ago... I think it was called Anaconda but it was like a 30ft conda. It gives them a bad rep and it’s a total lie.
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04/17/08 03:35pm
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#1707162
J-Star
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Message To: Charlystarly In reference to Message Id: 1706765
A temperment quiestion
lol i know condas are also timid animals...its only Wild condas that are aggresive, and thats normally gravid females or if your close to their nest as condas will stay close to their young like crocs. ive seen huge wild condas flee frm humans!!! the only reason they have a bad repuation is because of that film and that was only made coz of their huge size, which makes you think that with a great size comes a bad repuation!?! i mean you wouldnt see hollywood makin a horror film about a corn snake that escaped from its tank lol
J-Star
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04/17/08 08:10pm
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#1707605
Aquasquid69
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Message To: J-Star In reference to Message Id: 1707162
 A temperment quiestion
yeah that is true i have a male anconda and he is puppy dog tame and i just traded his female and she was the same way she never struck or even hissed for that matter now i have this retic and an albino granite burmese both are mean as hell and the retic strikes everytime i even open the cage and the burm hiss’s everytime i open her tank i always heard that burms had very good temperments and were one of the most docile snakes around but so far my red tails and anaconda are way more tame then the retic or the burm. which brings me to a quiestion.....when i open the tank and she hiss’s dpes that mean a strike is coming next? i have tried one time to just ignore the hiss and handle her anyways and she moved very fast toward my arm i moved away very quickly but was not looking to see if her mouth was open to strike because i was mostly worried about getting my arm out of bitting range LOL i dont mean to sound inexperienced with all the quiestions but i like to ask people who have more experience for their advice because i am not to proud to admit that i dont know everything not even close to everything and i would rather learn from someone who knows more then injure myself or my snake trying to be pigheaded and proud...
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04/18/08 04:59am
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#1708233
NICKNAME
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Message To: Aquasquid69 In reference to Message Id: 1707605
A temperment quiestion
we have an albino burm , and a tiger retic , and a selayers retic . thay are all very tame . it`s not from alot of handling either . we hold them maybe once a week.i guess my son had good judgment when he selected them.
the burm hisses real loud when we go to handle her , but she has never bitten. i get a little hesitent from the hissing , but my son just gets a hold of her and has never been bitten by her or any of the retics either .
i got tagged from the larger retic once , she had just eaten a rabbit , and i went to put her back in her tank .she just nailed me on the finger ,man they can be fast when they want ! blood eveywhere
i left her alone for a few hours , and she was fine when i came back. i guess you just have to be aware of where , when , and how , you know?
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04/18/08 06:07pm
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#1708628
Aquasquid69
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Message To: NICKNAME In reference to Message Id: 1708233
A temperment quiestion
yeah i was thinking of useing a snake stick just to get her out of her cage because she seems to calm down once she is out i was thinking maybe it was due to the fact that i feed her in her cage.... so how bad did it hurt when you got tagged by that retic?? just curious because mine is mean as hell even if i just open the tank as soon as my hand enters the tank he is stricking so maybe he was W/C or something i named him luciferLOL
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04/19/08 12:03am
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#1710034
NICKNAME
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Message To: Aquasquid69 In reference to Message Id: 1708628
A temperment quiestion
really it`s not painful . its alot of needle sharp teeth , so you bleed alot.they don`t grab and tear . they just bite down
if it bites try not to react by jerking away quickly.
i grew up in miami , we caught lizards and snakes all the time . we would let them bite us and they would hang there by their teeth , it really didn`t hurt.
i`m not an expert with our snake hook , but i have been using it more and more getting them in and out
ours aren`t that big yet ( one 6 ft. one 7 ft , and one 8 ft)o
. these guys are right . it is an important tool . buy one and get yourself and the snake use to it
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04/20/08 12:37pm
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#1712087
Aquasquid69
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Message To: NICKNAME In reference to Message Id: 1710034
A temperment quiestion
yea i am planning on getting a snake stick ......... so i just got a baby alligator last night he is a little over a foot long and i got tagged by him within the first hour of having him and that didnt really hurt at all but i think he was just stressed because today he is alot calmer and is very handlable he is sooo cool
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04/22/08 04:37am
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#1752490
Aquasquid69
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Message To: Aquasquid69 In reference to Message Id: 1712087
UPDATE
UPDATE: i got a snake stick and have been trying to work with my retic with that and he does not strike at the stick but when i go to touch him he strikes at me actually the other day he got soo close to getting me in the face that he could have put his tongue out and touched my noise it scared the crap outta me i havent brought him outta the tank with the stick yet becuase i dont want him to get away from me and be loose in the house with my three kids running around that could be bad. i had a friend come over and he was able to pet the retic on the top of the head and for a little while he was puppy dog tame no hissing no striking and then all of a sudden i went in to get him one day and he had an a$$hole relapse and is evil as ever is there a way to fix this and make him tame agian because i really like him and want to keep him but i dont want a 20 demon that will bite or possible kill me with every chance he gets just wondering also why is it that he wont strike at the snake stick but will strike at me every time he gets a chance?
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06/02/08 06:25pm
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#1754115
Grunt
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Message To: Aquasquid69 In reference to Message Id: 1752490
UPDATE
use the hook to get it out of the cage and then it will probably be fine . you need to remember that they can be very cage agressive, and that is reason for the hook. keep us posted
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06/07/08 07:42am
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#1754145
Bjk666
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Message To: Grunt In reference to Message Id: 1754115
UPDATE
My burm hisses constantly even once I’m holding her. It used to intimidate me a little but she always does it so I guess I just got used to it. I heard about the hook training on here so I’ve been doing that with all my bigger snakes. It seems to work very well because the only one that has bitten me is my yellow conda and that was entirely my fault. He was about 3ft or so when he bit me. Honestly a mosquito hurts more. It happens so fast I didn’t even realize what happens until I saw the blood. My retic is calming down nicely. I’ve been getting her used to the hook training.
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06/07/08 08:54am
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#1755675
Aquasquid69
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Message To: Bjk666 In reference to Message Id: 1754145
UPDATE
well he is fine with the hook but bit me and my friend about 7 or 8 times a each it didnt hurt but i got some gloves now that he is not able to bite through so i pulled him out to see if he would still strike and yea he did almost got me in the face and came pretty close to my neck but i move quick and seem to be very lucky so far.... my wife thinks he is pissy because i had a female in with him a while back then she died ever since then he has been being this way i was told that snakes dont have emotion or attachement they simply dont have that part in their brain i dont know how true that is but when i first got him he was pissy and very nippy then i got him a female and he calmed down and was completely handlable just like the female was then she died and he is back to being very very aggressive in and out of the cage
love peace and chicken grease
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06/09/08 12:49am
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