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Tpriem10
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I just picked up my first retic... He was sold as a sunfire. I believe he is a sunfire as i have seen them before. He is in shed right now and i will get pics up asap. Can you post some sunfires pics please? Thanks
06/28/08  03:56pm

 #1776724


Tpriem10
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 New Retic

Some pics.. He just shed... I cant capture the orange.. Under his tail it is completely orange. Thanks











06/28/08  04:38pm

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JimmyDavid
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   Message To: Tpriem10   In reference to Message Id: 1776724


 New Retic

Sorry, doesn’t really look like a true sunfire.
That tail has some similarities, though, with the one on a small retic a got these days. Retichuck, a member here, told me he also has one like that. I called it firetail because that name just came to mind, although i have no idea on the locality background of these snakes, maybe yours is a "firetail" as well. Mine does have a stronger orange that almost fades to yellow, but yours isn’t that much different and the lack of white markings on that area is also another thing they share...
Anyway, that’s a cool little retic. Good luck with it.
06/28/08  06:02pm

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Carpondro17
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   Message To: Tpriem10   In reference to Message Id: 1776724


 New Retic

Yea thats what I was thinking that doesnt look like a sunfire to me.. But like jimmy david said he could be a firetail
06/28/08  09:40pm

 #1777379


JimmyDavid
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 New Retic

I’ll just post the pics here so you don’t have to search for my other post. This one is mine:





06/29/08  08:26am

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Tpriem10
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   Message To: JimmyDavid   In reference to Message Id: 1777379


 New Retic

He is not a true sunfire but i just got to thinking about the firetail thing... He looks almost identical to yours. I cant seem to capture his true colors. Does anyone know the story of the firetail?
06/29/08  09:23am

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JimmyDavid
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   Message To: Tpriem10   In reference to Message Id: 1777399


 New Retic

I must set clear that "firetail" was a name i made up. When i first saw this little one out of the bag in daylight i thought she had an awesome tail that was a lot more bright than ordinary normals.. that’s why i named it Firetail (turns out there is a bird with that name also, lol).

I have no idea where they come from since mine was a wild caught purchase from parts unknown. Retichuck also has one, maybe he knows the locality of these. Mine is growing fast and i plan on breeding her one day so i can check out how the offspring looks, but let’s not forget that there is a chance they will change colour as they grow...



06/29/08  10:09am

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Grunt
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   Message To: JimmyDavid   In reference to Message Id: 1777415


 New Retic

here is an older pic of my sunfires tail. she is from a breeding of a male sunfire and a normal female here are the white markings Jimmy is talking about. sunfires come in many different patterns some have less color than others, but all should have the white markers from what I have seen




06/29/08  02:35pm

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JimmyDavid
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   Message To: Grunt   In reference to Message Id: 1777602


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That is a beautiful snake by the way, grunt!

well.. my firetail just shed for me for the first time here at my house and that tail is looking brighter than ever. So i am keeping high hopes that this trait just keeps getting stronger like yellowheads do.



06/30/08  12:12pm

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Grunt
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   Message To: JimmyDavid   In reference to Message Id: 1778563


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Quote:

well.. my firetail just shed for me for the first time here at my house and that tail is looking brighter than ever. So i am keeping high hopes that this trait just keeps getting stronger like yellowheads do.



Thanks for the compliment Jimmy. I would like to say the snake you call a fire tail is smoking. no pun intended
06/30/08  04:08pm

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Tpriem10
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   Message To: Grunt   In reference to Message Id: 1778754


 New Retic

Thanks.. My retic is so cool he is so calm.. never hissed or struck already took f/t.. love his head touched not shy at all.. very interactive lol
07/01/08  11:28am


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