Merci Matt,
I hope nobody minds i will reply in english.
For those who do not know me, my name is Mardy McManus. I'm a Canadien reptile breeder that now lives in South East Asia. I work on a snake farm and do lots of jungle trips. As well as going to reptile facilities in many countries.
Lots has been said about retics....WOW so far in this post.
The study does give you an eye into what i have been seeing. Maturity rates from all areas seems to be the same - highly variable. In mainland Malaysia we see females as small as 6 feet laying eggs. But the norm is 10-12
From the Indo retics, the Exporters etc. now have 4 superdwarf types and 2 dwarf types. plus the full size ones.
The sizes of these smaller animals varies, but on average from each of the islands the animals do grow smaller. They do carry pattern and color variations by locale but they can be quite similar. And can not be really used as a means of ID.
All over the colors and patterns vary so much that ID but that is not accurate. From what i have seen in a simplified way is this. You see 5 or 6 color/pattern types normally from the wild ones from many different locals. Some areas have more of one type than another, and so one. But they are not good markers as these animals are just to variable. And they are so many natural morphs that it is incredible, i have seen 30+ types now.
I will get some pictures together and post up retics from different countries and locals.
Cheers,
Mardy
Your set up sounds fine. I would guess the reason for not eatting is the large jump in food size. The snake can not really be caught back up to "normal" size by giving overly large food for it's current size. I would try giving something in the middle of what the original owner gave and what you gave last meal. Best of luck!
The size of any dwarf retic cross will lean toward the size of the female used. 65-75% if the offspring will be closer to the females size. The breeding of this above cross the female was the larger snake. A dwarf, so most of those babies should push 10 feet like the female. Use a super dwarf male and a normal female the babies will be still 12-14-16 plus feet long.
Merci Matt, I hope nobody minds i will reply in english. For those who do not know me, my name is Mardy McManus. I'm a Canadien reptile breeder that now lives in South East Asia. I work on a snake farm and do lots of jungle trips. As well as going to reptile facilities in many countries. Lots has been said about retics....WOW so far in this post. The study does give you an eye into what i have been seeing. Maturity rates from all areas seems to be the same - highly variable. In mainland Malaysia we see females as small as 6 feet laying eggs. But the norm is 10-12 From the Indo retics, the Exporters etc. now have 4 superdwarf types and 2 dwarf types. plus the full size ones. The sizes of these smaller animals varies, but on average from each of the islands the animals do grow smaller. They do carry pattern and color variations by locale but they can be quite similar. And can not be really used as a means of ID. All over the colors and patterns vary so much that ID but that is not accurate. From what i have seen in a simplified way is this. You see 5 or 6 color/pattern types normally from the wild ones from many different locals. Some areas have more of one type than another, and so one. But they are not good markers as these animals are just to variable. And they are so many natural morphs that it is incredible, i have seen 30+ types now. I will get some pictures together and post up retics from different countries and locals. Cheers, Mardy