Cool Dude....

So, I needed to clean out this little SD's tub earlier on, decided to perch him on my desk chair...well, he just curled himself up and was happy as a sand boy..."ok", says I, "a quick photo and you can get rehoused" well photo was duly taken, however, the little chap stayed there whilst I was doing the upload/download thing and has only just been returned....these guys...I mean the Retics in general are like dogs of the snake world, I swear it!!! Proper personalities and dare I say, rather smart for a snake....

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lovely pic so relaxed

Tony, could these be the ultimate snake - not only for their startling beauty, but also for the other qualities you mentioned. They really have a 'something' which is very hard to define: they just have the x factor!

Great pic of the wee guy !

Very nice indeedy

Thanks all....

pug wrote:lovely pic so relaxed

Agreed H, let sleeping Retics [however small] lie.....

Beautiful Retic Tony!! :)

I have to say that is one awesome looking snake. Fantastic little face and look at that pattern. Me likies

It could almost be a Morelia :) - what a stonker Tony, these guys are switched on alright.

thats a stormer tony, a bloomin stormer. i cant wait to geet my new camera so i can take half decent pictres of the boyos here..............

Thanks for all your comments guys..... he's a real ripper, I'll get one of the little female in due course...

trunx wrote:thats a stormer tony, a bloomin stormer. i cant wait to geet my new camera so i can take half decent pictres of the boyos here..............

Right enough Trunx...I'm looking forward to getting a look at your SD's....

He is a very cool looking character Tony, great photo' loving the eyes in that guy

now its pictures like these that really show me what im mising... ,
i will hope to own one of these creatures when my capability to look after them is suffisient....

Good man Aaron. I like to read responsible comments like that from people and I for one will always admire these guys via Tony and other peoples excellent images. A little too much for me, me thinks

hudsy13 wrote:now its pictures like these that really show me what im mising... ,
i will hope to own one of these creatures when my capability to look after them is suffisient....

Very mature approach Hudsy...good for you...

It's so great to see more people getting to know and appreciate retics for how wonderful they are. So many people still have such a misguided vision of these amazing snakes.

Fab picture Tony, such a bright little guy! It's so annoying not to know where these have been collected from, I much prefer to be able to use a locality term for any retic rather than just apply 'superdwarf' to them.

Tan - you have rat snakes, you'd be more than able for a small dwarf retic!

i would get a super dwarf...but they too dear for me, but im a big fan of the purples,ivorys and to be honnest i think its hard to beat a bog standard normal retic....,
so im waiting to im 16 and have a steady part time job...and be steady going with my boas....

Sounds like a plan to me Hudsy.....

Defnitely the way to go!
good on you dude

Great pic Tony of the little fella...well done mate........a great captive bred F1 pair you have there........and it is a pity the breeders wont disclose the locality, but it is without doubt to protect the wild populations of this locale, from being over-collected....they are definately 1 of the brightest patterned supers that i have seen........ cant wait to see the future developement of these guys

I have more of a feeling they may come from an island which doesn't even have a name, as there are so many small Indonesian Isles. It is also next to impossible to know where exacctly they have come from unless you have collected them yourself, as I know you know Mark!

The thing is 'superdwarf' is a term that is very much frowned upon in the hardcore retic world, and many respectable breeders refuse to use it at all, apart from in reference to the clark/Wilbanks line. It tends to be seen as an 'American' marketing phrase. Many people see the Clark line as not a pure locality at all now, more of a mix and match of small retics probably from a variety of locations. But they've been outcrossed so much now, it is impossible to tell.
Either way, it is obvious to me that selective breeding can and does result in tiny snakes. I don't believe any more that any locality can be guaranteed to stay small in captivity - it is all about selection of appropriate breeding animals.

It will definitely be interesting to see how these develop. It has certainly happened that F1 and F2 breedings have resulted in small snakes which have gradually become bigger in captivity. I think that is something ANY dwarf retic owner must be prepared for. But these are dainty dwarfs, that is for sure

yes lisa, dainty supers for sure....and very bright colouration to-boot.......these are not clark/wilbanks.....i have never hidden the fact that im not a fan, as you well know, and have yourself been on the recieving end of.......but i cant just wait to see how these little guys mature, size and colouration too Tony !

Fantastic photo Tony.

Can you train mine to sit still lmao

beat me to it Steve...I think he velcroed it to the chair for those pics, lol.....
only time mine sit still is when they're sleeping after a big feed, rest of the time they appear to have ADHD !!

adhd......brilliant....and very accurate description bud !