Here comes trouble...

The Jamps! Naughty girls. The first lady is cracked. She did her best to bite and coil Dave and Steve over and over again - second picture is awful but I'm including it as you can kind of see how she had her head open, showing us how much she appreciated being handled....Everything is food to her, and she does not settle down when out for a while either!

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And the second girl - much slimmer. She settles down fine once she realises she's not being fed, but definitely requires gentle and cautious handling or she will lay down the law with you!

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Dave put on his shorts especially for Tan, felt he couldn't let her down

grate looking retic,,, i see he didnt want to let go her head untill he was down the other end... :P,,,ha ha i understand why...

What age are these two young ladies now Lisa ??

Gorgeous snakes Lisa!!!!!!!!!!! They might be a bit pissed in the pics but I'd say they more than appreciated the fresh air now we kind of have the weather for it!!! All mine have been out at least twice over the last few weeks!

They're two different retics Rob...He didn't let the first girl's head go at all, she was in kill mode and that was that! The second girl is alright once you get her out, bit flighty, typical retic.

Buddy, they're 5 yrs old I'm told, probably coming up 6. We've had them 8-9 months now.

It's nice to get them out for a bit of fresh air and exercise alright Joe!

Looking good lisa! Couple nice girlies there. So glad my guys relatively calm, looks like dave has his arms full with that one for sure!!!
Slightly looking forward to my guy eventually getting upto their size. Lol
Hows all of your breeding efforts going these days?? Are we expecting any baby retics this year at all??

jayus just only after coping onto that now lisa,,, see that's why i should be wearing my glasses so i can see the wrighting , ha ha,,,they are amazing looking ,

Not sure about the shorts ....great photos....

Tony W wrote:Not sure about the shorts

Or the black socks and white trainers .Sorry Dave,we are so pass-remarkable

Awesome looking retics Lisa and Dave

I measured mine today,the female is a little under 6ft and the male a bit over 7ft.Im S**t scared of them to lol.Can't imagine trying to handle something that size.Jampeas are dwarfs as well arn't they?

chappers wrote:Looking good lisa! Couple nice girlies there. So glad my guys relatively calm, looks like dave has his arms full with that one for sure!!!
Slightly looking forward to my guy eventually getting upto their size. Lol
Hows all of your breeding efforts going these days?? Are we expecting any baby retics this year at all??

Ta Paul, you need to stick up more pics of the supertiger, haven't seen him in ages!
We're not pairing tics up at the mo, will try in a few months time. Males need a bit of maturing. We were going well and had plenty of locks earlier in the season, but these girls attacked the platty male who is our only proven breeder, and now he is terrified of women Our dwarf albino turning out to be not a male was a severe setback for us, as our dwarf het female is ready to go. Need a good male for them both, perhaps the SD het albino will do his thing later in the yr!

rob blair wrote:jayus just only after coping onto that now lisa,,, see that's why i should be wearing my glasses so i can see the wrighting , ha ha,,,they are amazing looking ,

Thanks Rob

Tony W wrote:Not sure about the shorts ....great photos....

Phil wrote:

Tony W wrote:Not sure about the shorts

I definitely didn't fall for dave because of his sense of style - he goes to work like that

Or the black socks and white trainers .Sorry Dave,we are so pass-remarkable

Awesome looking retics Lisa and Dave

I measured mine today,the female is a little under 6ft and the male a bit over 7ft.Im S**t scared of them to lol.Can't imagine trying to handle something that size.Jampeas are dwarfs as well arn't they?

They are, most Jamps don't get to this size. Apparently most will settle out 10ft or under. Ah, you'll get used to them and grow to adore them soon enough Phil! Took a little while for the first girl here to melt my heart! She's a nuisance in that I can't do anything with her by myself at all, I'm just not strong enough. The strength of that girl is unbelievable. Poor Steve (Dave's brother) in the pics was seriously under pressure

Remember you saying bout the dwarf albino, its a shame!
ill have all my fingers n toes crossed for you this year!!

chappers wrote:Remember you saying bout the dwarf albino, its a shame!
ill have all my fingers n toes crossed for you this year!!

Yeah, I know a mature female is more valuable, but not much use when you're no male!

We didn't feed the albino the way we fed the het either as we thought she was a he (thanks graham!). So she needs feeding on now also. It'll all work out better at the end of the day though I hope!

lisafay wrote:

chappers wrote:Remember you saying bout the dwarf albino, its a shame!
ill have all my fingers n toes crossed for you this year!!

Yeah, I know a mature female is more valuable, but not much use when you're no male!

We didn't feed the albino the way we fed the het either as we thought she was a he (thanks graham!). So she needs feeding on now also. It'll all work out better at the end of the day though I hope!

Hey Lisa, time spent in preparation is time seldom wasted....we're all looking forward to your [and Dave's] Retic projects bearing fruit.... I for one can't wait for your planned offspring down the line.....

Thanks Tony, it'll be special with the animals we've grown on from hatchlings ourselves especially - which is most of them! :)

Nice jamps! Is there many of these floating about ???

I know of one more, which resides with Chris and Milca. (dutchology) I sold a female jamp about 7/8 ft to someone in Dublin last year, or perhaps it was the year before!

There are probably a few young Jampeas about, but I would highly doubt there are any more around Ireland at this size - they are few and far between in the UK also - although there are plenty of Jamps floating about over there. Then again, everyone doesn't go on the forums, and you never really know what people may have or not have.

This is the bigger end of the scale with them, many even out at smaller sizes.

yeh,i even tried contacting bob clarke for a jamp and he had sold all his hatchlings. definatley keeping my eyes open for more retics,whether it be sd's or tigers. good luck with the pairing of the retics,the sooner ya get them hatching the sooner i can buy a few!

Fingers crossed, I'll be pairing up a few soon-ish and see what happens, hopefully we should have some exciting stuff pairing up later in the yr

hehe I was looking over the pictures thinking wow, those are two massive snakes and I wouldn't like to be dealing with either but thought oh shorts, must comment, but you beat me to it

I have to say with all joking aside, they are friggin impressive animals Lisa.

Dave's shorts have become an institution of their own - his work crowd in the UK have started a 'Dave's shorts' fan club, ha!!!!
Thanks Tan, they're brats but we love them all the same