I always think of "flighty" as meaning frightened and trying to get away; not aggressive; actually the opposite! The only one that seemed to behave like it wanted to get away was your last one that you said was the least socialized. There's a definite difference between just moving to explore and trying to run from you. Most of the others just seemed curious and wanting to go explore. What you said makes alot of sense. The longer a species is kept in captivity and bred the more likely it is to become much more docile than its wild caught counterparts. I think probably breeders selectively breed (at least somewhat) for temperament over the generations since these snakes are in the pet trade and they want their customers to have a good experience.
I agree Flighty and aggressive are different behaviors, but both would be exhibited by an animal that was not enjoying human interaction. We don't see much of either, here... after 20 years working with these guys. The places you will see it are more cutting edge morph projects, or extremely rare locality animals.
@@ReachOutReptiles Yup. You're right. I really feel that a large segment of people in the hobby haven't caught up with current understanding and are still in the mode of viewing all snakes very narrowly. Just like Retics Ball Pythons are misunderstood as well. I saw someone post on Facebook just the other day saying that she thought a happy Ball Python is one who you never see and is always in its hide. I found that really sad and it goes to show what people often miss the point on about Ball Pythons is that for them hiding is a defense. A truly happy and comfortable Ball Python doesn't stay in a ball or in its hide, but is naturally out exploring and interacting with people. They tend to be nocturnal so they may sleep alot of the day and that could be what people misunderstand as unsociability. I mostly handle mine late afternoon or at night and they move and explore quite a bit when they're awake and rested. They are not the pet rocks many think they are. I am really encouraged by some of the research showing snakes actually are capable of social interaction, forming relationships, and are underestimated in their ability to learn and problem solve. I think we are just beginning to scratch the surface in understanding the inner life of snakes. I suspect they understand alot more than many give them credit for. This may be another good topic for a future video. :-)
You don't even need to selectively breed for more docile animals to get more docile animals. If an animal is more docile, it will likely be less stresses, thus it might eat and mate better. Essentially, the individuals that do better in captivity will have their genes more represented in the next generation, so for every extra captive generation, you are more likely to see animals that do better in captivity, which will typically mean: more docile.
Great video, beautiful relics. About 20 years ago I bought a baby wild caught retic, it was quite the handful and never seem to get used to handling, meanwhile growing quickly. I see these videos of relics today and I'm in awe at how far they've come.
Incredible, isn't it? I started with those as well, its like leaning to drive by starting with a Semi Truck! These days my SD stuff all drives like a Honda.
Awesome video! Very educational and good representation of the snakes!! Keep showing more and more of your snakes, I'm sure others would be in agreeance!! Lots of love and support!!!
You have some incredible snakes. They look amazing in your videos but after seeing a few of them in person at Tinley I was blown away by their beauty. I realize I only saw a few of them but still some real lookers.
Good show. I remember back in the early 1980's, Mainland retics were crazy. They had a reputation of being super bitey.A freind of mine had about a 12 footer that it was a life or death struggle just to get him out of the enclosure to cleean it(which he seemed to do most often when I was visiting).
So glad I found this channel, such good information and you seem like an awesome guy. The only thing I don't like is how much I'd love to have a SD retic after watching 😂😂❤
I figured that the “flighty nature” that people say they are is because of the number of generations from wild caught vs mainland having been bred for so many generations. The snakes in your video seem to act just like the young mainland of that size so I don’t know why they refer to them as flighty. Love that White Diamond. Thanks Garrret.
Glad you liked it Nathan! I tend to agree with you on that. I love my animals, and really only have a few locality WC animals that give me any attitude at all.
The retic you sent was a bet nippy at first but differently doing a lot better after settling down for a bit. He really looks great and should be out of quarantine soon 👍🏽
Be sure to check out all the videos here on handling, and also setting up a new snake. They are highly intelligent species, and if you take the time to teach them early on that you are not a threat to them, they will not forget it.
Man I agree fully. I try and tell my people that dogs used to be wolves and breeding has tame them and snakes can and have been tamed slightly. Great video man
Great video Garrett. However the drawf I got from you is super flighty and aggressive. I just had to post a video of her on instagram. I tagged you in the description. You should be ashamed of yourself selling this aggressive snakes. 😂 Really my girl blue is super cool. Thanks for the great drawf retic.
it's all about the amount of time you put in. Mine will curl up on my shoulder like a branch and sit there quite happily... sometimes! They are lively but that means once they are used to you they actually enjoy interacting with you. She is my first retic, I always wanted one but s mainland just was not an option so when I found out about super dwarfs I had to have one and now I am totally in love with them!
Wow! You have absolutely gorgeous snakes man. I added your facebook group and i think your main fb? I am really teetering hard on buying one. I was also thinking about a couple regal jumping spiders too for my kids haha.
They are a lot of fun, especially if you really go big on the furnishings for the caging, giving them awesome display tanks to show off their good looks and cool behaviors.
Now imagine switching to any other constrictor when a Super Dwarf retic is your one and only pet and is your only baseline reference of how active a constrictor should be :D.
I find mine pretty chill at times, and pretty flighty at others. When he extends like that I let him go back in his cage, but not sure whether I should wait until he is calm or let him bow out when he is crazy.
l agree totally they are more used to us handling them and as the generations have been born in captivity that has certainly been genetically changed for them, not just used to us being around them.
They are all so beautiful if I was to get one today I don't know what one I would pick they all are beautiful.....I like the normals and the one that has marble and looks like the normal
Each bloodline has it's own size tendencies. Even among pure Jampea lines, the different family line of them has their own tendencies. Just as in humans. ;)
Great video as always!! I've 2 questions (also suggestions for next superdwarf videos maybe) : 1) I know that superdwarf retics sometimes have a much more dizzy pattern (in case of no pattern mutation I guess) on their neck than mainlands. Are there other signs you can see on a (super)dwarf retic that are indicative for being (super)dwarf? (I've also heard the color of the eyes might be silver more often?) 2) You (like everyone) said that, in general, snakes from let's say 5th gen out of the wild are much more calm/less flighty/less defensive than snakes 1st gen outta wild. But I wonder why. Would being scared of humans (or any other potential predator for that matter) also be a genetic thing? Sounds kinda odd to me I have to say :) Thanks in advance :)
We will take an in-depth look at some of the traits of each locality as I am able to produce such videos. As for the why behind domestication- animals that are more suited to captivity will get more more food, less stress, and thrive over animals that are less suited. That will automatically cause them to reproduce more often, and in greater numbers, eventually outpacing the less suited animals. It doesn't alway take a certain number of generations to accomplish that, just time for that animal to have more babies than the competition. It happens the same way as in the wild- animals with a competitive edge pass their genetics along at a faster rate than others.
Sometimes, you just gotta like the animal for what they are. Green Trees make much better displays than handling buddies. Retics are very inquisitive of their owners, most snakes just have different levels of "tolerating" handling. GTP do not tolerate much.
High percentage? Not much. No SD whites over 50% that I am aware of. Purples there are, but you are asking for a 4 generation minimum to get there. They do exist, but DEFINATELY something you should contact me to get on a waiting list for, because they sell as soon as they hatch. If you follow me on Instagram, I have posted my 75% SD Purple girl before.
ROR do you have a FB page?? Because i am now convince that my pet retic is a dwarf. Its wild captured acctually. And it is very aggresive. I have difficulty in taming it. Any advice??
Beautiful snakes! Their behaviour seems similar to carpet pythons, which I think are great. Even snakes of the same species/subspecies vary as individuals: there are carpets which are demons, and stay that way!
I think of flighty/squirrelly/hyper as one in the same. Bitey/aggressive/defensive as one in the same, along with musk/poop to complement. Inquisitive/investigative/exploratory/curious as one in the same. Musk/pee/poop as a nervous, defensive animal. Not aggressive. Just old school thinking.
Now I’m not sure about the superdwarf stuff. Everyone of yours always seem curious as can be. But what about people who claim that Pieds are defensive? I know you let Brian take care of your pied. I’m just curious
Pieds, and many new morphs for that matter, are still very close to wild caught. Perfect example. I would call her defensive and flighty. I don't think those traits follow the Pied gene any more than they follow the SD Retics. That's how the majority of Retics acted back in the days I started keeping. Mainland, SD, Morph this or morph that- they take a little time to domesticate to the point of making good captives. Pieds will eventually become as tame as any other morph, once that bloodline has been outcrossed into "nicer" snakes. I sent Brian 4 snakes from Pied breedings, she is the only one who acts that way- so progress is already being made. The whole point of this video is not to judge an entire race by its wild ancestors. If you want a well behaved SD or Pied, or any snake, ask the breeder. When someone posts a snake for sale online, you will see many people immediately reply "Price?" Maybe instead, they should ask "Personality?"- at least if they value a good personality in their animals.
Reach Out Reptiles thanks for the reply. So the pieds are just still closer in generations to wild caught animals then? I was wondering cause I was in a live stream with a very well know retic breeder and I asked about pieds and he even said “they just feel insecure a lot and often need some love from a good keeper to get them to be comfortable with you.” So I figure I’d ask you the same question. Thanks again for taking time to reply! Keep making awesome videos Garrett!
When the eggs are nearly ready to hatch some breeders cut an hole in the egg then reach in and pull them out. So the snakes first contact of a human is a giant hand pulling them out That's the first thing imprinted on there mind. So that's there first experience of human contact. That's why this method I think you get nervous snakes jumpy flighty bitey. Breeders do it this way for profit. Other breeders cut an hole in the egg and let them come out on there own so there first contact with humans are a more gentle one. I think this method you get a calmer snake. This is my view on the subject.
Why do you think pulling them out would create more profit? Your theory is interesting, and certainly one bad experience can set the tone for a relationship, but I think there are many more factors involved in this particular scenario.
@@ReachOutReptiles Breeders cut all the eggs open to gain as many snakes as possible (profits). I've based my comments on common sense. Imagine your a snake and first thing you experience from a human is a giant hand pulling you from your egg to the snake that must be frightening. Same with hook training some people tap them on the head to the human its a tap, the snake it's like hitting them on the head with a rock. I would be defensive aggressive and bite if someone hit me on the head. I look at things not just from a common sense but also the animals behaviour.
i thought my love for snakes had died down after buying my first 2 but wheneva i watch your videos i fall in love all over again . i think the problem is i want sd retics lol.. id so love to buy one of ur snakes , why do u have to be in the usa. sucks. if you know of any european shows you might be going to ,let me know, you can always send me a facebook msg
People who complain about a snake being a snake don't need a pet snake in any form. They like to move and their only defense is their bite, if you don't work with them just like all animals they will revert back to wild behaviors. This is true about most animals horses, cats, dogs, and snakes. I always thought flighty meant easy to scare or run away people use this a lot in the horse world. If I could I would love to have a dwarf retic but i have anti snake roommates!
I would like to make the argument that there are aggressive snakes, but only in the handful of cases when an exceptionally large constrictor has attacked a person in an act of predation. The other 99% of the time they are in fact just defensive.
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I always think of "flighty" as meaning frightened and trying to get away; not aggressive; actually the opposite! The only one that seemed to behave like it wanted to get away was your last one that you said was the least socialized. There's a definite difference between just moving to explore and trying to run from you. Most of the others just seemed curious and wanting to go explore.
What you said makes alot of sense. The longer a species is kept in captivity and bred the more likely it is to become much more docile than its wild caught counterparts. I think probably breeders selectively breed (at least somewhat) for temperament over the generations since these snakes are in the pet trade and they want their customers to have a good experience.
I agree Flighty and aggressive are different behaviors, but both would be exhibited by an animal that was not enjoying human interaction. We don't see much of either, here... after 20 years working with these guys. The places you will see it are more cutting edge morph projects, or extremely rare locality animals.
@@ReachOutReptiles Yup. You're right. I really feel that a large segment of people in the hobby haven't caught up with current understanding and are still in the mode of viewing all snakes very narrowly.
Just like Retics Ball Pythons are misunderstood as well. I saw someone post on Facebook just the other day saying that she thought a happy Ball Python is one who you never see and is always in its hide. I found that really sad and it goes to show what people often miss the point on about Ball Pythons is that for them hiding is a defense. A truly happy and comfortable Ball Python doesn't stay in a ball or in its hide, but is naturally out exploring and interacting with people. They tend to be nocturnal so they may sleep alot of the day and that could be what people misunderstand as unsociability. I mostly handle mine late afternoon or at night and they move and explore quite a bit when they're awake and rested. They are not the pet rocks many think they are.
I am really encouraged by some of the research showing snakes actually are capable of social interaction, forming relationships, and are underestimated in their ability to learn and problem solve. I think we are just beginning to scratch the surface in understanding the inner life of snakes. I suspect they understand alot more than many give them credit for. This may be another good topic for a future video. :-)
You don't even need to selectively breed for more docile animals to get more docile animals. If an animal is more docile, it will likely be less stresses, thus it might eat and mate better. Essentially, the individuals that do better in captivity will have their genes more represented in the next generation, so for every extra captive generation, you are more likely to see animals that do better in captivity, which will typically mean: more docile.
11:06 that's the best morph of retic in my opinion 😍😍😍😍😍 i will definetly buy it from u in future
Just a simple Tiger, bred into that beautiful Selayer locality.
@@ReachOutReptiles that's awesome 😍
Great video, beautiful relics. About 20 years ago I bought a baby wild caught retic, it was quite the handful and never seem to get used to handling, meanwhile growing quickly. I see these videos of relics today and I'm in awe at how far they've come.
Incredible, isn't it? I started with those as well, its like leaning to drive by starting with a Semi Truck! These days my SD stuff all drives like a Honda.
Awesome video! Very educational and good representation of the snakes!! Keep showing more and more of your snakes, I'm sure others would be in agreeance!! Lots of love and support!!!
Thanks Nikki!
Wow what can I say you have some very impressive snake mate, love the educational videos and seeing your collection!! Keep up the great work 👍🏻
Thank you!
Nice collection.
Hi Gerret, good to see you brother....
Yes sir, you too!
Awesome video!!! Very informative.
Thanks!!
Stunning looking Kayuadi
Right? Love those...
You have some incredible snakes. They look amazing in your videos but after seeing a few of them in person at Tinley I was blown away by their beauty. I realize I only saw a few of them but still some real lookers.
Thanks Ron! You aren't bad looking yourself!
Another really great video. Awesome morphs you are working with too. You brought up get stuff I never thought about.
Good! Thanks, and thanks for watching!
Your snakes never disappoint. Great video as well.
Thanks!
Amazing animals. Really good info., makes a major difference when you know what your talking about. 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Thanks G. Appreciate you sharing so much about something you know a lot about. They certainly are enticing, those “tinytics.”
Wee-tics! lol
Dude, that is the bomb! Wee-Tics. I’m using it! Classic!
I dont know why, but there's something about the way retics slither which looks so unreal and majestic.
Great video cant wait to get one myself
Thanks for watching, and hit me up when you're ready!
Good show. I remember back in the early 1980's, Mainland retics were crazy. They had a reputation of being super bitey.A freind of mine had about a 12 footer that it was a life or death struggle just to get him out of the enclosure to cleean it(which he seemed to do most often when I was visiting).
Absolutely, that was the background I came from.
Great video and awesome information!
Thank you!
Stunning animals!! Great video looking forward to watching all of them!! Take care!!
Thank you!
Great information here again brother! Really appreciate how you explain everything and give great examples and lots of eye candy as well
Glad it helps, and thanks for watching! You decide on which direction to go with that little girl of yours, yet?
So glad I found this channel, such good information and you seem like an awesome guy. The only thing I don't like is how much I'd love to have a SD retic after watching 😂😂❤
Haha, then NEVER hold one, or it will be all over for you!
Reach Out Reptiles I already did! I was so fascinated and in love.
I like a little flight and attitude, brings the excitement only experienced keepers can appreciate
I have some F1/F2 Selayer Island localities for you...
Great video as always, really enjoyed seeing the variety
They are awesome little critters...
Oooh! A SD Mochino 😍 that's a keeper. Great video Garrett
Only 3 that exist so far- this one, and her 2 sisters. Hopefully more to come...
I figured that the “flighty nature” that people say they are is because of the number of generations from wild caught vs mainland having been bred for so many generations. The snakes in your video seem to act just like the young mainland of that size so I don’t know why they refer to them as flighty. Love that White Diamond. Thanks Garrret.
Glad you liked it Nathan! I tend to agree with you on that. I love my animals, and really only have a few locality WC animals that give me any attitude at all.
The retic you sent was a bet nippy at first but differently doing a lot better after settling down for a bit. He really looks great and should be out of quarantine soon 👍🏽
Be sure to check out all the videos here on handling, and also setting up a new snake. They are highly intelligent species, and if you take the time to teach them early on that you are not a threat to them, they will not forget it.
Really cool looking snakes
Thank you!
You have amazing specimens. Fantastic work. 💗💗
Thanks Deann!
It’s funny. He is spot on. 30 years ago, retics had the worst reputation of all the constrictors. Great demonstration.
Thank you!
Man I agree fully. I try and tell my people that dogs used to be wolves and breeding has tame them and snakes can and have been tamed slightly. Great video man
By the way we talked on instagram... that slayer gene looks really cool.
Very good point!
Great video Garrett. However the drawf I got from you is super flighty and aggressive. I just had to post a video of her on instagram. I tagged you in the description. You should be ashamed of yourself selling this aggressive snakes. 😂 Really my girl blue is super cool. Thanks for the great drawf retic.
LOL, funny guy...
Boom drop the mic 🎤 loved the video great information and IMO putting those rumors to rest! Stunning animals you have as well 🤙❤️
Hopefully more similar videos to come!
it's all about the amount of time you put in. Mine will curl up on my shoulder like a branch and sit there quite happily... sometimes! They are lively but that means once they are used to you they actually enjoy interacting with you. She is my first retic, I always wanted one but s mainland just was not an option so when I found out about super dwarfs I had to have one and now I am totally in love with them!
Wow! You have absolutely gorgeous snakes man. I added your facebook group and i think your main fb? I am really teetering hard on buying one. I was also thinking about a couple regal jumping spiders too for my kids haha.
They are a lot of fun, especially if you really go big on the furnishings for the caging, giving them awesome display tanks to show off their good looks and cool behaviors.
Very nice animals
Thank you!
Beautiful animals Garrett!! Where was mine? They are amazing and I can’t wait till I have mine. Great video! Have a great week!!
He's currently hanging out in the FB40 rack, enjoying a little extra space!
Thanks Garret ✌🏼 🐍
You're welcome!!
That Kalatoa/Madu looks like she has little flowers all over her OMG
she's amazing, right?
Now imagine switching to any other constrictor when a Super Dwarf retic is your one and only pet and is your only baseline reference of how active a constrictor should be :D.
The SD mochino tiger is beautiful. Mannn, they are all so awesome. Education is key, thanks for all the great info🤙🤙
Ohh, I like her, too. ;)
Wow amazing snakes you got there 🤯 I need one in my life. Amazing little big snakes lol
Thanks, we love our little "wee-tics"
Love that anery with the stripe down it's back them and that last one were both beautiful snakes what are their habitat requirements
They are fairly simple- set them up as any semi arboreal python species, and watch they don't get too fat!
I find mine pretty chill at times, and pretty flighty at others. When he extends like that I let him go back in his cage, but not sure whether I should wait until he is calm or let him bow out when he is crazy.
That anery tiger!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😆😆😆
Nice one, right?
@@ReachOutReptiles dibbs is still a thing right?? 😂😂 I hope come spring you have some available!! Want my first retic to come from you
l agree totally they are more used to us handling them and as the generations have been born in captivity that has certainly been genetically changed for them, not just used to us being around them.
True, true...
Another really great video. You should tag Tyree in it.
haha.
That selayer tiger is beautiful, hope to pick one liie that up some day. Damn.
Wait until they grow up! Selayer crosses are ON FIRE with a little age!!
They are all so beautiful if I was to get one today I don't know what one I would pick they all are beautiful.....I like the normals and the one that has marble and looks like the normal
The Marbles are amazing. ;)
How long (about) would the Normal SD part Jampea get? Utterly gorgeous animal
Each bloodline has it's own size tendencies. Even among pure Jampea lines, the different family line of them has their own tendencies. Just as in humans. ;)
Great video as always!!
I've 2 questions (also suggestions for next superdwarf videos maybe) :
1) I know that superdwarf retics sometimes have a much more dizzy pattern (in case of no pattern mutation I guess) on their neck than mainlands. Are there other signs you can see on a (super)dwarf retic that are indicative for being (super)dwarf? (I've also heard the color of the eyes might be silver more often?)
2) You (like everyone) said that, in general, snakes from let's say 5th gen out of the wild are much more calm/less flighty/less defensive than snakes 1st gen outta wild. But I wonder why. Would being scared of humans (or any other potential predator for that matter) also be a genetic thing? Sounds kinda odd to me I have to say :)
Thanks in advance :)
We will take an in-depth look at some of the traits of each locality as I am able to produce such videos. As for the why behind domestication- animals that are more suited to captivity will get more more food, less stress, and thrive over animals that are less suited. That will automatically cause them to reproduce more often, and in greater numbers, eventually outpacing the less suited animals. It doesn't alway take a certain number of generations to accomplish that, just time for that animal to have more babies than the competition. It happens the same way as in the wild- animals with a competitive edge pass their genetics along at a faster rate than others.
Reach Out Reptiles Oh awesome idea!
En ok, thanks for the information!
It'd be great if I could get my green tree python to be that laid back hahaha.
Sometimes, you just gotta like the animal for what they are. Green Trees make much better displays than handling buddies. Retics are very inquisitive of their owners, most snakes just have different levels of "tolerating" handling. GTP do not tolerate much.
@@ReachOutReptiles Definitely true! My GTP is actually pretty docile for a Biak, so I can't complain!
That super tiger anery 😍😍😍
Right? John Cashman picked that one out special for me...
@@ReachOutReptiles super lucky haha
Very interesting. I thought flighty means they move around a lot, get nervous and try to get away.
Never liked white phase till I saw your dwarf
I think the Retic's white phase is superior to many species Albinos...
I just got a mainland retic from bob Clark it’s a tiger and it’s very defensive any tips on how to calm some of her defensiveness
Garrett, has there been much white or purple albino mixed into high percentage SD? Would love to get my hands on a smaller retic purple albino.
High percentage? Not much. No SD whites over 50% that I am aware of. Purples there are, but you are asking for a 4 generation minimum to get there. They do exist, but DEFINATELY something you should contact me to get on a waiting list for, because they sell as soon as they hatch. If you follow me on Instagram, I have posted my 75% SD Purple girl before.
ROR do you have a FB page?? Because i am now convince that my pet retic is a dwarf. Its wild captured acctually. And it is very aggresive. I have difficulty in taming it. Any advice??
What is the best kind of cage for a Dwarf Retics? I want to start gathering my supplies.
Mine are not and we have video evidence to prove it. Much love brother
Good bloodlines! Haha
I need help identifying my retic plz I rescued it out of an abandoned house
Beautiful snakes! Their behaviour seems similar to carpet pythons, which I think are great. Even snakes of the same species/subspecies vary as individuals: there are carpets which are demons, and stay that way!
I think of
flighty/squirrelly/hyper as one in the same.
Bitey/aggressive/defensive as one in the same, along with musk/poop to complement.
Inquisitive/investigative/exploratory/curious as one in the same.
Musk/pee/poop as a nervous, defensive animal. Not aggressive. Just old school thinking.
Doesnt it deend on who raises lt
Now I’m not sure about the superdwarf stuff. Everyone of yours always seem curious as can be. But what about people who claim that Pieds are defensive? I know you let Brian take care of your pied. I’m just curious
Pieds, and many new morphs for that matter, are still very close to wild caught. Perfect example. I would call her defensive and flighty. I don't think those traits follow the Pied gene any more than they follow the SD Retics. That's how the majority of Retics acted back in the days I started keeping. Mainland, SD, Morph this or morph that- they take a little time to domesticate to the point of making good captives. Pieds will eventually become as tame as any other morph, once that bloodline has been outcrossed into "nicer" snakes. I sent Brian 4 snakes from Pied breedings, she is the only one who acts that way- so progress is already being made. The whole point of this video is not to judge an entire race by its wild ancestors. If you want a well behaved SD or Pied, or any snake, ask the breeder. When someone posts a snake for sale online, you will see many people immediately reply "Price?" Maybe instead, they should ask "Personality?"- at least if they value a good personality in their animals.
Reach Out Reptiles thanks for the reply. So the pieds are just still closer in generations to wild caught animals then? I was wondering cause I was in a live stream with a very well know retic breeder and I asked about pieds and he even said “they just feel insecure a lot and often need some love from a good keeper to get them to be comfortable with you.” So I figure I’d ask you the same question. Thanks again for taking time to reply! Keep making awesome videos Garrett!
When the eggs are nearly ready to hatch some breeders cut an hole in the egg then reach in and pull them out. So the snakes first contact of a human is a giant hand pulling them out That's the first thing imprinted on there mind. So that's there first experience of human contact. That's why this method I think you get nervous snakes jumpy flighty bitey. Breeders do it this way for profit.
Other breeders cut an hole in the egg and let them come out on there own so there first contact with humans are a more gentle one. I think this method you get a calmer snake.
This is my view on the subject.
Why do you think pulling them out would create more profit? Your theory is interesting, and certainly one bad experience can set the tone for a relationship, but I think there are many more factors involved in this particular scenario.
@@ReachOutReptiles Breeders cut all the eggs open to gain as many snakes as possible (profits). I've based my comments on common sense.
Imagine your a snake and first thing you experience from a human is a giant hand pulling you from your egg to the snake that must be frightening.
Same with hook training some people tap them on the head to the human its a tap, the snake it's like hitting them on the head with a rock. I would be defensive aggressive and bite if someone hit me on the head.
I look at things not just from a common sense but also the animals behaviour.
i thought my love for snakes had died down after buying my first 2 but wheneva i watch your videos i fall in love all over again . i think the problem is i want sd retics lol.. id so love to buy one of ur snakes , why do u have to be in the usa. sucks. if you know of any european shows you might be going to ,let me know, you can always send me a facebook msg
Check out Susan Robertson in the UK- she has some amazing SDs, some of which are from the same bloodlines as mine. ;)
People who complain about a snake being a snake don't need a pet snake in any form. They like to move and their only defense is their bite, if you don't work with them just like all animals they will revert back to wild behaviors. This is true about most animals horses, cats, dogs, and snakes. I always thought flighty meant easy to scare or run away people use this a lot in the horse world. If I could I would love to have a dwarf retic but i have anti snake roommates!
Great point, understanding each animal from their perspective is a labor of love.
Retics musk?
There are no aggressive snakes, only defensive.
I would like to make the argument that there are aggressive snakes, but only in the handful of cases when an exceptionally large constrictor has attacked a person in an act of predation. The other 99% of the time they are in fact just defensive.
All but 2 are flighty in my opinion
Bleh on thrash rock soundtrack. Not all your viewers are 14 year old boys! ;-)
lol thank you for the feedback you aren't wrong :)