New retic owner seeking advice!

[dave himself]

As I said in your other post mate start tap training her now, and if she does tag you don't put her back into her viv straight away as said retics are smart. And you don't want her to get think that when she tags you she gets put back into her viv. I would give her short handling sessions to start of with and gradually increase the time you have her out. And be prepared for when her feeding response kicks in it took my little one about 3 months before she showed hers. Now when she smells rats anything that enters her viv is fair game. I've kept burms for over 8 years but if I could start over again I would have all retics IMO they really are the king of constrictors

[dastefster]

Originally Posted by dave himself

As I said in your other post mate start tap training her now, and if she does tag you don't put her back into her viv straight away as said retics are smart. And you don't want her to get think that when she tags you she gets put back into her viv. I would give her short handling sessions to start of with and gradually increase the time you have her out. And be prepared for when her feeding response kicks in it took my little one about 3 months before she showed hers. Now when she smells rats anything that enters her viv is fair game. I've kept burms for over 8 years but if I could start over again I would have all retics IMO they really are the king of constrictors

yeah, I did tap training on my motley boa and I got really good results with him. So I will definitely try that with her. Since she just got through mites, then not eating for a month I think I'll give her a week or so to herself to digest this mouse and get back to normal before I try to handle her again