diet for life this should be a long lean snake so be sure not to over feed them they do love to eat when it comes to hardiness we give the super dwarf reticulated python a score of four out of five these should be extremely solid with proper care respiratory infections and rubbing can be a concern uh and again we have a full video on respiratory infections so check that out know the signs dehydration is the easiest way to kill them they do have a very robust body even though it's nowhere near as big as that of the mainland re-ticks so they can handle some you know not perfect handling by children and stuff without worrying too much about them being injured and they can go a long time without food i mean these guys have a similar metabolism to the giant mainland re-ticks they're smaller they eat smaller things they can go a long time without food sometimes months at a time don't do that on purpose temperature gradients still really important oh and uh as with the mainland retics don't release them into the wild when it comes to availability we give super dwarf reticulated pythons a score of two out of five for starters because they are articulated pythons they are illegal in some places you know that's that's just the unfortunate thing because this is not what they're trying to ban there are occasionally bans on transportation of retics again this is not what they're trying to ban but they're still re-ticks that may change in the future right now i don't think there are too many transportation bans but expect them in the future the way things are going please support us arc the biggest thing when it comes to getting a super dwarf reticulated python is trusting your source if you buy a bull snake that looks like a bull snake but it isn't what you thought it was it won't grow into a NUMBER_TOKEN plus foot monster but if you buy a super dwarf that wasn't really a super dwarf well surprise and that is why you should go to reach out reptiles i want to turn you over for just a few minutes so you can meet garrett hartl the owner of reach out reptiles hi everybody i have just bought my way onto this channel with the cost of this parthenogenic super dwarf female superdoors caught my attention like NUMBER_TOKEN years ago actually my first was a jampea so these animals are not a morph but rather island races there's a little chain kind of looks like the florida keys that dips down south of sulawesi and the i the animals from these islands for whatever reason grow to be a lot smaller they're also kind of the animals that just refuse to die we don't really know how they got there whether they washed up or whatever it was but uh there's very little shelter on these islands very little food some of them have no fresh water whatsoever and these are just kind of like the little snakes that could and so they have all of the attitude of their larger counterparts the mainland reticulated pythons but they come in a variety of sizes this girl is already about a year and a half old so you can see they have a fairly slow growth rate the smallest ones get about the size of a
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