How to Care for Exotic Pets - How to care for a reticulated python
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Hi I’m Daniel Keeper owner and operator of Zoo Keeper Exotic Pets in Austin, Texas
and on behalf of Expert Village.com; today we will be talking about another exotic pet
animal which is the reticulated python. The reticulated part means the net like pattern
and they definitely have a net like pattern on their body. This particular one is an albino
which makes it even more interesting. Some interesting facts about the reticulated python
are that this snake gets to be the longest snake in the world. Some people think it is
the Anaconda which is a shorter and heavier snake. This one is more slender and they obtain
a length of over 33 feet. So as small animals, these guys begin their life eating mice and
small mammals like that and birds. They are excellent climbers and when they get older
they can eat all sorts of gigantic things such as pigs and any kind of large mammal
they can catch in the brush. They are fairly slender. This animal does not look like much
but when you stretch it out it is probably 4 ½ to 5 feet long. They come out of the
egg at 2 feet so they are impressive even at birth. They have lots of sharp teeth for
catching birds and they live to be to 25 to 30 years old. Reticulated python’s can lay
up to 100 eggs at a time so they have lots and lots of babies.
