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January 2012
Bessie has Purple Albino parentage and always throws a high proportion of Purple Albinos and Purple Albino Tigers. These babies will mature into VERY large adults and are a must have for fans of the mainland sized Reticulated Python.
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| December 2011 Breeding season is in full swing at Imperial Retics! A couple of days after Christmas, eggs were laid from our Genetic striped x Tiger het genetic striped pairing - 22 viable and just 2 slugs.
There have been numerous other locks and ovulations and a couple of our biggest girls (The mighty "Big Bessie" and our largest white phase albino) have been belly up ! Expect some mammoth clutches in 2012 !
We hope all friends and clients of Imperial Retics have a really great festive season! All the very best, James and Sarah |
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| November 2011 The 2011/12 breeding season is beginning to look like the best yet at Imperial Retics! We have several females in pre-lay shed as I write, a couple of others ovulating and many pairs still breeding. Some of these breedings will be UK, European and world wide firsts! Few pics of some of the action, including a genetic striped x tiger het genetic striped, Foulsham caramel x het Foulsham caramel, Foulsham caramel x white albino tiger, Golden child het albino x albino tiger and the honeyblast x platinum tiger! Will have lots of new and exciting morph retics for the discerning collector / breeder later in the year so please check back often
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September  2011Has been a hectic couple of months at Imperial Retics! Last of the 2010/2011 hatchlings have now gone to their new homes and we have been expanding the breeding collection quite intensively - we have added the following this year: Sunfires 2.1 (from a completely new Indonesian bloodline), Ivory 1.0, Supertiger sunfire het albino 0.1, Caramel (Foulsham line) 1.0 and an Albino motley 0.1 .......... We held back 5 of the het honeyblast babies aswell and hope to make some visual honeyblasts, caramels and with any luck, honeyblast caramels in the next few years!! In the meantime, the breeding season has well and truly kicked off here - first lock I observed was a caramel x het caramel! Keep checking back and we will have more news for you as it happens! |
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March 2011 Some very exciting news here at Imperial Retics! We have just proven out our very unusual WC male (pictured) to be a completely different bloodline/morph from any other T+ or T- albino retic on the market! (This includes the Foulsham T+/Caramel, the American blonde line, the Clark strain of albino and the Type 2 albino/amel)! Visually, he is very different to even the beautiful Foulsham T+. He has much more caramel/toffee colouration on his markings and a rich cream base colour, in the flesh he resembles somewhere between Ben Renick's amazing ghost retic and Peter's T+ line! One of the most beautiful snakes we have here without doubt. To differentiate between this new, incompatible bloodline and the other T+ and T- snakes available on the market today, this morph has been christened "Honeyblast" (name created by my wife). I have just hatched a very exciting clutch from this honeyblast male bred to a het caramel female - the offspring will be 100% het honeyblast and 50% het caramel and hold the key to a whole plethora of retic morphs in the future!
The honeyblast gene is completely untapped (we have the only animal in existence) and I can't remember being as excited about a project since I started keeping retics. Being a WC animal originally, he also brings genetic diversity to the retic genepool and some nice, fresh outcrossed blood. |
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| February 2011 "Big Bessie" our 8 year old, 20 foot, Tiger het has just laid a very large clutch of huge eggs! She was paired with a Lavender Albino and also an Albino Motley! For those who like their retics the proper way - BIG - check back in May!
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| October 2010 Another all albino clutch hatching - containing normals and tigers this time. The majority of the hatchlings are purple phases! Will update the available page when the babies have all shed and begun feeding well
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| August 2010 Our big ghosted lavender phase albino retic laid a nice clutch of eggs today, right on schedule! She was paired with a purple phased albino tiger
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| July 2010 We've just added a facebook group - keep up with the latest news at Imperial Retics and come and chat with friends & associates of ours about our favourite snake species. |
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April 2009 A couple of new additions to future Imperial Retics breeding stock. A beautiful ghosted '06 lavender phase albino female and an unusually marked striped female tiger het holdback from one of our earlier clutches this year. Both animals will be strong additions to our future breeding plans
A good start to the New year, a clutch of Het x Albino eggs just laid by my big female Silver het. Albinos and hets will be available in Spring
October 2008
The second batch of Tiger hets and Albino Tigers are just starting to shed and begin feeding. Please check out the available page as individual animals will be shown as and when they are ready for placing. I have just added an almost completely striped tiger het which is one of the most unique snakes I have ever produced.
Finally the Tiger hets have hatched! Check the available page in a few weeks when they have all shed and started feeding !
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| March 2007
March 2007 - two weeks early, the first 100% het and Albino Retics of the season are emerging! They look stunning and only very limited numbers will be available
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December 2006
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March 2006 We've just imported another pair of hand picked retics, this time from Prehistoric Pets in California. A stunning 2003 female white phase albino and a male 2004 Super Tiger 100% het for albino which has some very nice pinstripe markings and an amazing yellow colouration. We are very much looking forward to working with these animals and involving them in several projects over the next couple of years
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DECEMBER 2005 '06 looks like being a good year for Imperial Retics. I've already observed numerous matings between my male lavender albino and big female Super Tiger and also between my male white albino and my female silver het. Keep an eye out for some awesome albino, het and Tiger het hatchling retics in spring 06 - UK firsts here at Imperial Retics.
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NOVEMBER 2005 We've just imported a beautiful 12' adult male white phase albino from Bob Clark's personal breeding stock.
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SEPTEMBER 2005 A 15 foot, 70lb, 100% het for albino that was produced by Mike Wilbanks of Constrictors Unlimited and a 16' Super Tiger that is a proven breeder and was maintained by the guys at Monster Cages. Both are top quality animals and I am really looking forward to involving them in some breeding projects this season. The 2005/06 breeding season should
be a very exciting one for us at Imperial Retics, We are hopeful
of producing the UK's first Albino, het for Albino and Tiger
het for Albino Retics. If everything goes to
plan we could have a very limited amount of Albino Tigers as
well! ( These would certainly be a UK first and perhaps even
a European
first!! )
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January has started off great here at Imperial Retics - 2nd clutch in a week! 
Great start to the new year! A good clutch of very large eggs from my biggest White Phase female. 
