Feeding T.Bob

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T. Bob (Reticulated Phyton)

Memang dasarnya udah suka dengan reptil kali y. Akhirnya saya melihara ular juga. Ini adalah pengalaman pertama memelihara ular. Ular ini jenis Reticulated Phyton. Ular ini memiliki corak retic standar. Akan tetapi memiliki 2 titik di kepalanya. Ular ini saya beli pada teman saya pada tanggal 6 januari 2011. Pada saat itu kata teman saya umurnya sekitar 1 bulan, karena baru 1 kali ganti kulit. Ular ini masih terhitung baby akan tetapi sudah mau makan, jadi sudah aman untuk dipelihara. Soalnya ular kalo udah trouble makan, maka sudah dapat dipastikan umurnya bakal pendek (baca: R.I.P), hahaha. Ular ini adalah hasil tangkapan liar, jadi agak kagetan (kalo terkejut suka nyerang). Berbeda dengan ular hasil breeding yang lebih kalem dan tenang. Karena ular hasil tangkapan liar, maka harus sering dipegang atau di handling. Tujuannya adalah agar ular tersebut menjadi terbiasa dengan kita dan komunitas kita serta tidak lagi menganggap kita adalah musuhnya. Hal ini dibutuhkan sedikit kerja keras, tapi disinilah letak menantangnya.

Terkait dengan pemeliharaannya (dalam hal ini retic), sangatlah mudah. Makan hanya seminggu sekali tergantung makanannya, bisa saja sebulan sekali. Terkait dengan makanannya, berikan makan sesuai dengan ukuran badan ular. Apabila masih ukuran baby maka berikan tikus putih ukuran paling kecil atau burung dengan ukuran kecil. Semakin besar maka semakin besar pula makanan yang anda berikan. Apabila anda tidak menyediakan tempat minum di kandangnya, maka 3 atau 4 hari sekali anda rendam, hal ini agar ular tersebut dapat minum. Air yang diminum ini akan melancarkan metabolisme ular tersebut. Dan satu lagi hal penting, jangan memberi makan apabila ular anda akan ganti kulit (shedding). Hal ini dikarenakan ular akan lemah pada saat akan shedding. Jadi puasakan ular sampai ular tersebut ganti kulit. Setelah ganti kulit rendam ular tersebut, lalu berikan makanannya.

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Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus)

Scientific Classification :

 

Kingdom : Animalia

Phylum : Chordata

Class : Reptilia

Order : Squamata

Family : Pythonidae

Genus : Python

Species : reticulatus

Location and Habitat

Reticulated pythons can be found throughout southeast Asia. Reticulated pythons inhabit all of the countries from India to Vietnam on mainland Asia. Reticulated pythons can also be found on islands and island chains in the seas of southeast Asia. Some of the islands that they are found on are Borneo, Sumatra, Java and the Philippines archipelago. Reticulated pythons inhabit the humid, moist, tropical rainforests of southeast Asia. They are usually found near sources of water such as ponds, streams and rivers. Reticulated pythons spend much of their time in the trees, but can also be found in the water.

Diet

Reticulated pythons feed mostly on smaller mammals. These small mammals include rats and monkeys. Reticulated pythons can also take larger mammals such as pigs or small deer. There are reports of attacks on humans but many of those reports are unsubstantiated.

Size and Description

Reticulated pythons are the longest snakes in the world, some measuring over 30 feet. Most grow to sizes of 15 - 25 feet. Reticulated pythons, however, are not the heaviest snakes. Their distant cousins, green anacondas of South America, are the heaviest of all snakes. 

The word "reticulated", according to Merriam-Webster, means to divide, mark, or construct so as to form a network. Reticulated pythons have a network of irregular patterns, spots, shapes and colors on their skin which forms excellent camoflauge. Up close, these colors may include tan, yellow, gold, brown and dark brown. Some of the shapes may resemble diamond-like structures with large spots that fill the interior. From even a short distance, reticulated pythons begin to take on a muddy appearance and it becomes difficult to distinguish the shapes or colors. Reticulated pythons' camoflauge makes them well suited to lying on a forest floor with dead leaf matter and mud, hiding in trees or on tree branches, or waiting in mud near a river bank. 

Reticulated pythons, like anacondas and boa contrictors, are not venomous, and do not kill their prey with bites alone. Rather, they will bite their prey and then wrap their massive bodies around the prey. As their prey is exhaling, reticulated pythons will squeeze their bodies tighter around their prey's lungs eventually causing suffocation. This process is called constriction. After this constriction process, reticulated pythons will begin to swallow their prey whole. Their jaws are held together by stretchy ligaments, allowing their mouths to open to sizes much larger than the initial size of their heads.

Adaptations

Reticulated pythons are cold-blooded, and live in warm, tropical climates in order to keep their blood warm year round.

Reproduction

Although there are many similarities between reticulated pythons and anacondas, one of the main differences is how they give birth. The eggs of anacondas hatch while still inside the mother, and the mother then gives birth to live young. 

Reticulated pythons, on the other hand, lay their eggs on the ground. Once the eggs are laid the mother will then lay on the eggs and incubate them until they hatch. Reticulated pythons can lay large numbers of eggs per clutch.

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