I inquired a person on here a while ago asking about partho retics and how healthy they are. They said retics don’t seem to usually have many problems being partho. I have a partho dwarf who is 5 years old now and hasn’t had any problems since I got her. The breeder never even mentioned the possibility of any issues, it was just mentioned on her pedigree.
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I will say, that I have heard this too. I will try to find where I saw it but I don’t remember where, it might have been a podcast.
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That’s interesting to know. I’ve heard countless times that ball python babies born via Partho clutches have reproductive issues and aren’t able to reproduce. I wonder what makes the difference between the species.
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Contact Dr. Warren Booth who has studied it extensively and ask him how many partho retics he has in his freezer. The dramatic increase in homozygosity leads to a reduced lifespan. This isn’t a conclusion I reached in my snake room. It’s been studied by real scientists.
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It’s totally understandable but what I’ve heard is that higher morality as babies (less than 6 months) which I can presume is because the process of making the offspring may not have successfully created fully functioning organs, making the animals failure -to-thrive.
But the ones that make to adults are fine and breed by my understanding
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Update! She ate, she pooped, and she’s in her second shed now. 
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@cold-heartedexotics Amazing that she is doing awesome!
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That’s so awesome that she’s doing well! I hope she continues to be a healthy, growing girl!
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How is she doing now??
She’s doing great! Two sheds, multiple meals and growing nice and steady
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What is her adult size perdition
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Her dam is about 8 feet so she should be in that range
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She’s looking gorgeous! So glad to hear she’s still doing well.
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She’s really, really something gorgeous! I’ll bet she’s also tricky to get a decent picture of with that light coloring.
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Yup definitely a very pretty snake!
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Sometimes. But I took a video of her and it’s on the Cold-Hearted Exotics Facebook
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That is a sweet retic
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