What reptile for a 4'8" L x 18" W x 3.5' H

[Sauzo]

Retics are awesome too. I only mentioned carpets first because they're a little less maintenance than a retic.

Here's an 8 year old SD retic for a size comparison. 100% kalatoa male that I was considering

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That looks about as long as Caesar but probably double his thickness and he's 14 months old.

[DennisM]

I was more using it as a reference for larger constrictors but me personally, i would try and give any snake the ability to at least stretch out 3/4 of its body. Would be like us being crammed in a closet lol. Thinner snakes could obviously get by with a thinner cage.

yes, like you said, "a general rule", not the law. thicker snakes require deeper cages. thinner snakes of the same length can do fine in narrow cages. I think most adult king\milk will do well with a 36x18 floor space, though I would provide larger species (Honduran for example) with 36x24 or preferably 48x24. kings and milks will climb, but I don't feel it's a requirement as they are largely terrestrial.

as always, know the animals needs.

[ShaneSilva]

That looks about as long as Caesar but probably double his thickness and he's 14 months old.

Yeah from your pictures it looks like Caesar is growing bigger than Levi and he's a 13 month old 100% mainland

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[Sauzo]

Yeah from your pictures it looks like Caesar is growing bigger than Levi and he's a 13 month old 100% mainland

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Yeah he grew like a weed until now. He hasn't shed in awhile and has thickened up a lot. So maybe his growth spurt is done. He doesn't seem as hungry either but of course will never turn down a meal haha. Here is a pic of him last night as I usually leave his door open at night when I'm down there and loves to sit half out of the cage lol. Either that or he is trying to find a way into Gina's cage to eat her lol.

[Monitorlizardlover]

If I changed the width to two feet, could I get some dwarf monitors? I love them. Maybe some peacocks or timors, I've never worked with those species. I want a challenge taming wise. Would a spiny tailed ig work? I hear those are hard to tame. For some reason I just like aggressive animals

[ShaneSilva]

For some reason I just like aggressive animals

Get you a cassowary lol

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[Monitorlizardlover]

Would a Columbiam black and white or golden tegu work? I love them. What about a blue tegu, such pretty animals

[Sauzo]

Would a Columbiam black and white or golden tegu work? I love them. What about a blue tegu, such pretty animals

Not even close. Tegus need 8x4 caging just like a lot of monitors. Pretty much any large lizard(monitor, tegu, iguana) is going to need 8x4. Iguanas need the height and monitors need a few feet of deep dirt to dig in. Its the main reason i had to rehome my 5' Nile Monitor. At the time i was young and didnt have the cash to afford to build him a 10x6x6 cage.

Not to sound like a jerk but you shouldn't try and find a reptile to go around your cage. You should find a reptile you like and then order/build a cage around them. Trying to ask 'can i keep X in X size tank/cage' sounds like so many stories i've heard of 'my reptile grew too big for his cage and i couldnt afford the right one for him'. I'm guilty myself with my Nile Monitor but i was a teenager and bought a hatchling off a breeder i knew. Luckily, the breeder found him a good home with a guy who had lots of monitors and converted a couple rooms in his house into full size caging so he got set up nicely.

[Monitorlizardlover]

Not even close. Tegus need 8x4 caging just like a lot of monitors. Pretty much any large lizard(monitor, tegu, iguana) is going to need 8x4. Iguanas need the height and monitors need a few feet of deep dirt to dig in. Its the main reason i had to rehome my 5' Nile Monitor. At the time i was young and didnt have the cash to afford to build him a 10x6x6 cage.

Not to sound like a jerk but you shouldn't try and find a reptile to go around your cage. You should find a reptile you like and then order/build a cage around them. Trying to ask 'can i keep X in X size tank/cage' sounds like so many stories i've heard of 'my reptile grew too big for his cage and i couldnt afford the right one for him'. I'm guilty myself with my Nile Monitor but i was a teenager and bought a hatchling off a breeder i knew. Luckily, the breeder found him a good home with a guy who had lots of monitors and converted a couple rooms in his house into full size caging so he got set up nicely.

I agree, usually I find a reptile first, then the cage, but this is the largest cage I can fill right now and it is the last reptile I am allowed to get while I live with my parents, so I wanted something special. Could I do a pair of peacock monitors in this cage?

[Sauzo]

I agree, usually I find a reptile first, then the cage, but this is the largest cage I can fill right now and it is the last reptile I am allowed to get while I live with my parents, so I wanted something special. Could I do a pair of peacock monitors in this cage?

I have no idea. Never dealt with those. I've only really seen Croc monitors, Black Roughnecks, Timors, Niles, Savannahs. And all but the Timors need BIG caging. I believe Timors can get away with something like a 5x3x4 but don't quote me on that as I more or less got out of monitors and went to constrictors after I got old enough and my parents couldn't control my reptile needs haha. My mom was scared of snakes so I had to live with amphibians and lizards until I got my own place. Then the floodgates opened for snakes