I am sorry but I think if you need to be asking these type of basic questions about this animal then it is not the right one for you. Reticulated pythons get very large, I think the largest known specimen is around 32 feet. Granted, the tiger morphs have been known to stay smaller, but this is still a dangerous animal, even at 10-14 feet. In fact, there was a lovely woman named Amanda Black who was killed by her ten foot tiger retic just last year when she was trying to medicate him. They have very very aggressive feeding responses, and require a fairly high humidity. They have specific caging requirements as well, since they are strong and able to easily escape from less secure caging. These animals should be respected and it take a great deal of time to learn how to handle them properly, in fact I know several keepers who recommend, to prospective keepers, a sort of apprenticeship with a very experienced giant keeper, for a set amount of time, before even considering spending money on a retic, much like a person looking to get into keeping venemous snakes would do.

I apologize if I am assuming too much in my reading of this thread, but to me it seems like you have a long way to go before you are ready to own a giant.