Ok so this is dead and beaten to a pulp but I will put my 2cents in just because I can. I currently have numerous bp's, numerous boas, corns, kings, and whatnot, most are rescues, I have had the huge snakes and I loved them and yes i did raise them from baby to adult and i did breed them. The reason I do no have them anymore is 1 I moved cross country and could not take them and 2 the person I was moving in with had no experience with any snakes.

Now fast forward 3 years and the person is now my wife and she wants a tiger retic. My first thought was awesome lets go get one and then i considered it a little more we do have the room and i do have more than one enclosure big enough for an adult as well as feeders, my neighbor breeds rabbits and gives them to me free to my biggest boas and my carpet who loves them, but my problem was my wife thinks she can handle one alone no matter the size and i refuse to put her life on the line. I have since convinced her not to handle one alone by bringing her to a friends house who has a few burms and retics and had her handle a little 12 foot retic and within 2 minutes she was asking for help because little baby retic wanted to move and she, the wife, wanted to hold her, the snake, still and that will not work. After me and my friend stepped in, we were within 2 feet of the snakes head at all times, I opened its mouth and let her see the teeth and that convinced her to rethink her abilities.

I have been working with snakes since I was about 6 and in the past 22 years have learned a lot and still have a lot to learn but my biggest rule is for every snakes under 5 feet one handler after they get to 6 feet then its is up to 2 handlers and every 2 feet after that adds another handler. If you are going to get a big snake please do everyone a favor and get a baby, watch it grow, enjoy it and have help at hand at all times when you are around it when it gets bigger. Be aware of the fact that your favorite neighborhood dog could end up in the snakes stomach if the enclosure is no beyond escape proof and that you or someone you love could end up dead because of the animal.

So i ramble a lot kill me. Take this apart and piece it together and take from it what you will.