Quote Originally Posted by xFenrir View Post
I do rescind my statement on their weight. 300lbs is a little hefty for a Retic, but it's definitely not unusual if they reach 150-200lbs easily, especially a female.
Even 150-200lbs is far off and not as common as you may think... Most weights are drastically exaggerated for who epeen value. Truth is, that 200lb snake, probably weighs closer to 120 in all reality..

That being said, how many people who have responded to this thread actually keep retics, let alone adult retics? Just saying, keeping a hatchling-6-7 foot retic doesn't take much more than any other snake. As someone who currently owns 4 adult retics, and works with many others I can say the following OP:

Your proposed enclosure is large enough for 2 juvie retics, or an adult male. An adult female will end up needing at least an 8x3 enclosure, that's at adult size, 17-18+. I keep my smaller girls (12'-13') in 6ft cages without problems but they are nowhere near fully grown yet, and are only about 2 years of age each.

The other thing that concerns me is the idea that you want them to breed. Retic breeding isn't like breeding garter snakes, you're going to end up with problems doing it how you propose, on top of the fact you need to be flexible with your temperatures, careful feeding snakes, it's just a recipe for disaster for a newer keeper.

Fact is- you can easily keep 2 retics in the same enclosure, if you know what you are doing, and know the individual snakes very well. If you don't have experience with retics, experience with the snakes, ability to separate them when needed, don't do it. It's not a beginners move to make, and yes, in this sense you are a beginner.