I would agree with Josh for the most part, choosing a snake just because it's the next snake up on the size chart isn't always the way to do it. But that being said, I do think retics and the larger snakes are going to attract a smaller demographic than most other snakes. So I would say they are in a sense for a select few. There's just not as many people willing or have the means to keep 15-20 foot snakes as there are people willing to keep smaller ones. As we know they require a lot more ummm everything, they are not cheap to keep. Besides the initial investment of the snake. Everything bigger means bigger $$$ Bigger caging, bigger prey items, bigger tools of the trade, I go through more F10/cleaning materials than I can count. Bigger snakes, bigger responsibility all the way around. Now all that being said, I'm obviously not trying to talk the OP or anyone else out of getting into retics. They are to me anyway, the most rewarding animal you can keep. You just need to consider everything that comes with keeping them, and if you still want to get into them I'm sure it will be an awesome experience and the retic will quickly become your favorite snake.
Now if you read all that let me pounce on this cheap opportunity to share a pic of one of my gals
How could you not want to keep one??
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