Each snake is going to be different. And I don't think sex will make a difference. Jmcrook's Phyllis is a female and she goes bonkers. My Caesar is a male and he goes bonkers. Gio's Wallace is a male and is quieter. And Cloud's Riverrun is pretty quiet too. I was told by Kris at Vital Exotics where I got Caesar from that a 4x2 will be fine for him his whole life. He is a 37.5% SD, 31.5% dwarf and 31% mainland. I will probably move him to a AP T25 later though.
Caesar rubs when he's hungry, not usually otherwise as he is fairly quiet unless hungry. With that said, I got him at 5 months old and 2'. He was eating small rats every 4 days. Now he's 9 months old and 5' and eats large rats every 10 days. So my advice is be prepared for something that LIKES to eat and needs to eat. These aren't boas where you feed them something their width or slightly smaller every month. These snakes need to eat and like to eat big. If you don't feed them, they will destroy themselves trying to find food. Now this doesn't apply to all retics as Gio's Wallace is not very food driven and either is Cloud's Riverrun who is a female. Mine and Jmcrooks are very food driven.
Also temperaments will vary as well. Some will be laid back and some wont. I believe Gio's Wallace has taken a shot at him and does piss on him a couple times. Same with Jmcrook's Phyllis. She has pissed on him a couple time but not sure if she has a taken a shot at him. Don't know about Cloud's Riverrun. Caesar has never taken a shot at me, he has taken a shot at the snake hook as he hates it so I use a twisted paper towel to bonk on his head when he gets excited. It calms him down. He has never pissed or pooped on me. He does love to explore probably 80% of the time. The other 20% he is a lounger and just sits on me. He does have his moments where he doesn't want to socialize and those are easy to read as he will push my hand away with his body and if I continue to bug him, he just tries to go to other side of the cage lol.
So bottom line is some feel they need huge cages just like boas but maybe my snakes are the exception but they really aren't that active unless they are hungry. Then they use every inch of their cage. Otherwise for about 90% of the time, they are content to just curl up on the heater or cool side or half stretch out. I do interact and take them out usually 2-3 times or more a week.
And with all that said!!! Here is the mandatory picture of Caesar being Caesar!!
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