Retics seem to be such intelligent snakes (for a snake). And very hungry as well.
I wonder if anyone has ever built a custom enclosure that would give those snakes a sort of a "play ground" ?
I'm envisioning 6 feet wide cages and 4 of those stacked on top of one another. Each (but the very top one) has a round hole cut into the ceiling, big enough for the snake to fit through comfortably . For example, bottom cage would have the hole in the ceiling on the left side. Next cage would have the hole in the ceiling on the right side. Then left again. The snake could move up and down throughout all of those cages.
The Radiant heat panel could be mounted behind the hole, to give the snake a warm side of each cage on the side with the solid floor. Water could be in the bottom cage.
Of course that leaves the matter of the substrate. If substrate was desired, each hole could have sort of a "lip/dam" around it. The snake can easily crawl over that, but the substrate, liquid, poop or whatever else the snake pushes around should be kept from falling through the hole. One could also add more stuff, like shelves or other obstacles.
While that wouldn't keep the snake from getting hungry or wanting out, it might keep them busy looking for food on the different levels and across many obstacles, possibly tiring out their bodies and minds to a degree.
I know, that would be a labor of love and take up a huge amount of space for one snake, but I wonder if something like that would make/keep a retic happy !
