Quote Originally Posted by AK4900PA
I've been considering purchasing a male retic or burm for awhile now and have a question about housing. If I do purchase a large python it won't be for at least a year or two as I have a few boas and more cages I need to purchase for my breeding project, but I'm somewhat neurotic about planning ahead so here I am. Anyways, if I decide to get a burm or retic I will be building a very large, built-in, display enclosure for him. The cage would be roughly 12' wide, 4' deep and 8' tall. I'm just designing things in my head right now, but it would have very large branches for climbing, some rocks, plants, and maybe even a small pond. Now heres my question. Obviously I would not have room for multiple cages of this size so if I got my male and later on down the road got the urge to get him a girlfriend would it be alright to house them together? I know it is generally frowned upon to house more than one snake in a single enclosure, but I'm wondering if it would be ok in a situation like this where they would have a significant amount of space to live in.

Anyone have an opinion on this? More than likely I would be perfectly content with a single male since it will be purchased purely as a pet, but I'm still kinda curious.
Well the answer here is very easy.I would not recommend housing 2 large snakes together unless it was a VERY large enclosure(zoo type size) and you have someone with you all the time.I say this because whenever you open that enclosure you have 2 accidents waiting to happen not the 1.This accident is also know as 2 large hungry will grab you on your first mistake(smelling like food) and thats all she wrote snakes.Why take the chances or have them suffer if you are happy with just one?