Brian,
The reason I didn't reply to your container question is because I'm pretty much container-ignorant. I've used a few as holding tubs for cage cleaning but never housed anything in them and I'm not familiar with the various sizes.

I think Chris has a good idea about looking at them to determine what size would give the snakes enough room while keeping the tub size acceptable for you.

I'll undoubtedly be going back into town within the next few days & I'll run into Wally World to see what they've got and will post back my recommendations. I live in the boonies, 25 miles from town and 5 miles from the nearest pay phone. (Further than that to find one that works most of the time.)

I looked at what they had just the other day because I had to get me a new holding tub due to my 10ft Burmese busting through a crack in the one I had. The one I just got is a 45-quart/170-litre. It's aprox. 36" x 18" x 18" and has hard-plastic lid keepers on the ends. A snake the size of yours could still push the middle edges up enough to get out, so you'd need to secure the middle edges better. I feel that this size would be acceptable, temporarily. You can even go a little shorter on the height, like maybe 12". I paid 13 bucks for the one I just bought, so they're definitely cheap.

So now you can see why I didn't reply to your question; because I really couldn't add anything beneficial to what Chris said about it.

I'll post back after I take a look within the next few days.

Take care!
Mike
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