i would stick with the burms. i have had many burms over the years that i enjoyed and trusted very much. there personality's seem to beem very consistent among different snake. that holds true for the 15 or so that i have had. my retic on the other hand, i had some agressive snake.(many hissing problems at the least) the other posts make very good points about retic keeping. if you find yourself in a situation were you have to house your snakes together, the burms would not mind at all. with the retics that i have had, they would become stressed with other snakes in their tank. i was told that you can not house two adult male retic together at all. i never tried it so i am not for sure about that. with the wanting to get out thing, i had a yellow head in a tank with a screen top that i would not even have to clip down. he would bump it with his nose, fell that it was their and never try to push out. good luck with your choice. later, Mark

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