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Hey everyone, I have been getting all geared up to get an Anaconda next month, but find myself becoming more attracted to retics. I hadn't considered one before because I didn't think I could house it (just can't build my own stuff), but now I have read several pages (including here) saying they can be housed in 6'-8' cages (I presume because they aren't as girthy as other giants?).

Is this true? If I were to get a retic would an 8' cage from Animal Plastics be sufficient even as an adult?

If so, I have a lot of retic researching to do.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Animal plastics has an 8' cage that is also 3' deep. More than enough for an adult female. A lot of the large scale breeders keep their adult retics in 6' cages with no problems.

You can watch a video on Bob Clark's website that shows he keeps his adults in 6' Neodeshas (no longer made). Here is a link, click on the National Geographic Explorer download
http://www.bobclark.com/multimedia.asp

I keep my males in 6' Animal Plastics T25 cages. I would get a 7' or 8' cage for my BIG females, but that is just my preference. BTW retic need humidity and the Ap Cages make it easy, all I have in the cage is a small water bowl( Big Dog bowl) and the humidity stays 60-70% throughout the cage. Perfect retic cages.
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Here is an article from Reptiles Magazine. The article is by Bob Clark and gives a good run down on Retic caging and care.
Reticulated Pythons