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Mikoh4792
02-19-14, 08:14 PM
Even with an enclosure this "large" it seems to be small with that huge snake inside it.

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Terranaut
02-19-14, 08:22 PM
Wow!!! Thats something.

CosmicOwl
02-19-14, 08:26 PM
I will say, that is a pretty cool enclosure. Seeing that huge snake perched on that log is really awesome. I think this should be the minimum sized enclosure for snakes like retics, burms etc. That snake gets some exercise and actually has shape and muscle tone.

LiL Zap
02-19-14, 08:30 PM
I love this. When it comes to giant constrictors, I feel they need a very large enclosure like this. Two thumbs up!

aaron_cg
02-19-14, 08:30 PM
Beautiful! I can't wait for the day I get a retic!!!

MKeim1989
02-19-14, 08:31 PM
That's crazy! Is this at a zoo somewhere or is it a personal enclosure!? I would love to have something like that in my house (or room in my house for something like that!)

kwhitlock
02-19-14, 08:33 PM
This is from a local-ish reptile rescue, this was taken with a paneramic setting on my phone. She's supposed to be the biggest retic in MI like 22 feet or something like that! She had enough room to stretch out almost completely crazy how small these huge snakes make these enclosures look!

LiL Zap
02-19-14, 08:34 PM
This is from a local-ish reptile rescue, this was taken with a paneramic setting on my phone. She's supposed to be the biggest retic in MI like 22 feet or something like that! She had enough room to stretch out almost completely crazy how small these huge snakes make these enclosures look!
Excellent enclosure and gorgeous snake.

aaron_cg
02-19-14, 08:42 PM
Now thats an enclosure! I wonder what the cost would be to heat something that size?

Mikoh4792
02-19-14, 08:43 PM
This is from a local-ish reptile rescue, this was taken with a paneramic setting on my phone. She's supposed to be the biggest retic in MI like 22 feet or something like that! She had enough room to stretch out almost completely crazy how small these huge snakes make these enclosures look!

wow look at that water bowl! Or pool/pond... lol

Mikoh4792
02-19-14, 08:45 PM
I love this. When it comes to giant constrictors, I feel they need a very large enclosure like this. Two thumbs up!

I will say, that is a pretty cool enclosure. Seeing that huge snake perched on that log is really awesome. I think this should be the minimum sized enclosure for snakes like retics, burms etc. That snake gets some exercise and actually has shape and muscle tone.

Exactly. Just because a box is big enough to keep something alive and breed them doesn't mean it's big enough. Sad to see these giants housed in 8 foot long and 2 feet high enclosures. Heck, even as mentioned before the enclosure in the OP still looks small.

CosmicOwl
02-19-14, 08:53 PM
Exactly. Just because a box is big enough to keep something alive and breed them doesn't mean it's big enough. Sad to see these giants housed in 8 foot long and 2 feet high enclosures. Heck, even as mentioned before the enclosure in the OP still looks small.

I think the snakes are content in an enclosure that size. I doubt that they would move around more often even if they were in a larger cage. That being said, having the room to move around and climb seems like it should be a basic requirement for housing a snake. It's sort of rare to see an 18+ foot long snake that doesn't have the shape of a partially deflated inner tube.

kwhitlock
02-19-14, 09:00 PM
wow look at that water bowl! Or pool/pond... lol

Lol I know, it's pretty big, she has enough room in the pool to completely cool up inside of it! They keep some of the larger monitors there in some very big enclosures to, black throats, water monitors, rhino iguanas, you name it.

psychocircus
02-19-14, 09:36 PM
I would love to do something like this for a monitor one day. I wonder if humidity is an issue?

Sublimeballs
02-19-14, 10:17 PM
Great to see a large enclosure instead of a 6x3 or 8x4 for a 20 footer. Is this someones you know mikoh? I had wondered how much a large mainland would utilize claiming space.

Mikoh4792
02-19-14, 10:31 PM
nope, just found it on facebook being shared around.

The snake probably doesn't consider that climbing anyways, it's only a few feet off the ground.

dave himself
02-19-14, 11:37 PM
If only I had the room and the cash :)

millertime89
02-20-14, 01:45 AM
Snake and enclosure belong to Robert Euvino. He had some of the most stunning big retics I've ever seen. He had two or three pictures in the picture of the year contests on the reptile report.

Tsubaki
02-20-14, 03:43 AM
Very nice!!! I wonder what the dimensions are :D My mainland lady will have somewhere around 8*10 feet when she grows up.. But i might even go 10*10, that would be slightly more complicated to realize though.. I love the walls on this enclosure, given me a great idea :D

guyabano
02-20-14, 09:57 PM
Awesome. Definite proof that even as adults, retics still like to climb.

Teal
02-28-14, 02:48 AM
Fantastic set up, and gorgeous retic!