First thing is to learn and read everything you can get your hands on about reptile/snake husbandry the internet can be a very good source although becareful what you accept as fact there are quite a few ppl out there posting stuff that clearly have no idea what they are talking about,( a general rule of thumb is if you see the same info. by 3 out of 5 different authors you probably have reliable info.) Published books are a bit more reliable though a little more costly than the internet. Also another good avenue is to get a job in a reptile specialty store or even a pet store with a reptile department. There you will encounter many common pet trade reptiles as well as see the mistakes other owners have made and learn how to counteract them. Not to mention you will have some (hopefully) knowlegable coworkers to learn from. After you've done a good amount of research and possibly even worked with some common snakes and know some of the general requirements to keeping and caring for snakes of different species pick one that interest you and you feel you can handle and maintain. By now you should have realized that different species of snakes are cared for in very different conditions. Examples of some different environments would range from desert, coastal, forest, mountains,subtropical, and tropical, as well as a varied habitats including fossorial (underground), arboreal (in the trees), ground dwelling, aquatic and semiaquatic. I recommend picking something that lives in your area (It's much easier to mimic the natural environment) as well as picking a dryer climated animal. I've always felt that desert to semi arid loving snakes are a great start. Cornsnakes, Ratsnakes, some Kingsnakes, Gophersnakes, Pinesnakes, Bullsnakes, are great starter snakes they are very easy to breed and are typically as a group very hearty snakes, they are tolerant of minor husbandry mistakes that would quickly jeapordize other snakes say in the boa or python families. after some success in maintaining these for at least a year in captivity try your hand (and patience!!) at breeding a pair. only after a few successful breedings would I attempt to move on to the more "advanced" snakes, ( boas, pythons, arborels, aquatics etc..). This is only a brief description and my personal opinion. I hope it somewhat answers your question. Though there is alot more to it as you will discover as you reasearch your interests.
2006-06-24 16:31:41
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answered by Rain 2
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The best way to begin is to collect. Find snakes of the same species, but different sexes. This can be determined by probing. (If you don't know what you're looking for, you have bigger problems). Get many sets like this. If you want to breed for conservation, I suggest taking the clutch of eggs that hatch into the wild. They won't need care, and you can help the population by doing this over the years. If you are breeding to keep the snakes, I suggest you don't. Snakes are very wild animals, and belong in the wild.
2006-06-24 09:59:03
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answered by Anonymous
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First, find a willing female snake. Then...
2006-06-24 10:23:23
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answered by harryt62 4
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