I want a pet snake?

Question

any ideas for a small, easy-to-care-for snake? or frog.

Answer 1

Corn snakes grow to four or five feet and can eat mice and rats. They like to be held, which makes them very popular and their wide variy of colors gives you a lot to choose from.

Answer 2

Corn snakes or ball pythons are some good snakes.

They both get about the same length but the ball python gets much thicker and bulky, so you'll end up feeding it larger prey items than the corn snake. Eventually, I think this will cost more, so if you have a money issue, a corn snake might be better.

I'm not sure about ball pythons, but corn snakes have lots of beautiful color morphs. I have a bubblegum snow corn myself. Corn snakes also learn things very quickly. If it escapes once, unless you fix the problem quickly, it will escape again in less than half the time it took to find the escape route the first time.

Both these snakes are very docile and rarely bite. They are great starter snakes. Just make sure to do all the neccesary research before buying a pet. You need to make sure of a whole bunch of things, like having enough hide outs, having and maintaining good temperatures, etc.

Answer 3

My son had 2 snakes - a ball python and a boa constrictor.
The python never bit and was extremely docile, to the point
of almost being boring. The constrictor bit occasionally but
was much more interesting. You couldn't even feel the bites,
it was like a prickly weed snagging on your skin, nothing more.

One thing you need to realize is that these 2 types of snakes
do not remain small. They grow and grow and grow. When
our boa constrictor got to 7 1/2 feet in length and required a
wooden cage 4' x 6' feet and took up half a room, that was
one thing. But then we were buying rats all the time, and it
wasn't cheap. When they're little, you buy the little baby rats
which are cheap, but our snake got to be eating a jumbo rat
every week!

Once our python quit eating. Weeks and weeks went by. I'd heard they can go a long time without eating, but we loved our
snake and worried he'd die. So being the tomboy mom that I
was, I bought some little rats and diced them up and force-fed
the snake until he began eating again! -- something not for
the queasy.

My son went away to military school for 6 months. And guess
who had the job of caring for snakey? Mom, of course! I had
to handle the snake every other day, because if you don't , they
get agressive and unfriendly. So being a massage therapist,
I would handle the snake and give him snake massages. He
loved it.

Why did we end up selling our 7 1/2 foot long boa constrictor?
Because he got so strong, to the point that I was afraid one day
he'd start constricting me and I'd have no choice but to go and
get a knife and cut him to release his grip, and I didn't want to
do that. He got to be stronger than me.

People make the mistake of allowing their snakes to coil
around their necks. Don't do it. Another warning - we'd go outside with the snakes but as soon as you'd let them set
down in the grass, they'd suddenly race away and get real
active -- hard to control. And they'd get agressive outside,
like their natural instincts were honed in that environment.

Answer 4

Figure out what kind of snake you like. Start researching the various pets available in your area, join a herp club, etc. Find out all the equipment that you will need for your chosen snake, and starting buying those. Once you have everything you need, then start the search for your pet.

If you have all of your supplies on hand before you buy your pet, you will be far better off then most people. This will save you time and money in the long run.

Be sure to talk to lots of people about your chosen pet, to get all kinds of opinions. Remember, that most people are wrongly informed about pets when they get them. Be armed with information and valued input.

Best of luck!

I have personally had all sorts of snakes, and just loved ball pythons, spotted pythons (my #1 choice), and corn snakes.

Answer 5

A king snake would be a great choice for you. They are easy to keep and don't require alot of special needs. They can be kept in a 20gallon Long tank for their whole life. Other care includes a heat lamp, water dish, bedding/rocks/decor, and food. If your wanting to go the simple simple route...go with a Green Snake. These are bright green snakes that don't get big enough to eat mice, which means live insects will be it's diet. They are cheap too.

Answer 6

Snakes under six feet long:

Corn snakes, King snakes, Ball Pythons

Get one that has been fed frozen all it's life. That's the really easy way. Then your snake won't get bitten or scratched by it's dinner. You just buy a few feeders and keep them in the freezer & thaw them out under snake's heat lamp until warm and feed.
Do yourself another favor, buy a rubbermaid tote to feed snake in. That way he won't think his house is feeding territory and you are less likely to get struck.

Answer 7

Corn snakes r the easiest 2 look after and it only costs about 50p a week 2 feed

Answer 8

for a first snake, i think u should get a ball python because its very docile and they dont grow very big. i think they would be much better than a corn snake because corn snakes are very active and arent very good with handling, unless u know what your doing. ball pythons are very slow and wunt get away from you. they grow about 3-4 feet 5 at the biggest and remain just as docile as if they were a baby. captive breed would be your best bet

Answer 9

A corn snake

Answer 10

a corn snake or a ball python. A corn snake might be slightly easier to care for though