I'm looking for something small, doesn't bite, and eats insect or anything other than small rodents. Any objections to the green snake?
2006-09-12 13:03:14 · 12 answers · asked by lisey_babe21 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
For new owners that are inexperienced with snake, corn snakes, king snakes, or ball pythons are the best choice for pet snakes. These types of snakes tend to be gentle, and meeting their diet and environmental needs is not as difficult as for some other species. These are relatively small snakes, ranging from 4-5 feet adult length (up to 7 feet for some King snakes). All these snakes represent a commitment to long term care, though, with life spans of about 20 years for corn snakes and king Snakes, and perhaps 40 or more years for a Ball Python (record is 48 years). Ball pythons have a reputation as being difficult to feed due to their tendency to sometimes stop eating for months at a time. If choosing a ball python, make sure it is captive bred and used to being fed killed prey. You may even want to ask for a feeding demonstration to ensure the snake readily takes pre-killed mice.
With any snake, feeding pre-killed prey is recommended. A live rodent can inflict some serious wounds on a snake in self defense. If a snake hesitates or is not hungry when you put a live prey animal in the cage, the snake is the one who might end up injured. Of course, it is also more conventient to keep a supply of frozen food in your freezer rather than raising or buying live animals for feeding.
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2006-09-12 13:10:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of snakes are green. I'm not sure which one you are talking about.
Like one poster already said, corn snakes are ideal snakes for someone who has no prior experience keeping snakes. They are not fussy about cage conditions and generally are trouble-free health wise. They are also very pretty - are bred for all kinds of "designer" color variations. They get big enough to be an impressive display animal, but not so big as to be dangerous to anything bigger than a rat. As if that wasn't enough, they also have a VERY good disposition. Some snakes are snippy, corns just aren't.
There aren't a lot of snakes that don't eat small rodents. There are plenty that eat big rodents!
If you live in a city of any size, you should be able to buy pre-killed, frozen rodents that you can thaw and feed to your pet. I buy frozen rodents, chicks and quail chicks over the internet and have them shipped to my house packed on dry ice, and into the deep freeze they go. No fuss, no muss, no stink of a rodent colony in the basement.
A lot of snakes like to eat fish, but that does tend to make their excrement VERY stinky.
Go to the discussion forums at kingsnake.com and read some of the discussions about different kinds of snakes. Corn snakes have their own forum. Right now there are 871 messages in 152 threads on that forum and they are ALL bout corn snakes.
If you are squeamish about feeding one animal to another, please rethink keeping any carnivore for a pet. There are animals in those cans and bags of dog and cat food, and none of those animals jumped into those bags of their own free will. There is a chain of life, and one thing eats another, then something else eats that one, and so on and so on.
2006-09-12 15:48:27 · answer #2 · answered by goicuon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a ball python is a great starter pet, they grow 5-6 feet and are medium bodied snakes, they are very gentle and are not usually agressive, they make good pets and if you decide to breed them, they can make different patterned young if bred properly
another good snake to own is a red tail boa, they are very active and can grow up to 9 feet and are not a heavy bodied snake. these snake can have up to 65 young, and selling at $180 each, thats a lot of money
2006-09-13 01:59:37 · answer #3 · answered by DangerDan A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will say this. I have done some reading on snakes and I will tell you the one to avoid. Avoid something like an elapid. An elapid would be anything that is related to a cobra. Something like a Coral snake is very dangerous. It is small and dangerous. The poison is very toxic. it is certainly not an agressive snake. It avoids humans at all costs. But it is very nervous and twitchy. It gets scared and strikes without warning. Avoid mambas too. they are related to cobras.
2006-09-12 13:08:12 · answer #4 · answered by cannonball 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
people he wants a snake that doesn't eat mice.....READ WHAT HE WROTE . yes a green snake is a good snake but it my bite.they eat insects and lizards, green snakes can get up to 4 feet
2006-09-12 13:36:05 · answer #5 · answered by tom l 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have an objection to the green snake. My sister ws kidnapped by green snakes for 3 months. when we got her back, she was never the same. you should be very carefull of green snakes.
2006-09-12 13:07:10 · answer #6 · answered by nobudE 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
ball pythons make great pets they grow to be about 4 to 5 ft and they are very gentle creatures but like all animals they will bite under certain circumstances
2006-09-12 13:43:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
a dead snake makes the best pet snake.
2006-09-12 13:06:49 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
CORN SNAKE GOOD WITH YOUNG KIDS AND ADULTS ALIKE TRUST ME
2006-09-14 06:52:17 · answer #9 · answered by animalhouser45 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ball pythons are really easy to care for, they only grow to 2 feet, and they don't bite.
2006-09-12 13:05:04 · answer #10 · answered by shiny and late 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋