They are a great pet snake for someone who wants a larger snake. The main thing that stands out amongst boas are their intelligence and curiosity. Boas in general are simply more interactive pets than the common snake and really show their personality. Between this and their overall appearance with the heat pits and slender neck boas definitely look fearsome. These snakes are brilliant for any keeper that wants a slightly different experience. When it comes to breeding you do not need to worry about incubation or looking after fragile eggs, boas have live young!
Carpet pythons will spend quite a lot of time up in the mid to top parts of their vivarium making them a great pet for display. When they are younger they can be quite snappy but as they grow up they can make great handling pets too. Many keepers take on carpets as a challenge and enjoy their initial temperament.
Depending on the species you get they can range from ft or more and have a number of natural colours and patterns. Green tree pythons are absolutely beautiful. They start life as slender yellow snakes and spend the majority of their time off of the ground. As they grow green tree pythons change from a neon yellow colour with speckles of brown to a vibrant green snake with speckles of blue or yellow.
They are truly breathtaking when fully grown and are the ultimate display pet. Western Hognose snakes are most famous for their upturned nose used for burrowing in the wild but they actually have some very interesting aspects that you do not see in other similar snakes.
Not only are hognoses quite small compared to other snakes maxing out at ft they are also rear fanged and spend a considerable amount of time burrowing. When feeling threatened these snakes puff up and spread their neck like a cobras hood, they hiss quite loudly and imitate a defensive position. This is all a complete bluff though. Here we present you five beginner friendly snakes, in no particular order, for those new to the hobby, or for those who wish to add a new animal to your collection that is fairly easy to keep.
Before the ball python captured the imagination of snake lovers, the corn snake Pantherophis guttata was the most popular pet snake available.
Fairly docile, easy to handle and care for, what is not to like about this North American native? Corn snakes are still one of the most popular pet snakes because of their demeanor, availability, and their color combinations. Housing them is straightforward. My enclosure is a gallon with a screened top, an under tank heat pad, a ceramic water bowl, two hides paper towel roll and a commercial hide and aspen substrate.
They can live for a long time. Here in Southern California, the California kingsnake is popular both in the trade and to observe in the wild. They are also super popular beginner snakes, though they can be a bit nippy if not handled often enough.
In the wild, these snakes are fairly opportunistic feeders, eagerly hunting down and eating other snakes, including venomous snakes, small rodents, lizards, birds, and even bird eggs. You can house one in a gallon enclosure with a screened top, a hide and suitable substrate. An under tank heater optimized for your tank size is necessary to help the snake thermoregulate and aid in digestion. No special lighting is required to keep this species.
Feed hatchling kingsnakes appropriately sized pinky mice no wider than the girth of the snake and as they grow, your feeders should grow with them Pinkies, then fuzzies, hoppers, then small mice, and then adult mice, depending on how big the snake gets. Adult snakes can be fed frozen thawed mice or even frozen thawed rat pups. Other than coloration, they are all Lampropeltis getula californiae. Read the California Kingsnake Care Sheet here.
The rosy boa Lichanura trivirgata , though not as popular as the corn snake or the California kingsnake, is still a popular pet snake in the hobby. They are not typically found in the big box retail pet stores, where you can readily find corn snakes and ball pythons. My best friend growing up had a rosy boa that lived 16 years.
Like ball pythons and corn snakes, rosy boas come a a variety of colors. The rosy boa enclosure, as with all snake enclosures, should be escape proof. Also, because rosy boas are often looking for an escape route, a screened top is not recommended, as they can abrade their noses.
A gallon enclosure is ideal for adult rosy boas while hatchlings can be started in small shoeboxes or other similarly sized enclosure. For substrate, you can use newspaper, paper towels or aspen bedding. About two inches of substrate will enable your rosy boa to burrow.
You can spot clean the enclosure as you come across wet spots and snake poop, and change out the substrate every other month or so. As with the other snakes on the list, special lighting is not necessary, but a heat source is.
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