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Display snake.
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Hypancistrus
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I have a four year old Children's python male who is under 3' at adult size. He is in a 29 gallon display at school. It's about 20" tall with a 30" x 12" footprint. I put climbing logs in it, and a heat lamp above key "perches" on the logs, and he spends 90% of his time on those perches. He's always visible, and my students love it!
Mine can be a little feisty in cage and has a VERY strong feed response, so if you handle him when hungry, you may get bit, but other than that he's okay.
Mine can be a little feisty in cage and has a VERY strong feed response, so if you handle him when hungry, you may get bit, but other than that he's okay.
I wouldnt advise a rough greensnake, they are mostly wildcaught and hard to keep.They eat insects and can be very picky and high strung.Especially if this is a first snake.
But garters are great, I had a common garter for a summer and she was super cool.Great eater and active.She was wildcaught so we didnt keep her, just kept her for a month until we could relocate her.But for a wc she ate frozen/thawed mice, I was impressed.
I have a Western hognose and he is a great display snake.you can keep a male in a 20gal for its entire life.Very easy care too, and they look like little rattlesnakes.The hoggie is my hubbys favorite snake.My adult male is only 18 inches long.He sometimes hisses but never bites and is very handleable.
But garters are great, I had a common garter for a summer and she was super cool.Great eater and active.She was wildcaught so we didnt keep her, just kept her for a month until we could relocate her.But for a wc she ate frozen/thawed mice, I was impressed.
I have a Western hognose and he is a great display snake.you can keep a male in a 20gal for its entire life.Very easy care too, and they look like little rattlesnakes.The hoggie is my hubbys favorite snake.My adult male is only 18 inches long.He sometimes hisses but never bites and is very handleable.
Kokopelli
Resident Boa Fanatic
It really depends on the type of display.
IMHO a display snake should be visible and with impressive colors- and to that, nothing is good as a milksnakes at these sizes, unless we're getting into morphs.
A desert display would benefit greatly from a hognose IMHO.
Children's python... I don't think they are really that impressive... but that's just me.
Consider albino house snakes, those are really neat.
I would also opt for less demanding snakes... garters require insects/worms/fish... green snakes require UVB if I recall... I'd try to keep it simpler myself.
A Ball python male can come in many morphs and be quite spectacular.... though the girth will be considerably bigger than that of colubrids...
The more details you share regarding your preferences, the more helpful we can be.
IMHO a display snake should be visible and with impressive colors- and to that, nothing is good as a milksnakes at these sizes, unless we're getting into morphs.
A desert display would benefit greatly from a hognose IMHO.
Children's python... I don't think they are really that impressive... but that's just me.
Consider albino house snakes, those are really neat.
I would also opt for less demanding snakes... garters require insects/worms/fish... green snakes require UVB if I recall... I'd try to keep it simpler myself.
A Ball python male can come in many morphs and be quite spectacular.... though the girth will be considerably bigger than that of colubrids...
The more details you share regarding your preferences, the more helpful we can be.
Irish Eyes (Mrs.Z)
Zookeeper
Like some others have mentioned, I think many species of king and milk snakes would do nicely! They're invariably beautiful, most of them stay small enough (especially milksnakes) for your requirements, and most of them have great feeding responses.
I also love my little rosy boa. It's a beautiful snake, and if you like boas, they're great because they stay so small. She's tame, and has a great feeding response. I also see her out and about quite often.
I also love my little rosy boa. It's a beautiful snake, and if you like boas, they're great because they stay so small. She's tame, and has a great feeding response. I also see her out and about quite often.
Kokopelli
Resident Boa Fanatic
A honduran is technically capable of passing the 5 feet mark... but colubrids are slender....
I know ball python is a bit big, but if you got a male maybe.Since they arent that active they dont need a huge cage either.Maybe a 30 gallon as long as you took it out and gave it exercise..I think they make great pets.Nice and slow so they hang out on you, easy going, and those faces are just too cute.A baby can be had for around 50 bucks.
To get a good deal on tanks wait till Petco has the dollar a gallon sales or look on craigslist.I just scored a nice 29 gal for ten bucks on craigslist.
To get a good deal on tanks wait till Petco has the dollar a gallon sales or look on craigslist.I just scored a nice 29 gal for ten bucks on craigslist.
Jdog3131
(Not a) Senior Member
Oh ok scratch that the care sheet I looked at said 4 feet but I'll trust most members of cornsnakes then a care sheet.
The one thing with them is aren't they normally hard to get feeding F/T
Allalaskan
The Crazy Alaskan
Mine were not hard to get onto F/T, actually my 2 were easier then my corn to switch, and actually generally are just easier to feed lol. My corn is more picky then my Ball pythons. My female is being a pain in the butt to switch to rats though, so if you got one that started off on rats I think you would be just fine.
All be it my snakes are still young and only around 2ft, they are in 4ft long by 14 (I think I would hae to measure to be sure lol)inches deep and 12 inches tall. I know when I used the calculator it came out to 34.9 Gallons. Just to give you an idea on how much space 34 gallons is.
RepLover1022
i love my little alice
Congrats!! Be sure to post when you get him/her
AliCat37
Michelle's Candied Corns!
If you want a display snake DONT get a ball python. You'll never ever see them. I only see mine at night once in a while. There really isn't too much of a size difference between male and female though. Most top out at 5 feet. The really pretty morphs also cost a few hundred dollars. Not saying that the normals are not pretty, mine is simply stunning I will say ;D
I like the idea of rough green snakes too, but I didn't get one because of the whole wild caught thing. I like hognoses ALOT. I'd go for one of those! Everytime someone comes over they'd think you have a rattler
Bullsnakes are not commonly thought of as good snakes, but I've dealt with quite a few of them and they can be just as nice as corns. My ex has a whitesided albino bull and it is GORGEOUS. I had a WC over summer that was extremely high in reds, he was beautiful too, but he had the typical "rawr imma eat you" attitude that you hear about. He went back outside
AliCat37
Michelle's Candied Corns!
Dang you're lucky. Mine takes f/t just fine, but he is so picky. He ate just fine until he turned 2. Then he started to refuse rats (supposedly breeding season fast), he didn't want anything to do with mice either, but I decided to switch him to ASFs to get him eating again. Now his scales are all soft and shiny
to the OP (sorry I can't remember your name right now
) hognose is a great choice! I didn't see that you had chosen what to get before I posted
AliCat37
Michelle's Candied Corns!
Hognoses are extremely fun, I love working with the one at the zoo here. I am sure you will enjoy yours! As far as I know they generally do not bite (obviously anything with a mouth can bite-but, you know). Just don't let them chew on you if for some reason it does get you, they're rear-fanged and if they chew on you for a while you may have a swollen hand for a few days!