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Hello from Southern Illinois

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bluefox009

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Hiya! I have owned geckos, sugar gliders and "normal" pets and am now looking into getting a snake. I have decided on a corn snake (though a second option was a grey banded king snake).

I am doing my research now, tho will have to wait a few months to get one because my current roomies absolutely refuse to have a snake in the house.

Luckily I am researching because my friend, who is a older lady and was an actually college graduate for herpetology, gave me majorly wrong info. She told me 10 gallon for an adult and pine for substrate, among other wrong info.

I am now a bit more in the know and learning lots more thanks to this site and others like it.

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Wow- I was just in Anna (well Cobden, actually) last weekend!! Looking for snakes :) My photos are in a thread in General Chit Chat, about Snake Road.

Just in case you change your mind and decide on a Grey Band, be VERY careful and absolutely certain you get one that is feeding on UNSCENTED mice. They are notoriously tough to start feeding on mice.
 
Thanks folks! I have family in Cobden, did you hasn't any luck? I most likely will go with the corn because their ease of care, temperment and morphs available.

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Cornsnakes are the best- I have about 50 of them!

We found 9 cottonmouths, 1 Dekays Brown Snake, 2 Ribbon Snakes, 1 Yellow Bellied Water Snake, a Northern Slimy Salamander, many ZigZag salamanders, a Central Newt, a toad, 2 crayfish. It was a little chilly.
 
Welcome to the fun! I'm sorry about your college graduate herpetologist friend.
I'm sure she meant no harm, but there is a lot of misimformation out there. I would like to thank you for taking the initiative & researching thoroughly yourself, rather than relying on one 'experts' opinion! :)
 
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