First Snake?t

[Reptile_Maniac]

Hey everyone,

Finally convinced my parents to buy me a pet snake !! So what does every recommend as a starter species? Preferably something small.

Thanks,
James

 

[Gruni]

Grab a book like Mike Swan's: Keeping and Breeding Australian Pythons. Seee what appeals to you and research it thoroughly to see what it will need as it grows. With a few exceptions most pythons make great starter snakes if you get a little one as your skills and confidence grow with the snake but you need to know you will have the room etc to meet your grown snakes needs.

 

[damian83]

You could start with something small like anteresias or go a coastal. But just get the snake you would like and you have room for

 

[justin91]

Some good starting snakes are: Children pythons, stimpson pythons and spotted pythons. They don't grow to big but still big enough to be a good companion. Do a hell of a lot of research before purchasing a snake. I think I did about 1-2 hrs a day for 2-3 weeks before I got my spotted python. This website will help you a lot. There are a lot of experienced snake keepers on here that give good advice so always ask if in doubt no matter how stupid the question is.

 

[Gruni]

Stimsons (no 'p') are pretty, Maculosa are bullet proof to my way of thinking, but a hatchling Coastal or Bredli would make awesome starters too. I wouldn't necessarily look at starting with a Diamond or a Scrubby, and Roughies can be fussy feeders and I would add them to the 'Probably Not A First' list.