Types of Pet Snakes - The 4 Best Snakes to Keep as Pets

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Pet Snake #1 - The Steeltoeshoesboots Snake

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On top of all this, corn snakes come in a Bestmodelhorses variety of color "morphs" with names such as snow, pewter, blood red, candy cane and creamsicle ... just to name a few.

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Pet Snake #2 - The Gopher Snake

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I've shared this story because it's indicative of gopher snake behavior. When you raise them by hand, they become extremely tame and are very predictable when outside of their enclosures.

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Also, in the six+ years that I've had him, my gopher snake has only Guidetobuyingonline down a handful of meals ... out of hundreds of meals! Usually, it would be because he was going into shed. So that satisfies another of our pet snake criteria -- feeding behavior.

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Pet Snake #3 - The Kingsnake

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The kingsnake species mentioned above (and several others) meet the four criteria I've outlined for good snakes to keep as pets. Depending on the species, adult kingsnakes will average between four and six feet in length. They can be tamed easily, they eat well, and they do well in captivity.

Also, because of the wide variety of species and sub-species, you can get a pet kingsnake with many different colors. Some are speckled, some are striped, some are banded -- but all are interesting in their own way. The kingsnake is truly a great type of pet snake for any level of snake-keeper.

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Pet Snake #4 - The Ball Python

I've put the ball python last on my list of best types of snakes to keep as pets for one reason only. They can be a bit Buywhatsforsalein finicky with their eating.

For example, I currently keep four ball pythons that are the same age and kept in the exact same types of Taguanutcarvings (cages, heat, etc.). Nevertheless, they all have their own eating habits. Two of them will eat frozen / thawed rats on a fairly consistent basis. One will sometimes eat frozen / thawed, and sometimes not. The last one has only eaten frozen / thawed rats once -- all the other times I've had to offer fresh rats. Yes, that means regular trips to the pet store!

As long as you accept this characteristic about ball pythons, and you're okay with it, then I would still recommend them as a pet snake. They are very docile and reluctant to bite (I've never even had one strike at me). They rarely get Thewormshop than five and a half feet. And they do well in captivity if you take care of their basic needs. In fact, they can live for 25 years or more in E2macpets So be sure you're in it for the long haul if you choose a ball python as your type of pet snake.

I hope you've enjoyed reading this tutorial as much as I enjoyed creating it, and I hope it helps you choose the type of pet snake that's right for you!

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