Top 6 Snakes for Beginners

It’s hard to imagine a pet that doesn’t have hair, that doesn’t need to be fed several times a day and regularly walked, isn’t it? However, they exist! And one of those animals is snakes! Yes, animals, albeit specific, but extremely interesting. And if you are one of those people who have long wanted to get a snake for themselves, but still haven’t done it and don’t know where and with whom to start, this article is for you!

How to keep snakes at home?

Contrary to popular belief, keeping snakes at home is not that difficult. All that is required of you is to create the necessary conditions for keeping, feed on time, change the drinker and keep the terrarium clean. You can read a detailed manual on keeping snakes at home. here.

What kind of snake to get?

So, you have already finally decided on your desire to have a legless scaly friend and most likely already have an idea of ​​uXNUMXbuXNUMXbwhat you expect from him – what size will he be? How mobile? Or maybe you need a certain color of the snake? Well, we present to your attention those types of snakes that, as a rule, do not cause problems in keeping and which even a person who does not have any experience can easily cope with.

First on our list, of course, will be corn snake. It’s the perfect snake, no matter how you look at it. This snake has a small size – about 120-140 cm, has no problems with either content, or appetite, or character (well, not without exceptions, of course), but I would like to write separately about the color of this snake. The fact is that the genetics of the maize snake is so diverse that you can find dozens of different colors and different patterns and their combinations from a white snake without a pattern at all, to a burgundy-red snake with spots or gray-black with polka dots on the back. The maize snake is very active, so it will be interesting to watch it both in the terrarium and take it in your arms.

Maize snake Normal (Normal)

And for snake lovers, a quieter one is perfect royal python. It reaches about the same size as the corn snake, but as an adult it is much thicker and can be as thick as your locle. These pythons are very slow, and when threatened, most often roll into a ball (hence the English name Ball python). With this, you can watch a movie without much distraction from the snake, and walk around the apartment, just hanging your pet around your neck. I would also like to note that recently the number of new colors of royal pythons has been growing steadily, so if you like the description of this snake, you have the opportunity to choose a snake in the same color.

Surely there will be those who want to get a larger snake, but not so slow. Your attention – rainbow boa. A kind of snake among the boas. This boa constrictor has a quite slender physique and with a length of about 2 meters thick, it will be about the size of your elbow. But it is worth noting that among the calm rainbow boas, they can also get caught with a character that can become calmer with age. This snake also has some color variability, and as an additional bonus, a bewitching transfusion of scales in the sun (it’s not for nothing that this boa is called rainbow).

Let’s continue our list with another wonderful boa constrictor – imperial boa constrictor. Are you familiar with the expression “Calm as a boa constrictor”? This is about him (although there are exceptions, of course). The size of this snake can vary greatly – from 1 meter to 2-2,5 m. The color is also very diverse. A distinctive feature can be called the tail of a boa constrictor, the color of which differs from the main pattern – in some individuals throughout their lives it remains a beautiful brown-red color. And if you compare the imperial boa constrictor with other snakes, holding them in your arms, you will immediately think “Wow, what a powerful snake! One solid muscle! And you will be right – the grip of the boa constrictor is really strong, nevertheless the snake looks very proportional.

Boa constrictor imperial (Boa constrictor imperator)

But not everyone has the opportunity to keep boas and pythons at home. If you want something smaller, but smarter – king and milk snakes in their full range at your disposal. Just look on the Internet for a variety of colors of milk and king snakes and you are sure to find something to your liking. The size of these snakes varies depending on the species, but the vast majority do not exceed one meter.

Albino Nelson’s milk snake (lampropeltis triangulum nelsoni)

And I would also like to finish the list of the most popular and least whimsical snakes with a small snake – patterned snake. The size of this snake does not exceed 80 cm, but its color and pattern cannot leave anyone indifferent. Another great option for those who want to buy a small but beautiful snake. By the way, there are several color variations of the patterned snake.

Well, that concludes our list of the most suitable snakes for beginners. I hope this article was useful to you and it helped you make your choice. Snakes do not require much attention, and with proper care, you will get only positive emotions from keeping these beautiful creatures. Good luck in your endeavor and welcome to the wonderful world of terrariums!

Article author: Andrey Minakov