trying to decide...

[andrea]

my husband hates colubrids, but i have been looking for a nice little bitty snake and saw some gorgeous pictures on this forum. i have a JCP and a burm right now. i want something that will stay small and thin with some color on it. was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions for a first collubrid. also, dont want to spend a great deal of money on one, just something that is cute and small and easy for me to take and show to my class at school.

[Lisa]

Lol I read a nice little BITEY snake. For a first colubrid I would suggest a corn. You can't go wrong with a corn. They're not expensive, they're fairly common in the wild in the USA, they don't get particulary huge. With morphs like candycane, bubblegum snow, and frosted creamsicle how can you get any cuter?

Oh ya, they're super easy to care for.

[rattekonigin]

I second that! Corn snakes are the best first colubrid around and they have a bajillion morphs, so you're bound to find one that suits you.

[Big Mike]

Ya Corns are great and can be found in enough colors to a make Crayola fun pack.

Kings are good too as they have some great variations of pattern as well as color.

Pick one that you think looks nice.

[vanderkm]

If you want a small colorful snake that isn't a colubrid, you might consider a rosy boa. They don't appeal to everyone, but they are a very nice alternative. The milksnakes, while they are a bit more secretive and sensitive than corns or kings, come in such vibrant colors that they are a nice option too, but some, like the hondurans get quite large. Of course you can always get more than one - right!

Mary v.

[BeHeMoTh]

ya corns have at least a thousand morph look at this site

http://www.cornsnake.net/cornprice.php3#Anerythristic%20A%20Corn%20Snake

[andrea]

thanks guys, that is a wonderful site,too btw.
i dont understand why it is hard to get a corn or king snake around here when tons of them are FROM louisiana. to buy one at a pet store here, a fifty fifty cal king, is like a hundred bucks at our pet store and on line they are like 25.
how big do those get as adults?

[Katt_Q]

Cal kings........hatchlings are 9-12" and grow to 2-4', depending upon the species.
not that big really :-)

[Tim_Cranwill]

2 feet would be a smaaaaalll adult call king. A full grown adult would be around 4 feet. There's a pic of a full grown one in my gallery... It's the big black and white one in my hand...

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/showgallery.php?ppuser=475&cat=500&thumb=1

[Simon]

andrea,

well I'd say corn snakes too. I personally love corn snakes. But of course love other snakes too. Come and see what I have this summer and choose what you want.
This is what I am expecting in 2003 summer:
lavenders, crimsons, candy canes (both red and orange), amels, miami, normal hets for a lot of things like lavenders, caramel, butter, amel, motley, blah blah blah....frosted creamsicles, phantoms, milk snake phase corn snakes, honduran milk, albino nelson mlk, albino rosy boas, royal diadem rat, should have more...

please visit my photo album for what morphs of snakes that I have....and I should have quite a few of them expecting to pop something up for me....lol

Here is the photo album's URL:
http://www.pbase.com/candycanecorn

Thanks!

Simon