Hello everyone!
I'm aspiring to own a California Red Side Garter Snake.
I've never owned a snake before, so it will be a rather new experience. I do not plan to get the snake for another year or two, but wanted to determine everything that I would need to do first. This will also be my first exotic pet (I currently only have experience with dogs, cats, and Betta fish). I honestly have no idea where to begin other than here. So what I'm looking to know is:
- What type of terrarium (?) would everyone suggest and please feel free to leave links! I'm leaning more towards attempting to find a baby female, though I would also like to own more than one possibly as well, depending on the experience of owning the one.
- Any great links on the proper care of these snakes, or your comments regarding it.
- Size, I guess? What their diet would be, how to sex them, the possibility of future breeding, what to look for in a breeder/seller, etc.
- Any general snake care that could contribute to this future snakes life quality.
I have already taken the time to look and make sure that there are some vets near me that would be able to see the snake, in case something were to happen.
Thank you everyone in advanced that gives advice as well! I tend to over-research things, so I'm definitely not going to jump on the first thing I see and take it as 100% truth, I'll most likely dig around for more credible info.
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