Reptile expo expansion

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by exwizard

...I know there are so many of BPs because people are buying them but I still say the supply far outnumbers the demand as high as it is. Why else can you get one for $20? Yeah Corns go for this price as well but IMO Corns are a much better snake....

I can get corns for $3 bucks....


It is just your opinion that a corn is a better snake and that somehow justifies they're oversupply but not the ball python.

Both snakes have their merits and quite honestly, I recommend corns as first time snake owners.

[StudentoReptile]

Originally Posted by Aaron_S

Both snakes have their merits and quite honestly, I recommend corns as first time snake owners.

Ditto.

Hatchling corns are rather squirmy and young children (and their parents) are often turned off by that. But as far as husbandry, and feeding, they do not present as much difficulty as ball pythons do.

A lot of it goes back to the whole "glass tank" approach. Most of these "first time snake owners" start out going to the pet shop and can get almost the same exact set-up and advice for corns as they would for BPs from the pet shop staff. Everything they're told typically works for the cornsnake. They often run into issues with BPs (heat, humidity, non-feeding, stress, etc.).

THAT's why I always push them towards a colubrid.