snake n00b with some questions

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Originally Posted by mikoh4792

I'm speaking from my own experience. Kingsnakes will eat everything that moves! There are many that are docile however all the kings I used to own tried to eat me. They never struck at me defensively, every time they bit me they constricted. I'm only speaking from experience and there are kings out there that are not like this.

Again, speaking from experience milks tend to be "tamer". They seem to be more flighty and nervous than kings but all the adults I have owned were very calm. I've never been bitten by a milksnake either. However most subspecies of milksnake like to burrow so you won't see them out much during the day.

There are many python and boa species that will stay small. I don't know how small you want to go but I think one of the smallest group of pythons are the Spotted/Stimsons/Childrens(I group these together because they are similar to eachother).

For boas you can look up Dwarf/Island boas. The smallest mature at 2-3 feet and the larger mature around 4-6. There are too many to name. If you go to kingsnake classifieds and look under " Hog Island and insular boas" or " locality subspecific boas" you should find a whole list that fits you. You could also check out rosy and sand boas. Or Dwarf Indonesian tree boas.

If you don't mind something that can get 6-7 ft you should check out carpet pythons, brazilian rainbow boas.

Haven't you only owned 3 three snakes?

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Sand, rosy and rubber boas all stay under three feet for sure. I personally would go with a corn snake as they are very forgiving in husbandry mistakes.