Help me decide which to get first!

D Grade · 01-02-15, 03:45 AM

Ive been nonstop looking and researching snakes constantly for a week now and what I thought was a definite decision has now turned into a dilemma. I had my mind set on a black and white banded Cali King, but thanks to my eyes and brain thinking too much, I am now torn between the choices listed.

Which would you get?

wrecker45 · 01-02-15, 08:20 AM

All of the above.

**Minkness** · 01-02-15, 10:17 AM

You. Know what I voted for! ^_^

kwhitlock · 01-02-15, 12:15 PM

I personally love Hondos, they might not be the most active snake in the world, but the colors they have are just incredible!

sharthun · 01-02-15, 12:43 PM

Yep, one of each!

D Grade · 01-02-15, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Minkness

You. Know what I voted for! ^_^

I definitely do!

Hopefully the wife will fall in love with our first and allow more, and I think she might. However I do need to treat this like itll be our only one so I need to figure out which to get first.

Kwitlock, I really like em too. Im really in love with Cali Kings though since thats what I held a few weeks ago. That was my first snake handling since my teenage years.

Decisions, decisions...

D Grade · 01-02-15, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by wrecker45

All of the above.

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Originally Posted by sharthun

Yep, one of each!

Hopefully! *fingers crossed*

sharthun · 01-02-15, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by D Grade

Hopefully! *fingers crossed*

The Cal king and mbk would be the most active of your choices if that helps. Milks tend to be very secretive.

valid · 01-02-15, 01:42 PM

Personally, aesthetically it is really hard to beat a milk snake. Hondurans are my favorite ...
But they can be skittish. Don't expect a ball python tame milk snake, especially if you buy young / from a second party pet store that don't know much about the snake. My Hondo was beautiful, but a pain in the butt the first month I had him. Tamed down pretty quickly though. I still hate that I had to get rid of him. When I get my own space/permanent living conditions a Honduran will likely be the first snake I get.

**Minkness** · 01-02-15, 01:53 PM

I know exactly what you mean! That was my agreement with my mom but I still have plans to get a western hoggie or garter in march from repticon lol. However, when I was getting all of my supplies together, I held a reverse okeetee corn at the reptile store I went to and ALMOST bought it. It was everything in me to say no because I had all ready set my heart on a MBK. But, that corn was the first snake I'd held in a few years, and it was beautiful! I wanted it right then and there sooooo bad. Even my mom knew what might have happened because when I got home, she asked if I had bought a snake as well even though she knew exactly what I wanted and when lol.

D Grade · 01-02-15, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by sharthun

The Cal king and mbk would be the most active of your choices if that helps. Milks tend to be very secretive.

Yeah thats one thing I like about Kings better.

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Originally Posted by valid

Personally, aesthetically it is really hard to beat a milk snake. Hondurans are my favorite ...
But they can be skittish. Don't expect a ball python tame milk snake, especially if you buy young / from a second party pet store that don't know much about the snake. My Hondo was beautiful, but a pain in the butt the first month I had him. Tamed down pretty quickly though. I still hate that I had to get rid of him. When I get my own space/permanent living conditions a Honduran will likely be the first snake I get.

Yeah, I know Ill have one someday. Just dont know if itll be my first.

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Originally Posted by Minkness

I know exactly what you mean! That was my agreement with my mom but I still have plans to get a western hoggie or garter in march from repticon lol. However, when I was getting all of my supplies together, I held a reverse okeetee corn at the reptile store I went to and ALMOST bought it. It was everything in me to say no because I had all ready set my heart on a MBK. But, that corn was the first snake I'd held in a few years, and it was beautiful! I wanted it right then and there sooooo bad. Even my mom knew what might have happened because when I got home, she asked if I had bought a snake as well even though she knew exactly what I wanted and when lol.

The struggle is real! I think Im gonna go with a Cali King since its the one I originally set my sites on. Still not 100% on it yet though.

reptiledude987 · 01-02-15, 04:06 PM

Personally for a first ever snake I'd go with some type of king (my first snake was a grey banded king). As opposed to a milk due to the fact theyre less skittish (nervous) and are easier to handle. Aside form that its pretty much a prefrence of coloration.

D Grade · 01-02-15, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by reptiledude987

Personally for a first ever snake I'd go with some type of king (my first snake was a grey banded king). As opposed to a milk due to the fact theyre less skittish (nervous) and are easier to handle. Aside form that its pretty much a prefrence of coloration.

Yeah I agree with that 100%, I think Ill stick with a Cali King since I cant find any MBK's locally.

**Minkness** · 01-02-15, 04:31 PM

Yeah, I couldn't find any MBKs locally either, but I got mine from BHB and even with shipping it was a better deal than the different kings offered locally. Then again, my stores were wanting 85-100 for what looked like a hatchling it was so small.

So, for basically the same price I got something a bit less common, a little bigger, and exactly what I wanted for a 1st snake. =)

Derek1 · 01-02-15, 04:44 PM

Will someone please vote for the Pueblan Milk. It's getting no love.