5 Great Beginner or Entry Level Snakes - 2023 Edition 

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I don't have any snakes with crazy feeding behaviors. I do have some hungry hungry hognose though 😂

I've had my hognose and garter snakes do that too! Not everytime, not most of the time either but a couple times. Lol 😂 It's funny when they do that!

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Sorry it took so long to respond but you're doing a damn good job. I watched 3 of em in a row and HAD to subscribe@@JzsReptiles

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Sounds pretty good. Here is one so far ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-382HyWr4feg.html

That’s what I tell people.

I like that idea. I can do that

Absolutely. There are even more that I didn’t list only because they’re harder to find but arguably better choices

I did make this video that kind of goes into it 5 Giant Snakes As Good Pets…Or Are They? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-382HyWr4feg.html

This list is great! You could also consider things like rosy boas, gopher snakes, or irian jaya carpet pythons. IJ carpet pythons are smaller than most carpet pythons and arguably the perfect size snake for many people. Obviously every snake is an individual, but my 7 year old male IJ carpet python is just under 6ft and has never struck at anyone. Hes just big enough to be impressive but not big enough to be overwhelming or exhausting to hold. Hes a good eater and entertaining both to watch in his enclosure or to hold. He also doesnt need much if any misting, and always sheds in one piece. They also like it a little cooler than other pythons, so you dont have to worry about them being cold if you take them out to hold them. Highly underrated snakes IMO. This list is rock solid too though! I just wanted to add a few other options that you could research! There are a lot of awesome options out there, and snakes live a long time. You might aswell be 100% sure before you make your decision. The last thing you want is to get a snake only to later learn about some other species that you wish you'd gotten instead.

Basically the same as other colubrid species. You make steadily and slowly lower temps over the course of a few weeks and feed once temps get low enough, make sure they have completely passed the meal and then many people will cover them or move them to a dark place for a period of months with just water. I don’t have the exact temps but there are several old world rat groups or asking the breeder you get yours would be what I would advise

@@JzsReptiles thank you :) I'll have to dig deeper with this because it makes me nervous it would be difficult to know if the snake is sick, this is my worry.

@@astelraimedia4149 you can check on them frequently. You mainly watch their body condition and you warm them up and get food into them if you see them loose weight.

@@JzsReptiles oh OK cool so it's not like if you wake them accidentally then it's messed everything up.

I can’t help you too much with that but I know many American breeders ship internationally at least to Canada

Corn Snakes are a good alternative being semi arboreal constrictors. Dwarf Boa might also be worth consideration. Just as intelligent as their larger cousins but in a much smaller noodle.

@@2l84t I honestly started out wanting a corn snake because I fell in love with this super friendly ball python on a business trip and could not bring him home because it was winter in Canada and had to travel so far and they told me all about the hunger strikes. So I got back in December started researching snakes and went and met this corn snake who was so friendly and then I found out that they're illegal in Georgia where my company may very well be relocating - so then came this big whopper of a task: find a snake as friendly as a corn wich is legal in Saskatchewan, Georgia state, England (where I might go if Georgia doesn't work out) and the EU if England joins back with the EU - so that leaves me with Russian rat snake, Rosy boa and any other I would have to do more homework. I hear Honduran milk snakes and Japanese rat snakes can be nippy so. I did manage to find a few Canadian breeders but they seem to be ready and willing to try to make me out like a weirdo for wanting to meet the snake in person to get a feel for the personality prior to purchase - apparently I'm the only one to not want shipping. It blows my mind because I have now handled so many snakes while trying to figure all this out and they most certainly do have a personality and some seem to like me more than others. I cannot imagine entering into a 20-30 year commitment with a pet based on a photo.

The size and a couple other reasons I usually put them in “intermediate”

Have to be able to provide proper heating, proper humidity range and proper caging. Glass tank/screen top not suitable in most cases. For most folks, boas are or should be intermediate snakes for the caging/heating reasons. I do think imperators are one of the best snakes to keep if the keeper has the resources and enough snake experience.

Depends on what you want. Any of these are good. If you want one that doesn’t move as much and want to put in a bit more for husbandry a ball python is good too