Basic Guide to care for non-venomous snakes and other reptiles/amphibians.
I have a 4 year old Corn Snake[] (sub-species Bloodred Cornsnake (Pantherophis Elaphe g. guttata)) , she is 4 feet long and almost full grown. She eats mice i buy from a local pet store. On a day by day basis snakes require little care just making sure they have clean water. on a monthly basis they need one to two days spending 30-60 minutes (Aka Feeding-cleaning)
I have a 4 year old Corn Snake[] (sub-species Bloodred Cornsnake (Pantherophis Elaphe g. guttata)) , she is 4 feet long and almost full grown. She eats mice i buy from a local pet store. On a day by day basis snakes require little care just making sure they have clean water. on a monthly basis they need one to two days spending 30-60 minutes (Aka Feeding-cleaning)
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First you want to start by thinking if you have the time and money for reptiles and amphibians. you need to know they live up to 30 years.
Most of the cost will bit up front most costly things being:
the snake (or other reptile/amphibian)
the cage
On a Bi-monthly basis you will need to buy:
Distilled water
Food (aka Mice)
Bedding (depending on size of bag/size of cage you may only need to buy bedding 1-4 times a year)
There are a few different ways to get a snake: Pet store; Animal shelter; snake breeder.
There are other ways to acquire a snake. I got mine free from a local volunteering group, i have been helping for years and when one of the snakes we use to educate people laid eggs i got one (adding 15 babies snakes to a family of 10 is just insanity so most of the volunteers got one for free)
I strongly recommend getting a Corn snake or Ball python if your beginning. Both are easy to care for, common, docile, and non aggressive (and non-venomous). Ball pythons grow up to 4-6 feet long and get VARY heavy so a Corn would be better for smaller children. Just to clarify these are not the snakes that you hear in the news, starting small and growing to 20 feet, eating dogs cats and people.
Ball pythons will need larger food than snakes ( Rats v.s Mice). They are native to the Pakistani area but it is vary common to see baby snakes in pet stores for $80-150.
Corn snakes grow 3-5 feet long are faster than ball pythons eat slightly smaller food (mice V.s rats) need less space and are native to US. They are not as common in pet stores but should be easy to find from a breeder $50-150.
Most of the cost will bit up front most costly things being:
the snake (or other reptile/amphibian)
the cage
On a Bi-monthly basis you will need to buy:
Distilled water
Food (aka Mice)
Bedding (depending on size of bag/size of cage you may only need to buy bedding 1-4 times a year)
There are a few different ways to get a snake: Pet store; Animal shelter; snake breeder.
There are other ways to acquire a snake. I got mine free from a local volunteering group, i have been helping for years and when one of the snakes we use to educate people laid eggs i got one (adding 15 babies snakes to a family of 10 is just insanity so most of the volunteers got one for free)
I strongly recommend getting a Corn snake or Ball python if your beginning. Both are easy to care for, common, docile, and non aggressive (and non-venomous). Ball pythons grow up to 4-6 feet long and get VARY heavy so a Corn would be better for smaller children. Just to clarify these are not the snakes that you hear in the news, starting small and growing to 20 feet, eating dogs cats and people.
Ball pythons will need larger food than snakes ( Rats v.s Mice). They are native to the Pakistani area but it is vary common to see baby snakes in pet stores for $80-150.
Corn snakes grow 3-5 feet long are faster than ball pythons eat slightly smaller food (mice V.s rats) need less space and are native to US. They are not as common in pet stores but should be easy to find from a breeder $50-150.
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