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Anonymous
Greetings /an/.
I've never owned a snake before and I'm considering buying one now.
What's a good snake for a starter like me to handle?

I want to raise a western hognose someday.
>> Anonymous
>> western hognose
decent starter right there

Dont give them toads or they are hell to get back to mice, might have to buy captive raised to get past this issue
>> Anonymous
I started with corn snakes.

They're very docile, very consistent and unpicky eaters, and come in tons of awesome colors. Also, they barely have teeth (something you can't say for pythons). I've had a great time with them.
>> Anonymous
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>>326943

Lol boring snakes.

CB Western Hogs are fine starters that need no special care. They're rear-fanged venomous, but more or less harmless because it would take minutes for the snake to chew in enough venom to have any noticeable effect. The worst documented case I've seen is when a man let a large female chew on his finger for 5 minutes. His arm swelled up for a day or two.

Captive bred ones mostly bite from a feeding response. Keep them fed and handle often and they'll quit associating your fingers with food. Same as any snake, really.
>> spiderman !!OSPTRNucStf
>>327018
I loved my corn snakes. Never had a hognose...had a beautiful king snake though....all three of them would make fine starters.
>> Anonymous
>>327018

Lol fucking ugly snakes. Looks like a long, wet shit I took once.
>> Anonymous
>>327257

Butthurt cornsnakefag.
>> Anonymous
I keep Kenyan Sand boas, they aren't bad for starters, except that males will sometimes go off feed.

I've had hognoses (Tricolored) and the only issue I've had with them is an occasional reluctance to eat anything that wasn't a toad.
>> Anonymous
>>327470
i lol'd
>> Anonymous
ball pythons are great.
>> Anonymous
>>327646

Pig disgusting.
>> Anonymous
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>>327646
>>327667

Ball Pythons have ugly noses. I assume since you one day want a hognose, that nose aesthetics are important to you.

Some pythons are only slightly harder to raise than ball pythons but a heck of a lot prettier. I recommend an African Rock Python. They're known to be a little grumpy and aggressive, but they have amusing and charming* personalities. They can get large, but they take a long time to grow to a dangerous size, so get a young one and by then you should have him well-socialized.

*When I was young, I had an African Rock Python who hated my alarm clock and would wake me up every morning five minutes before he expected it to go off. He somehow understood that it wouldn't go off on weekends, but he never learned the difference between the school year and summer vacation. So by "amusing and charming" I mean "slightly annoying but also amusing and charming".
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For comparison, a ball python. Note the lumpy nose and the fat stumpy body. It's as if a prettier snake had Down Syndrome.

On that note, if you go with a ball python, name it Trig.
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Thayers, aka Variable kingsnake. Come in a variety of colors, are diurnal, very docile (ive NEVER had one bite) and not particularly scared of humans. A lot of little snakes will poop out of fear when you pick them up, variables barely ever do this. I have one, most wonderful snake ever. Also did i mention they come in a variety of colors?

Pic related, these are all variants you can get from the same clutch of eggs by the same parents, and more than that too. Breeding them is like christmas
>> Anonymous
>>327671
>>327672
Am I the only one who thinks they're cute?
>> Anonymous
>>327671

Afrocks? I don't think so, Tim. That's the worst recommendation I've heard in a while.
>> Anonymous
>>327671
>He somehow understood that it wouldn't go off on weekends
No, he didn't.
>> Anonymous
>>327732


I had a red one like that.

Fucker would slither down my shirt and sleep around my waist.
>> Anonymous
>>326926
get a rosy boa, they're the most docile things ever.
>> Anonymous
>>327733

No. I think ball pythons have cute noses.

They're also very laid back and they don't get too large.
>> Anonymous
>>327733
nope.
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i have a corn snake who is extremely easy to take care of. he does all the work himself and ive never had a problem with him... except that he's crazy and attacks anything that moves!
i have a ball python who is very old and in my experience they are very kind and cute-looking snakes that get very fat but not very long. these are also recommended for beginners. dumb as a bag of hammers though.
and then there is the boa. the boa is the most social of the three snakes i have. they arent hard to take care of except for the fact that they become extreme giants!

ball python in picture
>> Kuromatsu
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>>326926

Kind of related, there's a free iguana up for grabs, little housing / cage thing, lights, etc. They're moving, so they need to get rid of him. Any advice, or should I post a new thread? Is an Iguana worthwhile?
>> Anonymous
>Kind of related, there's a free iguana up for grabs, little housing / cage thing, lights, etc. They're moving, so they need to get rid of him. Any advice, or should I post a new thread? Is an Iguana worthwhile?

craigslist.com or go to a reptile forum. usually there are people on those things that will buy and sell pretty often
>> Kuromatsu
>>328148

No, I mean, I'm not getting rid of it. Someone else is, I'm wondering if it'd be worthwhile to get it and take care of it.
>> Anonymous
you have to have the time and money but it should be well worth it if it a chill lizard. if you are into herps i say, why not? if you have no experience, do your research and make sure that lizard is cool. those iguanas can be bitter and generally pissed off
>> Kuromatsu
>>328166

yeah. thanks for the input.
>> Anonymous
Iguanas are shitty, demanding angry fuckers that make horrendous pet reptiles.