i've had goldfish, fresh water fish, salt water fish. they are all a pain and high maintance. i got so burnt out taking care of them i got rid of them all.

i started with a corn snake and now have 4 corns, a 7 foot python, small soloman island ground boa and a milk snake. they are really not that high maintance.

once you get their enclosures set up with the necessities and learn what they need they really don't need that much tending to. like other posts talked about the necessary cleaning, monitoring, feeding, etc. its a piece of cake. but you have to WANT to be into snakes. other wise they will be considered a chore and high maintance.

another thing no one mentioned is handling. if you want a handable (sp?) snake you have to handle it. but there are some that don't really like handling. corns are one of the best snake for handling. mine have never tried to bite. i even feed them in their tanks and still no bites.

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• low or high maintainance ? - jadzia, Thu Feb 23 09:17:50 2006
• Wild vs captive bred? - Kel, Thu Feb 23 09:45:16 2006
• actually - goregrind, Fri Feb 24 11:09:58 2006
• Was thinking more of the heating aspect... - Kel, Sun Feb 26 11:11:09 2006
• RE: low or high maintainance ? - qroberts, Thu Feb 23 09:45:29 2006
• Less than a dog, more than a rock... - garweft, Thu Feb 23 10:33:42 2006
• RE: Less than a dog, more than a rock... - Paul Hollander, Thu Feb 23 12:21:22 2006
• RE: Less than a dog, more than a rock... - jadzia, Thu Feb 23 13:26:46 2006
• RE: Less than a dog, more than a rock... - xblackheart, Thu Feb 23 13:51:14 2006
• RE: Less than a dog, more than a rock... - candb, Thu Feb 23 18:43:37 2006
• RE: Less than a dog, more than a rock... - xblackheart, Thu Feb 23 20:08:43 2006
• RE: Less than a dog, more than a rock... - LizardMom, Thu Feb 23 21:03:42 2006
• RE: Less than a dog, more than a rock... - xblackheart, Thu Feb 23 13:44:03 2006
• RE: Less than a dog, more than a rock... - janome, Thu Feb 23 18:53:29 2006
• RE: Less than a dog, more than a rock... - xblackheart, Thu Feb 23 20:12:01 2006
• RE: Less than a dog, more than a rock... - phiber_optikx, Fri Feb 24 00:38:11 2006