Corn snakes are pretty even tempered, and you can find a colour morph that'll really impress children for a reasonable price. I've also had good experiences with rainbow boas as display animals, if you'd want something a little bigger but not into the realm of serious management challenges.

Making sure people wash their hands after interacting is pretty important though, especially if it's a nursing home situation. People who're there are more likely to be immunocompromised anyway, and won't be able to shrug off lower level infections like a lot of healthier folks could.

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• Gentle Snakes? - evinrudesmom, Fri Apr 21 12:56:03 2006
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