As this is the Pit forum it is natural to expect support for pits

vs corns. If you have been around some of the pits and like them

then I would agree that no amount of corns will satisfy your pit craving.

If however, you have never owned a snake at all before and are not

that familiar with the different genus' of snakes then a corn may be in order.

Corns are very common (ie cheap) and are very hardy with straight forward care.

Corns are some of the easiest snakes to handle and care for out there.

Once you have learned to deal with housing, temp control, feeding, shedding etc

then you are ready to move on to a more active, larger and at times

more tempermental pits. If for some reason you decide that snakes

are not for you then you are not out of a great deal of $$ and corns

are often easy to resell. That being said, pits are great snakes

and even a first time snake owner will be able to raise them well

they are just not as mellow as hatchlings as corns and they are

always very hungry and grow a lot faster and bigger than corns.

They also have a lot more personality than corns (ok now the corn people

are going to attack me too) If you get a corn first and still

have an interest in pits I assure you you will not rest untill

you get one of the big brutes so be warned. Good luck and let

us know what you get.

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