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snaker
at Fri Aug 29 20:38:49 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by snaker ]
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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Some different thoughts - snaker, Fri Aug 29 20:38:49 2003