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Trolligans
at Wed Jul 23 10:58:52 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Trolligans ]
for a first, I'd stay away from ball pythons.
every one that I've seen developed strange eating habits as it aged, suddenly refusing rats that it once would eat. They can be quite picky regarding the color of their food.
I would suggest finding a pine, rat or king that looks appealing and do a little homework on it.
Corns and black rats are probably the easiest to care for. Same with the brooks king. The mexican Night Snake (elaphe flavirufa) is a bit squirmy at first but calms down quickly and is absolutely beautiful.
intermontanes are great since they only reach about 36" and can stay on fuzzies as adults. (mine is fed for $12 a year).
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The Reticulated Rattler
1.0.0 Great Plains Ratsnake
1.0.0 Corn, Lavender Aztec het for Amel
0.1.0 Black Ratsnake
0.0.1 Texas Rat (tame)
1.0.0 Broad Banded Water Snake, Hypo
1.0.0 Black Bassador Retriever
2.1.0 Godchildren, 1 Evil, 2 possible hets
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Ball pythons are not first snakes - Trolligans, Wed Jul 23 10:58:52 2008