Sarah,

I've kept a number of species over the last 30 years and I find that handling the following to be wonderful stress relievers:

corn snakes
Thayeri kings (the calmest, most well-adjusted snake I ever had was one of these)
California kings
adult Honduran milks
ball pythons
boa constrictors
grey-banded kings
San Diego gophers

I personally love the kings and milks because they are the smoothest and feel almost like liquid glass as they glide over your skin.

Some of these species can be jumpy and/or nippy as babies, such as Honduran milks, so you may want to take that into consideration. The classifieds here are a good place to find adult snakes for sale if you don't want to start with a hatchling.

Good luck!
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Hondurans
Pueblans
Corns
Grey-banded King
California Kings
Speckled Kings (Calcasieu Parish locality)
Brooksi
Goini/Brooksi Crosses
San Diego gophers
Texas Rat
Jungle Carpet Python
Ball Python
BCI
Sulcata
Leopard Geckos
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