A Black milk is a good place to start, easy to handle and they can reach a good size too.
turned off by milks because of their spastic behavior when handled, especially as youngsters. I'm not a fan of getting musked, and that weird head-jerk reaction just always bugged me.
I think most neonate snakes tend to freak out when handled despite species, and they'll mellow with age in most cases.

I very rarely get musked by milks. Neonates will throw crap all over if you don't secure the tail quick, but they soon grow out of this habit, in most cases.

I'm not sure about the head-jerk reaction you're talking about, maybe I don't notice it any more.

He's a real charmer- perfect when handled, beautiful, and switched from live to frozen/thawed food without hesitation.
You're preaching to the choir here.

If you're interested in having a milk with out tipping (I like the tipping in most cases), look into some hypo. hondurensis , they can be great looking. And Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae are really clean looking. A couple of our forum members have great line of sinaloae milks.

-Dell
Tangerine Honduran.


Black Milk


Tricolor hypo. Honduran.

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