I am looking at keeping snake(s) for the first time. I have posted before in the rat snake forum, i'm mainly trying to decide what type of snake I want. I don't want a "normal" snake....a red/black/albino rat snake, green garter snake, or whatnot. I fell in love with the Blue Beauty's though, however they are too long for me I discovered. I don't want a snake to weigh over 50 lbs, or be longer than 5-6 feet. It seems that they are most tolerant (I put tolerant because from what i've heard, they're never friendly, lol) of their masters when they are with them from hatchling state, so I was looking for a baby.



I was also planning on initially keeping them in a 29 gallon tank, very soon putting them in either a 55 or 75 gallon. I have heard from some people that if two are rasied from birth they are tolerant of each other, while others say this should never be done.



I've also been told that they will escape no matter what. I've also been told to keep them in extremly small cages, such as a butter dish, as young hatchlings. Now logically, the reason they would want to escape is because they have no room, does this make sense to anybody but me? I was thinking, a bigger cage, with some vines, driftwood, proper lighting and heating, chips and such, they would have more room to roam around, less likely to want to escape, right? (Same principle behind teenagers wanting to escape from their small hometowns lol). Is this true, or is it just my logic trying to apply human emotions and feelings to other creatures?



The following snakes are some that I was somewhat interested in keeping. Blue Beauty (I still want one, just probably won't get one.) I saw a red spotted black garter snake in a local pet store (but I know it'll be gone by the time i'm ready to make my purchase). I had looked at blizzard and snow corns, but just decided I didn't like the way they looked too much. I also am still somewhat interested in a leucistic black rat snake. Are these good options (I havent heard anything about the garter), or what are some recomendations y'all would have for starter snakes?

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