Welcome. I've been here a while and i'm fom Panama City, FL.



What all types of snakes have you looked into? corns are actually a sub-species of rat snakes... you may want to look into some of those. Some grow larger than corns, some grow to the same size. There are a bunch of different colors of corns.... however even a larger selection of rat snakes. I would suggest to read up on all care sheets you could find... mine's in my signature.... but also dont take any one care sheet as a bible.



Well I have also looked at King snakes (Im looking into the small snakes to start out with) and found corns to be smaller than kinds and I think they are more fun. I have been reading a lot of care sheets on them and probably wont get a snake until another expo comes up (there was one I missed this last weekend )



The type of enclosure varies greatly with the type of snake you get. It really is best to start out with a small enclosure, then grow larger as the snkae does. Reason being if the snake is a hatchling put in a 40 gallon tank it will be scared of all the big wide open spaces. I keep some in aquariums (make sure to get a locking top.. i have seen so many posts about escaped corns that come out of an "escape-proof" cage with books on the corners...) Aquariums are probably some of the cheapest... but if you're good with wood you could build some.



Thank you for that, I didnt know why you should start with a small enclosure. I have also heard a lot of people say their snakes have gotten out when they have books on top of the cage. I think I will just go with a tank.



Very good place to get them... usually lots cheaper than a pet store and you dont have to pay shipping I would also reccomend to look around at all the breeders tables when buying your snake... talk to the breeder quiz the heck out of hte breeder. ask if they are eating, then ask if they are eating frozen/thawed or live. then ask do they have to be scented. ever been problem feeders? you want to know all this.



Welcome.



Chris



Thank you Chris, I looked at your website and it was very helpful and had a lot of good information. Thanks

Meghan

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