Now, If you ever want to get into beauty snakes you should start with a Taiwan. To me, they are just 8ft long cornsnakes with crazy feeding responses. If I put a rat in the cage, 80% of the time it won't even touch the ground before being constricted.



Now another guy said something about them being like Blue Beauties. I believe this is a misconception. I have had my female Taiwan since she was a 2001 hatchling, I have only been bitten once. The only time she would strike at me would be feeding time. It is all about feeding responses. They are much more handable than blues are. Of course, every snake is different. You'll hear alot about Beauty snakes being crazy and biting alot, but when you see a Taiwan you think otherwise.



Once you get them out of the cage(hook usually required), they are mellow for the most part. When being handled, they are always looking somewhere to climb onto. They are very strong snakes, if they hook around something good luck getting them off!



If I were you, I would keep the corn. Your corn will be your mellow snake that you can reach into the tank and pick up, show your friends, etc. Your beauty is going to be more of a display snake, but can still be handled with precaution. This is just my experiences with them, any other questions go ahead and ask!

Toe Pads





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Edited on February 14, 2005 at 21:49:11 by phwyvern.

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