what kind of snake would go well in a 35 gallon long and not need to be moved to a bigger enclosure?
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what kind of snake?
repguy77
Feb 25, 2006 03:56 PM
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kingsnaken
Feb 25, 2006 11:05 PM
Here is a sight that has a picture of most kings and milks and their sizes. I'm no expert, but I would say anything less than 4 feet. How long is a 35 long? It must be around 4 feet right? You might be able to go even bigger. A 4 foot snake should have plenty of room in a tank that size. What kind of snake are you thinking about? Derek
http://www.pitt.edu/~mcs2/herp/Lampropeltis.html
duffy
Feb 26, 2006 08:41 AM
My personal choice would be a corn. Check out the cornsnake forum to see all the awesome colors they can come in. They are very easy to care for, inexpensive and one will do nicely in that tank. You may wish to keep a baby corn in a smaller cage (even a plastic rubbermaid or sterilite box will be ok) until it grows a bit. Duffy
scatha
Feb 27, 2006 04:04 AM
There's a place here in Iowa called Gen X Pets that sells some full grown Corn snakes and King snakes if you don't want to wait for them to grow up, if you'd like I could see if they do any shipping.
wftright
Feb 27, 2006 07:43 PM
If I could have only one snake and had that size aquarium, I'd look at a Thayeri kingsnake.
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purplemonkey
Mar 03, 2006 11:53 AM
Ball python (male), corn snake, rat snake, milksnake, kingsnake....a hogg island is really pushing it for size...mine is around 4 1/2-5 feet and is in a 40 breeder. I would love to be able to put him in something bigger, but space is an issue as usual.
The problem you are going to have is finding a tank small enough if you want a baby snake. A baby snake would not do well in a 35 gallon tank. It'd be stressed out. So if you want to start with a baby, start with a 5-10 gallon tank, at least for a few months. But if you want to just get an adult, you can start out in your big tank.
Good luck.
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