I'm thinking of getting a snake but im not sure what kind to get. I have a 29 gallon aquarium and a ten gallon aquarium. What advantages does one snake have over the other? Which snake is more tame?
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Should i get a garter snake or corn?
Gnagflow
Jul 17, 2006 04:15 PM
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b1eagar
Jul 18, 2006 12:15 AM
>>I'm thinking of getting a snake but im not sure what kind to get. I have a 29 gallon aquarium and a ten gallon aquarium. What advantages does one snake have over the other? Which snake is more tame?
It depends what kind of garter you are looking at really.
Corn's will generally not be as hyper as garters but have a much less varied diet (ie. mice). Garters are more fun to watch and have much more of a personality than corns in my opinion. You can watch garters catch worms or fish in a bowl or feed them mice or do both.
Any of the western terestrial garters (thamnophis elegans) subspecies are pretty calm captives if held fairly often. Other garters are much more hyper and seem to never calm down much but they are still more fun to watch than corns.
Captive bred garters will always be more tame than wild caught individuals so that should be a consideration too. Most of the captive bred babies I have raised up end up taking food right from my hand.
