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What are my options?

No GTP's. Would prefer something active and friendly.

Opheodrys... They stay pretty small, are docile, active, and eat insects. I've heard they shouldn't be excessively handled, though, since it tends to stress them out.
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- Natalie
(San Francisco Bay Area)

The Giant Asian Green Snakes(Cyclophiops major) are cool and very active and docile.

Wayne has been working with these recently.

Giant Asian Greens

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

But anyway, if you type the common and/or scientific latin name up on a google search, you should get some hits for some info about them.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

Thanks for the email Doug!

Cyclophiops Major A.K.A. Giant green snakes are AWESOME for pets. (However hard to get)

They eat Night Crawlers, Like tall cages with a tree inside, Mine is over a yard long and tolerates handling quite well.

Night Crawlers are easier to obtain in the winter than insects, the snake is "friendly" (He has bit me a couple times, always my fault)

If you do get one, be extra careful, if it escapes, you may never get it back, it will go up in the trees and vanish.

Green Snake Page

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Regards,
Wayne A. Harvey
Thamnophis US
Dances With Reptiles

2.1.0 Thamnophis Infernalis- California Red Sided Garter Snakes
1.1.0 Flame X Erythristic Eastern Garter Snakes
2.0.0 Melanistic Thamnophis Sirtalis Sirtalis
1.0.0 Kansas Albino Red Sided Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis
0.1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis Golden / Albino cross
0.1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis Anerythristic morph
0.1.0 Thamnophis RADIX - axanthic morph
2.1.0 Thamnophis RADIX - Iowa Snow
1.1.0 Thamnophis RADIX - Snow Het
0.1.0 Thamnophis RADIX - Snow/Nebraska Albino double Het
0.1.0 Thamnophis RADIX - Christmas Albino
0.1.0 Thamnophis cyrtopsis Easter Black Neck Garter "MoJo"
0.1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis Eastern Snow "Snowflake"
0.1.0 Thamnophis similis "true blue" This gal bites!
1.1.0. Thamnophis elegans vagrans Wandering Garter
2.1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis - eastern Garters
0.0.1 Thamnophis HybridAlbino Checkered Normal eastern"Mutt"
2.0.0 Thamnophis sirtalis - eastern Garters (xtreme orange phase)
0.0.0 Thamnophis butleriButler's Garter Snake (died)
0.0.1 Thamnophis proximus orariusCoastal Ribbon Snake
0.0.1 Thamnophis sirtalis - Eastern Garter baby
1.1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis HET Anerythristic
1.0.0 Thamnophis pickeringi - Puget Sound Garter "Sky" (adult, Sky blue)
1.0.0 Florida Black racer - fiesty yet way cool.
1.0.1 Nerodia sipedon - Water Snakes Pink eaters!
0.0.1 Amelanistic Corn Snake "CY" adult CB (pet store sale)
1.0.1. Pueblan Milk snakes "Oreo" adult & a '09 baby CB
1.0.0. ASIAN GREEN SNAKE 3' WC Cyclophiops major"Limon"
0.0.1. Savannah Monitor "CHOMPER" Getting Huge!
0.1.0. Green Anole "Crystal"
0.1.0 Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus) - "Peach" (A Monitor with fins)
1.0.0 Ball Python - Python regius "Cain" Rescued from a crack house
0.1.9 Eastern MilkSnake WC "Carmella" adult super sweet temperment
1.5.0 Storeria dekayi - Brown Snakes Casper, Xena, Athena, Copper, Sharon & others
1.1.0. K9 "ACE" Black Cockapoo, Diamond b/w cockapoo

"Would prefer something active and friendly"

So I guess I can assume this one wouldn't interest you,...correct?...LOL!

~Doug

What about this one??

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"