I bought what was sold to me as a typical phase corn snake. Its about "14 long. Ok this is what gets me .. they guy that sold it to me breeds them . All of his snakes looked healthy and "clean ". No problems , later I was reading that these guys need a heat source , well I was told that they snake would be ok as long as they day temps in my house were 70 ish and it didnt go under 65 at night ? I keep the snake in my Tarantula room where I keep a space heater heating the room to 75-80 during the day , but from time to time it does drop to say 68 at night.Also Im keeping this guy on aspen chips as bedding . Weird thing was when I went and did some checking on better snakes as 1st pets some people told me ball pythons were better than corns ? I chose the corn over the ball for the simple fact that I heard heating temps for a ball were alot stricter ? Thanks for any help ....
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You chose right. Ball Pythons are commonly sold by petshops as "beginner snakes". They are anything but. Captive born may eat readily enough, but the imported (and there still is A LOT out there) can be one pain to get to get started. For that and other reasons, I don't recomend them to beginners. The (American Red, Emories and various Black/yellow rat species) Ratsnakes, common Bullsnake and Chain king ssp. are much better snakes for beginners.
Frank
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