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of small snake species that can be kept in 15qt sterilites and feed on rodents.

Thank you.

I currently have a Ball Python and Kenyan Sand Boa. I'm thinking of buying a rack to accomodate more snakes while using less room. The rack I'm looking at allows me to mix it up and have different size sterilites. I'd like to use a combination of 15 qt and 32 qt sterilites, but don't know what is okay to go in the 15 qts.

Thanks for any help.

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An adult mandarin would be a little cramped in that, I think.
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Peter: It's OK, I'll handle it. I read a book about something like this.
Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't NOTHING?

Mandarin ratsnakes? They're expensive, but they're ultra-cool and as a plus you don't have to heat them. They MIGHT get four feet but probably more like three. They'd also thrive in the high humidity conditions it would be easy to provide in plastic containers. Also, as a plus, you'd get to find out all about musk! They calm down as adults, though. Be sure to buy CB, wild caught ones keel over like flies.

(I'm actually not sure how big 15 quarts is, I just think you need a colubrid.)
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Peter: It's OK, I'll handle it. I read a book about something like this.
Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't NOTHING?

Mexican milksnakes (L.t.annulata)
New Mexico milksnakes (L.t.caelenops)
Nuevo Leon kingsnakes aka variable kingsnakes (L.m.thayeri), although some may outgrow that container

All of the above are great snakes to keep.

how about an albino garter?a spotted python?a childrens python?
a chinese beauty snake?a "new-world python"?
or start a baby ball in the smaller size & move up in a year or so?

how about an albino garter?

A Checkered Garter would be an excellent candidate. They are hardy, eat mice and don't get too large.

a spotted python?a childrens python?

Both of these species get a little large.

a chinese beauty snake?

I think you may be confusing this with something else. Beauty snakes regularly exceed 6 feet at a year of age and eventually get over 8 feet!

I would suggest a male Sandboa (any species) or Western Hognosed Snake. Neither would ever grow out of that sized container. A female would be a little cramped, but you could keep your females in the larger tubs and your males in the smaller tubs.
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Chris Harrison

...he was beginning to realize he was the creature of a god that appreciated the discomfort of his worshippers - W. Somerset Maugham

you're right.i broke out the tape measure.thats a hatchling size cage.my searching on the yunanensis said that this sub-species tops between 4-5 feet.still too long for this shoebox though.
how about a rubber snake?