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Hello everyone. I am 15 year old female and I want to buy another snake [I own a ball python about 2 1/2 feet right now] and I was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to what I should buy! My mother doesn't want a snake larger than 8ft. in her house so I can't really get a burmese python or an african rock snake or even a red-tailed boa, though I plan to get those when I move out on my own ^__^

I was thinking either a brazilian rainbow boa [beautiful snake] or some kind of kingsnake. Or maybe a few cornsnakes would be nice.

If anyone has any suggestions, please post!
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Corn or kingsnake - good choice. This is unpretentious and pretty species.
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My first snake was a Ball Python too. My second snake was a Kenyan Sand Boa and my third (recent snake purchase) is a Mexican Black Kingsnake. Next I plan on a corn snake - so many great colors/patterns to choose from. So I'm a little biased and would say a Sand Boa or corn would be cool!
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1.0 Ball Python
"Aragorn"

1.0 Kenyan Sand Boa
"Gimli"

1.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake
"Indigo"

0.1 Australian Cattle Dog/Pointer
"Kira"

Opps, forgot to say kingsnake too! They're great as well - great feeders, but mine moves a lot faster than my Ball or Kenyan ever has so that's taken some getting used to.
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Check Out My Albums

1.0 Ball Python
"Aragorn"

1.0 Kenyan Sand Boa
"Gimli"

1.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake
"Indigo"

0.1 Australian Cattle Dog/Pointer
"Kira"

My first snake was a Florida king, and he's great! Doesn't mind being held, likes to explore (escape artist!!), amazing eater (he gets F/T but constricts like his life depends on it) and just a fun personality--he likes to sit under his water dish with his head sticking out so he can see what's going on, and if I'm going to feed him soon. Mine's about 4 feet, and real pretty black and yellow...used to have a lot of red but that faded as he grew up.
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Sue Barnett
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1.0 Betta (Flash)

Jungle Carpet Python....I was looking for a big snake but not a big big snake after having corns and a milk. JCP's get to 6-8 feet and they are slim making them easier for one person to handle safely. Mine is a real good eater and docile. Babies I've heard can be nippy but I bought mine as a yearling so she was pretty much over the nippy stage. They also like to hang out on branches so they make a nice 'display' snake. My corns and milk tend to hide most of the time.

I still say gophers rock but nobody ever thinks of them.

If you really want a redtail you can get a Hog Island. The males especially stay pretty small, and I think they're quite pretty. Other than that you could get a jungle or IJ carpet, a borneo blood python (sort of circumventing the spirit of your mom's rule, since they really are BIG snakes), or almost any colubrid (king, rat, corn, milk, ect. ect.)
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Eryx - All the fun of a boa in a convenient pocket size!

Consider the black milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum gaigeae). There is a care sheet at vpi.com. I believe them to be the ideal pet snake. See my recent post in the milk snake forum.

http://www.vpi.com/8VPICareSheets/Colubrids/BlackMilksnake/BlackMilkDesc.htm

http://www.vpi.com/8VPICareSheets/Colubrids/blackmilksnake/BlackMilkMaint.htm

Super easy going python that gets more massive than a cornsnake but not longer usually. Mine are extremely calm inquisitive easy pets.

As for colubrids, cornsnakes are an ideal snake for many reasons. No fuss, no attitude.

San Diego gophernsakes, Sonoran gophers, and bullsnakes can be really fun too.