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i wanted to know whats another good beginner snake like the ball python.

do you have an idea of what you're looking for? let's say as far as size or any other info

i dont want one that gets huge but a good size like 10ft the most

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I don't think balls are really considered the best beginner snake due to occasional feeding problems.

To partly answer your question, this site is pretty cool. www.centralpets.com/pages/similar.php?AnimalNumber=2792&similar=care This is a list of snakes whose care is considered relatively easy. The site also lets you find snakes of similiar size, ease of breeding, temperament and a few other things.

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This question is asked pretty often - especially on the General Snake Forum.

To better answer your question - what are you looking for in a snake (size, temperament, etc)?
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A small, fun, good temperament snake is the Western Hognose.... Easy to care for, can be housed in a 10 gallon tank (male) or 20 gallon long (female). Get captive bred, work with it for a few weeks and most actually seem to enjoy handling. Like Balls then can have feeding issues, but they respond well to scenting....

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I have a jungle carpet python. I began keeping snakes in 2001 with corn snakes, moved to balls, and then to a jungle carpet. I hope to breed balls (still my favorite species), and own Irian Jaya carpets, Angolan pythons and green trees some day.

Jungle carpets have about the same requirements as balls, they are super awesome in appearance and they are like a ball and cornsnake mixed together: thin and agile, quicker-moving than lethargic balls, they get about 7 feet in length and have the sweet look of a python with heat pits and boid features. I have heard babies can be nippy, but for every time I have been bitten by a python, I have been bitten by a cornsnake 10 times, and I have owned 3 corns and five pythons.

I really think some of the carpet species should be reccomended as begginer snakes along with or over cornsnakes and ball pythons because of their husbandry requirements, personalites and beauty. Also carpets come in impressive yet handalable sizes. And they eat better than ball pythons in my experience! That can be a major plus for a nervous beginner. I would never advise against a ball python, however. They are certainly charming and exciting animals to keep.