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Oh man,
I am never buying a rough green again.

First one I buyed died of an infected cloca. My second one, died of what I believe to be starvation after not eating for a couple weeks maybe 3 weeks. Probably stress related.

Guess, I gotta stick to amphibians...
Darn cute things cost me $49$too(Canadian)

Steven

Dont get discouraged, especially if these were your first snakes. To be honest with you, I would never have recommended green snakes as first snakes. They stress out way too easy and are not a snake that can take handling. Pretty easy to go off feed and die. Being that they are an active snake, they feed daily or every other day on small insects.

If you still want to get into snakes, get yourself a colubrid. Get a king or rat and you wont be dissappointed. There are a ton of different morphs out there for the corn, black rat, texas rat and the various kings. They feed readily and are a hardy snake and once they reach juvenile, handling them does not stress them out!!

There are lots of different rat snakes and kings to choose from, and probably even a honduran or black milk snake would be okay for you.

Here is a pic of my everglades rat..

A pic of my albino black rat...

A pic of my KY locale black rat....He is right at 56"

And a pic of my male california king....He was 54" last time I measured him

So dont get discouraged and happy herping.

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1.0 Corn snake "Warpath" (KY locale)
1.0 Black rat snake "Havok" (KY locale)
1.1 Black rat snakes "Punisher and Mystique" (MO locale)
1.0 Eastern Yellow Belly racer "Nightcrawler" (MO locale)
1.0 Albino Black rat snake "Malakai" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Everglades rat snake "Deadpool" (Dwight Good stock)
0.1 Yellow rat snake "Rogue" (Dwight Good stock)
1.1 California king snake "Bandit and Moonstar" (Coastal phase)
1.0 Prairie king snake "Bishop" (KY locale)
0.1 Black king snake "Domino" (KY locale)
0.0.1 Eastern Milk snake "Cable" (KY locale)
0.0.1 Eastern/Red milk intergrade "Omega Red" (KY locale)

Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian

Thanks Hotshot,
I have to admit I love reptiles(more so than amphibians), and like my other owned pets I don't think could live without them.

I'm still actively interested in all herps, its just that I always wanted a snake that I wouldn't feel guilty owning(Owned a garter or two before, but that were snakes I caught, I wanted to actually own a snake that it didn't feel illegal keeping).

A rough green seemed perfect for my hosue hold, because of its size, and diet. My parents are both afraid of snakes, and my mom refuses to let me feed mice to a snake.

Well,I'm going to a herp show this Sunday,
Maybe I can pick myself up a lil gecko, treefrog, etc

Thanks for your input,
Steven