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I'm trying to decide what kind of snake to buy. I want something that isnt overly aggressive, is somewhat active (as opposed to something like a blood python that lays in one spot 99% of the time), has an interesting color, will be medium sized as an adult (4'-7' preferably), isnt incredibly expensive, and isnt extremly hard to care for. Anyone got any ideas?

Colombian boas are nice. Males usually top out at 6 ft. There's a lot of really nice "normals" that are not too expensive as babies that have beautiful colors. They usually have great temperments (there's idividual exceptions though), and are easy to care for. My colombian seems to be in different parts of his cage at different times of the day, and is very active when I take him out. Down side is that males need 4 ft cages (females need even bigger).

You might want to look into ball pythons and hogg island boas if a colombian's caging is out of your space limits.

There's also large snakes in the colubrid family, but I figured since you mentioned the blood python, that you were interested in boids.
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Carpets can start off a little nippy as juveniles, but mine have tamed down as soon as they got some size on them. The current Carpet I keep (Coastal) is pretty active except when she isn't sleeping off a big rat. There are three common types of Carpets- Jungles black and yellow, are mid-sized, Coastals- usually more brown/grey (though there's a lot of variety in their appearance) tend to get the largest, and Irian Jayas- which are the smallest type and usually have more of a red brown or gold tone to their pattern. Prices are resonable and they are easy to care for in my opinion.
Do a search on Google and you'll find tons of care sheets for them as well. Maybe not as many as for Colombian Boas, but plenty...

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Maybe a bull or pine snake? Relatively affordable, not too delicate, a marvelously powerful 6 or so feet (I think), rough scaled and relatively even tempered from what I understand. Don't know how active they are though.
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Im not sure about a Columbian boa, they can get larger than 6ft, so if size is something important Id get something else, but they do have excellent personalities..I dont know about a Carpet python, the one I had was so d*mn mean it bit me constantly even at a year old, just my personal experience with them..Been a little afraid of them since...I vote for Corn snake for great size, personality and somewhat active..I second the Bullsnake too though they can be ornery beasts..I lost my bull (she was very hissy and would shake her tail it was pretty funny, she never bit me though)I intend to get another soon(I recommend a South Texas bull they get pretty huge, top out at 7ft and need lots of room))..Ball pythons are reclusive(I have two both boring but sweet)..I do have a nice Eastern Chain Kingsnake he is very pretty, and semi-active, great personality wont get too big(he is a juvi right now).Anyway thats my bits of opinion, just what I have experience with..hope it helps a little
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