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I was wondering if you guys can help me choose between a corn or a milk snake.
I have a ball pithon en like the fact that ther are really easy to hande and calm,
My question is; is the corn or the milk snake a restless snake or which one do you guys think is easier to keep and in the future to breed?
Thanks

well, i have 4 corns and 1 milk. my milk is a tangerine honduran. real pretty but hides 24/7. he was a bit flighty when i got him as a baby but is much better now. my corns come out more often..mostly at night and are calmer to handle.
i've heard there are some milks that are calm with handling.
i think the black milk is one of them. beautiful black snake. they start out as tri colored then turn jet black. i've been wanting to get one.
they are both easy to care for. same basic needs. i've never tried to breed mine, 2 of them are babies anyways, but corns are real easy to breed from what i've read.
if you can go to a reptile show and handle both. one milk i thought was going to pass out on me was the pueblan...it was so jumpy i thought it would have a heart attack. this is my honduran. he is over 2 years old now.

>>I was wondering if you guys can help me choose between a corn or a milk snake.
>>I have a ball pithon en like the fact that ther are really easy to hande and calm,
>>My question is; is the corn or the milk snake a restless snake or which one do you guys think is easier to keep and in the future to breed?
>>Thanks

As a GENERAL rule, corns are less flightly in the hands, less likely to bit, and much less likely to crap all over you than milksnakes. Depending on the typ of milk you are thinking about, some make bad pets and some make great pets. Some are better or worse subspecies than others. Some milks are HARD to bred and raise up young, but others (like the Pueblan) can make corns look difficult - and corns are one of the easiest snakes to breed.

KJ

I had a pair of Sinaloans that were a nightmare. They hated being handled so I sold them on to a professional breeder who'd keep it to a minimum.

Personally, I'd always stick with Corns. Although having said that I do have one that's a habitual biter. Luck of the draw I guess.

I have both and like both, but in my experience (from my small collection), my corns are much easier to handle - a little wiggly when young but calm down nicely. My Pueblan is a gorgeous snake, but flings crap everywhere whenever she is handled. She calms down quickly, but that is after me and anyone near me has been doused. My hypos and sinoloans are equally as jumpy, but haven't actually flung pooh at me yet, although my male hypo will and does bite when he feels the need. They are all fairly young though and I am told that they will most likely calm down with age although Pueblans seem to have a reputation for remaining reluctant to be handled. Mine has gotten better though with age although the pooh ritual remains.
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