>>LOL! That's why I left out the bimacs, Toby. I felt they might be better for a little more experienced keeper, even though I really like them myself, and I know you do too.
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I kinda figured that was why you didn't include them, Terry, but I think if the new keeper is not too concerned with disposition (and smell), bimacs are a great first (Asian) snake.

>>How 'bout those bairdi we are discussing in the above strand. I know you keep the Texas Baird's. I think they make a great pet too, if you don't mind a slightly larger snake than most of the species I keep. As far as developing great "pet" species, I think they fall in that category, and they're not as large as the "obsoletus" species.
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Yes, I completely agree on that. I love bairdi, and I think that they also make excellent pets. Mine are as docile as the tamest corn snake, and easy to keep in every way. They are very similar to obsoletus, which is another reason that I like them, since I have decided recently to get out of the obsoletus snakes. As you mentioned, they are smaller than obsoletus, and go through an interesting color/pattern change from juvenile to adult. Mine are from stock from the Davis Mountains, and get better looking with every shed. Although they are tame, mine have a very strong feeding response, very much like all of the obsoletus snakes I have ever kept. Feeding time is the only time I have ever been bitten by them, and it was through carelessness.

-Toby


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