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Looking for a Small Snake

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I'm thinking of adding a snake to my collection that will stay small (4- feet as an adult). I got a 10gal Faunarium flat cage I'm looking to fill. I was thinking maybe a hognose snake or a garter snake since they are more active during the day than your average snake. Was also considering an African House Snake as the golden orange yellow shade on the albinos is quite lovely in contrast to the average albino reptile's yellow color. Any one suggest any of the above species? If you have them, just how active are they and when are they most active? Anyone with any other species to suggest? Not interested in Rosy or sand boas at this time.
 
I have both a hognose and garter snake in my collection. Of the two I prefer the hognose, he's more tolerant of being handled. Both hide quite a bit but they're relatively young yet, under two years old.

You may also want to look into Savu pythons. A male will top out around four feet.
 
Children's python or a related species would top out around 3'. Garter snakes are active, but not the best for handling in general.
 
House snake if You get Male will stay around 2 foot.. great little snake to watch with viper like eyes and Killing prey with full constriction like pythons !!!
 
Rafal I see you really like your house snakes. I am considering the species and love the albinos with lots of spots because they remind me of miniature albino Burmese.
 
Garter snakes are fabulous ... Loads of colours , small , eat mice / fish or earthworms ..... what's not to like :)


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Not sure if you ever found anything to fill your tank up. But a garter snake would go great in that size of tank to start out with. And contrary to what others are saying, a CBB female garter snake is as tame as any other snake that you will find. However, males are going to be a little flighty compared to the females.
 
I wish I could find a ��. I had a dream that I hognose �� and got bit by it, and I knew it wasn't that big of a deal because their venom isn't exactly lethal. I know they like to eat toads just like we like to eat �� or burgers, and there are plenty of toads near where I live and lizards too. Every once in awhile, we'll get a lizard in the house; and I'll hurry up and catch it and let it go outside or something. They're not the most attractive snakes in the world, but I suppose it'd be cool to have one.
Take care and God bless
 
rarejewels said:
I wish I could find a ��. I had a dream that I hognose �� and got bit by it, and I knew it wasn't that big of a deal because their venom isn't exactly lethal. I know they like to eat toads just like we like to eat �� or burgers, and there are plenty of toads near where I live and lizards too. Every once in awhile, we'll get a lizard in the house; and I'll hurry up and catch it and let it go outside or something. They're not the most attractive snakes in the world, but I suppose it'd be cool to have one.
Take care and God bless
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Personally, I'd skip keeping an Eastern hognose snake (the ones that primarily eat toads), because even if you have toads where you live, can you actually find a regular supply to get a snake thru all seasons of the year? Please consider that before catching or buying a snake that requires uncommon prey items.

As for their venom, while it's mild & mostly effective on their prey, there are some people who've shown greater sensitivity to it. I've only kept c/b Western hognose snakes before & they were raised on fuzzy mice. ("Burgers" are never appropriate snake food, very high fat content and likely to contain hormones that could be harmful to small snakes as well, not at all like their "normal" food.)
 
Well if their venom is no more potent than the average bee sting, I know I could handle it because I have been stung a few times. Even if I couldn't find a toad every week, I'd go to the pet store and buy a mouse on weeks I couldn't. I got a snake book last week, and the hognose snake in the picture looked pretty neat.
Take care and God bless
 
You can buy frog/amphibian scent online to help encourage hoggies to eat small rodents. I used it to convert both a hognose and a garter over to mouse pinkies and/or fuzzies.
 
I might be getting another racer pretty soon because the comic book dealer found out I love snakes because I found a snake book in his shop that has a picture of a rough green snake on the front cover. The management company isn't in favor of me having a snake, but they're just gonna have to live with it. I was surprised to find out that racers don't have teeth and that they have sharp gums that can cause people to bleed when they bite. As I said once before, I had caught a black racer; but it escaped. There's something about catching a black racer that gives me a sense of satisfaction because they're so quick. What do they eat? Can they eat toads without getting sick? Management would be surprised how many critters I've caught and placed in a cage since I moved in; but unfortunately, they consisted of one toad and several lizards. There have been three times where a lizard managed to get inside the house, and I didn't have too much trouble catching them even though they're harder to catch than snakes.
Take care and God bless
 
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