I was thinking of having a pet...Snake..?

Question

Okay , well first of all , I want a pet dog , and a pet lizard (Crested Gecko). But after she passes away , I was wondering if I should have a pet snake , just a small one..But I'am a little scared of them , just a little bit and I wonder if they're good pets to have. Also , It would be the first time I'd have a snake. What pet species of a snake should I get and if it bites me, would it hurt?

Answer 1

sand boas r good snakes that dont hurt when they bite cuz no teeth andget like a foot and a half

Answer 2

snakes are freighting . get a pet crocodile instead

Answer 3

ball python buy from a breeder though not petco of petsmart or anything like that cause there wild cause and pissed off so buy from a breeder and dont feed in the cage get a seperate container so it doesnt associate you opening the container with food being dropped in which will make it bite your hand  

Answer 4

all snakes are bad.... get a pet worm.

Answer 5

coolio

just dont get one that will kill you

Answer 6

i was totally afraid of snakes before we got them and now i love them to death.  i love my dogs a lot but i have a passion for snakes, however if it came down to it and i HAD to get rid of the snakes i could rehome them...i couldn't get rid of my dogs.

for a first time snake owner kingsnakes, cornsnakes, and milksnakes all make good pets.  a lot of pet shops will tell you that ball pythons make good first time snakes but they really don’t…ball pythons take specific humidity requirements and ball pythons can go on really long hunger strikes (like for a year) which by the end of it both snake and owner are stressed out.  kings, corns, and milks can tolerate handling and don’t need a whole lot of humidity.  and they are usually docile snakes.  of course ball pythons are super "tame" usually.

we have 5 snakes right now (we had 24 but had to give most of them away when we moved from texas to washington state).  right now we have 2 ball pythons 2 kingsnakes and 1 green tree python.  they all have different personalities.  one of the ball pythons thinks its arboreal and will climb on a lip that is inside the vivarium but the lip is too small for him so he eventually crashes down...and then it starts all over again.  the other ball python is really sweet and she enjoys being out and chillin on my computer desk.  one of our kingsnakes knows that he is really a tree snake and he is always climbing to the top of the plant in his vivarium.  alos if he thinks its time for him to eat and we havent fed him he will start biting fingers and trying to eat them.  our other kingsnake just wants attention.  she will come out from under her substrate when she is ready for attention and either stare out her vivarium or she will stretch her body up toward the top of the vivarium and sit there for long periods of time waiting for the top to open up...when the top finally does open up she will shoot out of the vivarium and climb up onto me.  our green tree python is very alert and is pretty sure that every time we open her vivarium that we are going to feed her...she will become very alert and look out her vivarium when we open the door.  if she sees that we have the squirt bottle (its a yard sprayer so we have to pump it to mist the cage) she will tuck her head under her body so that the water wont spray on her face.  

snake bites they can hurt it kind of depends.  when they really hurt is when you jump and pull back.  i did that the other night when my little kingsnake bit me and his tooth sliced my finger open the other times when he bit me i wasnt looking at the time and i didnt even know he had bitten me until i looked down and he was trying to eat my pinkie.  you feel ball python bites a bit more than kingsnake bites but not much more.  they will draw a little blood but its kind of like a pin prick like from the doctors office when they do a needle prick on the side of your finger.

good luck with your decision

Good luck!

Answer 7

take my word for it. don't get a snake. they smell. also if they escape it is very hard to catch them. just get a dog. they are mans best friend.

Answer 8

if want a snake that doesn't get that big i recommend a ball python and they are gentle and easy to take care of you feed them maybe once a week or sometimes once every two weeks depending on how fast it digests its food  and no if you wash your hands after feeding or playing with another animal it shouldn't bite you unless provoked and second its more of a constrictor so it rarely and i mean rarely would even try to bite and no it does'nt hurt

Answer 9

Snakes make great pets! No matter what others have said.

I would suggest a ball python, they're fairly small - usually 4 to 5 feet long, are hardy snakes(mistakes won't kill it), easy to take care of, and they are very docile. I've never been bitten by one that wasn't entirely my fault(I stuck my hand in right after feeding), and even if you do get bitten it doesn't hurt, it's more the shock than anything.

Another good species of snake is a corn snake, but I've never owned one so I can't speak for it.

Both are great beginner snakes.

Answer 10

I'm thinking of having a pet snake too.  I used to have an Iguana but he sadly passed away a few years ago.  I personally think he was the best as a companion, so I think a snake should be a good friend too!

Answer 11

Okay so my brother had a ball python snake and i am deathly afraid of them and its not that bad. I would suggest a ball python snake. They are very good snakes. And they dont bite. They have no teeth. So do NOT be worried about that.

Answer 12

Wow there is bad information on here.

A ball python is a good first snake, they are docile but it does take some effort to get the proper temp and humidity.  And they DO have teeth, snakes actually have a lot of teeth but it doesn't hurt that bad when you get bit - my BP has never bit me but my friend's tagged me and it kinda felt like a bee sting.  As for the 'they smell', Stan (my BP) doesn't.  Maybe if you get one and never clean out its tank it will, but other than that they don't smell.

A corn snake is another good option - they are easier to care for than BPs and come in a lot of bright colors.  The younger ones are a bit energetic and might bite, but I heard they don't hurt too bad either.

If you go to this website - http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/ there are care sheets on a lot of different types of snake that will give you an idea of what they need - and you can ask the advice of the people on the stie too, they are very helpful.  Just make sure you do all your research and remember that snakes can live a very long time - BPs can live over 20 years so its a long term commitment.

Best of luck.