What is the best snake for kids?

Question

What is the best snake for kids?

Answer 1

there are no best snakes for kids

Answer 2

none,not toys and germ laden.

Answer 3

Corn snake..

Small

Easy too handle

Not known to ever bite

Nice colouring..(would appeal to kids especially)

Here's a link to wikipedia...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Snake

Here's roughly what it says about them...

docile nature

reluctance to bite

attractive pattern

comparatively simple care

excellent and popular pet snakes

non-venomous

Hope this helps... Have fun picking a snake!! :) :)

Answer 4

dont listen to entwined...inland tipan is the most venomous snake in the world.  

For a first time snake owner kingsnakes, cornsnakes, and milksnakes all make good pets and would be great for kids.  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.

Good luck!

Answer 5

the green grass snake is an excellent begginer snake pet. It has a beautiful green color and is very nice. Mine NEVER bit me. They also dont get that big and you dont have to feed them rats just crickets

Answer 6

My daughter got a kick out of the gardener snake we had. When it was upset or frightened it would make a skunk smell, but with us it was always sweet and not stinky at all. Very interesting snakes. The head also changes from oval to square when it's upset. They are educational and harmless.

Answer 7

Definitely corn snakes.  They are docile (I have never been bitten), they are fairly small (no more than 6 feet), easy to care for, and easy to feed.  I've never had any problems but they are pretty good at escaping.  Make sure you have some books stacked on the lid to prevent them from escaping.  Good luck and hope this helps =]

Answer 8

This isn't the right question, the right question is "What is the best kid for snakes?"

My father ALWAYS had something cold-blooded in the house... when we were deemed old enough / careful enough to handle it, we could... but they were HIS snakes or lizards... we could go out and catch stuff and bring it home if we wanted, BUT we were required to do all the research on them ourselves, and if we couldn't get it to eat or it didn't look like it was doing good, we had to let it go. Nowdays, the only snakes left to catch around here are black racers for the most part, and I wouldn't keep a wild snake even if I caught it anymore... well... maybe... if it was something REALLY nice, but the same rules apply.

The best children for snakes are the ones who know that they're not like dogs, that they can't be "played with" in the traditional sense. They're the ones who not only know the basics of snake care, but are so into their snake that they know EVERYTHING about it... geographic range, preferred diet in the wild, scientific name, average adult size...

You kids want a snake? Ask what kind, and have them write a report on it and why they think it will be a good pet. This way, you know how big it will get, what it needs to be kept healthy and happy, etc., because face it, they're kids, regardless of what they know, you'll probably be the one feeding it and cleaning the cage anyway.

Doing this research might also change their mind on that carpet python or other typically aggressive species they've had their eye on at the pet store....

Answer 9

The Inland Taipan. Nice brown colour. Moderately docile, comparatively.

EDIT: Iorimartow..... when I said "comparatively" I was comparing it to a Puff Adder, Black Mamba or Krate.

Answer 10

Hello; here are a few different snakes that I would recommend for being around children. All of these are small to medium sized, generally good tempered and reluctant to bite, handleable, and low to moderate maintenance. :)

Rosy boa. They are small, very docile, calm, are great eaters, and are slow moving (and thus easier to handle than a lot of colubrids like King snakes and Corn snakes). They are also very hardy, low maintenance, come in lots of different colors and localities, and aren't prone to shedding problems.  

Care sheet: http://www.rosyboa.com/desertboas/caresh...

Kenyan sand boa. They have all of the good qualities of the Rosy like the gentle, calm disposition, ease of care, small size, great feeders, etc, but the only problem that some keepers may have with them is that they spend most of their time under their substrate. For those who like to randomly walk by their snake's cage to check to see what the snake is up to and how it is doing, that could be frustrating for them.

Care sheet: http://www.wnyherp.org/care-sheets/snake...

Corn snake. They are quite docile, low maintenance, great eaters, generally are great shedders, are a bit bigger than Rosys or Kenyans but not so big that they are awkward to handle, and come in a wide variety of colors. My only thing I'd worry about for a kid with these guys is they are very quick moving and can be quite nervous as babies, so they require a bit more attentiveness when handling than the other snakes on this list.

Care sheet: http://www.anapsid.org/corn.html

Childrens pythons. They are very small (the second smallest python species in the world), are low maintenance, are great eaters, and usually have a great temperament. While I wouldn’t classify them as slow moving, they aren’t all that fast, either. They can be kind of squirmy as babies when they aren't used to being handled, but they calm down with an alacrity that suprised even me when I got my first one. However while I think that they are quite beautiful; some would consider them to be ‘bland’ looking, so if one was in search of a flashy looking snake, then these guys probably wouldn’t be for them.

Care sheet: http://www.tinypythons.com/caresheet_chi...



Ball pythons. They are a normally very sweet-tempered, medium-sized species of snake that is quite popular with beginners. They are slow moving, beautiful and exotic looking, easy to handle, and reluctant to bite. Unfortunately due to their high humidity needs, shedding problems, and notorious issues with feeding, I would only recommend them to a beginner if they had done extensive research on their care and knew how to deal with the common problems that they may have with these guys. Better yet if they had a ‘coach’ of some sort, another Ball python owner who knew how to handle this species, and could tell you the best kind of caging for them, the best sorts of substrate, and what to do when the snake goes off of feed. If the person knew how to deal with those issues, then these guys make a wonderful beginners species.

Care sheet: http://www.kingsnake.com/ballpythonguide

I hope this helps, and if you have any further questions at all on the subject or on any of the species I named; please feel free to message me and I will be more than happy to assist you. :)

Good luck!

Answer 11

All those people saying no snake is good for a kid must be educated by the good old urban myths of peoples pet snakes getting out of the viv and killing them and trying to eat them.  All snakes do lay down next to their pray to size them up - a mouse will sit still while a snake does this of course!  Don't tell me, your friends brothers mate had a snake that starved itself and had to be put down because the vet said it was going to try and kill him.  Rubbish, absolute rubbish!!  It's always someones friends mate or a friend at work who had one of these dangerous snakes.  A vet wouldn't put down an animal that hasn't done anything wrong.  They would advise you give it to a zoo or something.

Perhaps you should try answering questions on which you know a little about.

Corn snakes and milk snakes are the easiest to keep.  If a child is going to be responsible for looking after it then I would suggest one of these.  Ball pythons need a little more looking after.  In the fact they need humidity and the viv needs spraying a couple of times a day and they will need more equipment to keep them alive.  If your child gets a bit bored of the snake then it will be you spraying the viv and turning the temperature between night and day.

There is another snake, the childrens python.  I don't know much about them and how hard they are to keep, but I do know they only get to about 3 feet in length.  So you wouldn't need a massive tank and it wouldn't be too big for a child to hold

Answer 12

There is no easy answer to this. Fact of the matter is that almost any snake can become a "good" pet for kids if you put the proper time/effort into it. Commonly Ball Pythons and Corn Snakes are considered to be the "best" for kids (or beginners in general).

BPs are known for being docile, gentle, slow moving, and finicky when it comes to eating. They require pretty exacting temperature and humidity levels and aren't very forgiving if you mess them up.

Corns are known for being active, gentle, fast moving, and not so finicky when it comes to eating. The do well in common household humidity and temps

Ultimately it comes down to the kid. I know kids that their first pet snake was a burmese python which is commonly thought not to be a good starter snake for anyone. They were able to handle it. Whatever you get make sure that the kid will be able to handle it.

Answer 13

An Anaconda will give them a big hug!

Answer 14

corn snake without a doubt