Small snake suggestions?

Now that we have a confirmed passion for snakes, my fiancee was thinking of a new addition. However, she's still nervous so she wants it to be something (what she considers ) relatively small and under 3'! I personally will take on anything 10' and under ( a little bigger wouldn't hurt) but she's new to this. Any suggestions?

1.2 Normal
1.2 Red-tail
0.1 Albino corn

Corn Snake, Ball Python, Garter Snake, Milksnake, Kingsnake, Ratsnake

Kenyan Sand boas are really cool and stay small.

Female Hognose or Sand Boas, Male Black Mexican Kingsnake, Cali King, Children Python.

Hognose, Kenyan Sand Boa? Both stay small and are pretty cute!

While all of the above are great suggestions, small doesn't translate to "easily handled". I have a couple of garters that are no fun to handle because they musk and they're like little coiled springs - if you drop your guard for a second they will fly out of your hands, hit the floor, and take off running.

From my limited experience with snakes (and from a lot of research) Ball Pythons are the absolute easiest to take care of and the most docile. There are smaller snakes out there but BP's are so easy to deal with and I can't imagine one ever being unmanageable. Plus you could always get a male which will not get as big as a female. Good luck with your (her) decision.

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Originally Posted by BWB

From my limited experience with snakes (and from a lot of research) Ball Pythons are the absolute easiest to take care of and the most docile. There are smaller snakes out there but BP's are so easy to deal with and I can't imagine one ever being unmanageable. Plus you could always get a male which will not get as big as a female. Good luck with your (her) decision.

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I have to disagree. My corn snake is so easy to take care of. They are not picky about humidity, lower temps, and generally don't go on hunger strikes. Corns are also very easy going and the babies are so tiny and adorable. But corns tend to get longer than 3' even though they are not very thick. My female snow is 3.5 feet long and she is just an angel.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

While all of the above are great suggestions, small doesn't translate to "easily handled". I have a couple of garters that are no fun to handle because they musk and they're like little coiled springs - if you drop your guard for a second they will fly out of your hands, hit the floor, and take off running.

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Don't know what sex yours are, but that seems to be really common with male garters. Every female I've ever had was pretty chill, but the males tend to act kind of crazy like that, especially if they are housed solo.

Another vote for a Childrens Python!

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