yea u can buy a handful of milks or corns for price of a bp... i think the most expensive milks i have seen have only been like 275 or so....
10-10-2011, 08:51 AM
L.West
Re: Cost of milksnakes
I was offered a Honduran Milksnake from Deborah with Stewart Reptiles. She is shipping my pied next week and offered to ship me a milksnake also - she is awesome to do business with.
This will be my first milksnake so I am really excited about it. It was described as Anery 66% hypo - I'm not really sure what all the different morphs are in the milksnakes - I have some reading/learning to do.
I can't wait til a week from this Tuesday!!!! Woohoo!!!!
10-10-2011, 10:40 AM
mainbutter
Re: Cost of milksnakes
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Originally Posted by L.West
Yes, I just started my search - was just curious what was considered better, a cornsnake or milksnake?? Based on care and temperament - any thoughts on this.
Based on care: I don't know if one is better or not. Both are super easy and you should have no problems. I consider corn snakes to be fairly bullet-proof for care, thousands are kept in poor conditions without heat (or even worse, just a heat rock for heat) and over/under fed and thrive for many years. With even just a tiny amount of reading into proper housing conditions, corn snakes do exceedingly well in captivity.
Based on temperament: I'd vote corns over milk snakes. All of the milk snakes I've handled are kind of "noodle-y" and were never really relaxed. My experience keeping and caring for corn snakes has been very positive with regards to handling. Small hatchlings can be noodle-y, quick, and sometimes defensive, but they quickly grow out of this and become calm. Adult corn snakes are inquisitive, but calm handlers.
