Can a Blood Be A ....

Yup I read it. I won't move it immediatly into the big cage. Even if I did I would provide it at least 3 or more hides to make up for the empty space. It seems that if I keep a young blood in a just right sized enclosure with no basking spot and an ambiant temp of 80-82.
The caresheet says 50-60% humidity ,but I heard they like it around the 70's. Is that true.

Keep it at 50-60%. Just put a humid hide in there.

helicopter pilot, do you own any herps?

Bloods do not make good beginner snakes in my opinion. They are less forgiving of husbandry mistakes than other species - meaning if you screw something up, there's more chance of the snake suffering for it. Just because a caresheet outlines the snake's care as relatively simple doesn't mean that everything always goes according to the care sheet. Learning to read & interpret snake behavior with other species that are more beginner-suited (i.e. ball pythons, spotted pythons, sand boas, any number of big colubrids, etc) will be a HUGE benefit prior to getting a more sensitive snake like a blood.

Just my $.02

K~

For the humid hide ,can you use paper towel instead of that sphagum moss? I might (and probably will) make one for my future Bp for when She Sheds.


mr~python-the answer is No ,but I am trying to change that.

Use sphagnum. Paper towels will not hold moisture.

i started with a ball and got a blood as my second snake :D (well actually like my 4th snake if you count my other two corns i had previously) mine was very nippy (still is especially when it's a day late on feeding time) but she's very lovable when not having a os attack lol. i don't reccomend it as a beginner snake but as a second snake i think it would be fine :)

Brian

definitely not a good first snake

As a first snake no. They are very picky with humidity and enclosures. Babies can be nippy and if this is not corrected, I'm guessing they'd make one scary nippy 30 pound python. I agree with starting out with a BP and getting the basics down before a Blood Python. Jumping the gun will result in a very stressed Blood Python and owner.

I agree with all those voting against a Blood being suitable as a beginner snake. I have two Malaysian Red Bloods and various Royal ( Ball ) Pythons of those the latter is by far more suited to a beginner but even then I would suggest people start with a corn or king type level of snake.

As has been said Bloods are far less forgiving during any husbandry issues and are also when fully grown a handful for an adult let alone a younger person starting out.

Oh and hello everyone just joined today , looks like a decent place to hang out.