What's your favorite snake species?

Hi! Just curious, what's your favorite snake species to own and why? :snake:

As my name (Bogertophis subocularis) implies, I enjoy Trans Pecos rat snakes the most, but it's a tough call, there's lots of variety & competition...you know how
some days you like "oranges" better & some days you like "apples"?

I've got quite a variety and I switch back and forth day to day who is my favorite at the time, but the most frequent favorites are my boas, coastal carpet python, and my bull snake.

(Runners up are everyone else.. MBK, california king, corn snakes, gray banded king, honduran milk, KSB, ball pythons, and blood python.)

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I've got quite a variety and I switch back and forth day to day who is my favorite at the time, but the most frequent favorites are my boas, coastal carpet python, and my bull snake.

(Runners up are everyone else.. MBK, california king, corn snakes, gray banded king, honduran milk, KSB, ball pythons, and blood python.)

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Great looking snakes!

A boelens python is my ultimate dream pet so if have to say they would be my favorite. They're absolutely beautiful and get good size without being unmanageable.

For pure enjoyment and handling I really like my boas. They're small enough I can work with them comfortably on my own, and big enough that they feel like a "large" snake. They are also lower maintenance than my pythons; longer intervals between feedings = longer intervals between cleaning up messes.

Looking around my reptile room, you might think that bull snakes are my favorite - they certainly make up the bulk of my collection! That's partly due to my pursuing a particular project with sayi but such a deduction wouldn't be far off the mark. If my arm was truly twisted, I could probably narrow things down to Pituophis being my favorite genus as a whole. That said, I keep a fair bit of variety because everything brings something unique to the table that I really enjoy. My collection has also steadily shifted into the realm of colubrids over the last few years. The only non colubrids I keep these days are a pair of Aspidites but, to be fair, they act more like a cross between Drymarchon and Lampropeltis - not your typical python. Most of my keepers are pooping 2-3 days after a feed and looking for their next meal well before the seventh day. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment but on the plus side it's nice to have a few days each week where I don't smell poop when I walk into the reptile room. Everything pretty much eats and poops like clockwork with very little deviation.

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I like any snakes that eats like a glutton.

The cool eyes and texture of their scales is a plus.

I love ball pythons the most, it's what I have (only got the one snake) and he is just so adorable. Ball pythons are not only cute but are docile and make for great pets.

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I love ball pythons the most, it's what I have (only got the one snake) and he is just so adorable. Ball pythons are not only cute but are docile and make for great pets.

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I think they're a little hard to care for personally because of their high humidity requirement, but they're so cute haha.
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I think they're a little hard to care for personally because of their high humidity requirement, but they're so cute haha.
(Typing with my Sand Boa around my neck)

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Royals are a doddle providing you get yourself a good eater .

As regards humidity, just use something like orchid/Repti bark which holds moisture well and spray occasionally..

As long as you spray well during the shedding period you’ll have no issues with sheds .... in my experience


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Royals are a doddle providing you get yourself a good eater .

As regards humidity, just use something like orchid/Repti bark which holds moisture well and spray occasionally..

As long as you spray well during the shedding period you’ll have no issues with sheds .... in my experience


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It's extremely dry where I live and spraying doesn't do much. My house's humidity is usually around 25%. I used to have a BP and I tried the wet towel thing, spraying with water, moving him away from the window, but it was always around 50%.

My favorite species to own is the Ball Python. I’ve been around a lot of my friends pet snakes but by a land slide my BP takes the cake. Owning him was a challenge sometimes because of the fasting occasionally but it was manageable. I could go on for days of the pros of owning a BP. If we are talking favorite over all snake species I would probably say Black Mamba.


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It's extremely dry where I live and spraying doesn't do much. My house's humidity is usually around 25%. I used to have a BP and I tried the wet towel thing, spraying with water, moving him away from the window, but it was always around 50%.

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Did you try switching to a tub? In the winter my house's RH is 10-15% but I had no problem maintaining 80-90% humidity in my BRB tubs.

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Did you try switching to a tub? In the winter my house's RH is 10-15% but I had no problem maintaining 80-90% humidity in my BRB tubs.

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No, when I had him I kept him in a glass 40 gallon. If I get another I may try a tub!

Mine would be the Emerald tree boa. Just my opinion, but they are the most beautiful snake. I remember seeing one as a kid at the Atlanta zoo and was just fascinated. Always wanted one in my younger days but fortunately never got one. Their was no info for the common keeper, no one understood the conditions needed for them to thrive in captivity back then (internet was not around). But here is a snake that when very young is bright orange with white, then completely changes color to a deep green. Doesn't get any better than that. :gj: They are not a "holding" snake, but I'm good with that

Well since you mentioned "snakes that aren't for holding" Bodie, I'll confess that I adore rattlesnakes too...but I've been trying hard not to be a bad influence,
& it seemed as if the question was really geared toward keeping hands-on pets-?

Question was what is your favorite species? So I answered with my opinion. I guess up till now they have been hands on types...:gj: Dont have to be

Thats a tough question. I think I would have to choose Brazilian Rainbow Boas. Love the colours and the irradescence on them.

Boas and Ball Pythons come closely behind. My first Boa was a basic Pastel. Very basic morph but stunning animals, made me fall in love them.

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It's extremely dry where I live and spraying doesn't do much. My house's humidity is usually around 25%. I used to have a BP and I tried the wet towel thing, spraying with water, moving him away from the window, but it was always around 50%.

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What substrate??

The key time is shedding time so spraying a few times daily as soon as the eyes clear results in perfect sheds in my experience.. mine are heated by flamin ceramic lamps which are a nightmare as regards humidity


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Impressiveness it has to be boas for me. They get big, but not too big. Some of the colors and patters are out of this world amazing.

For personality I was honestly surprised how much fun our normal corn snake is. So curious and always out cruising around. My fiance absolutely adores her, and she was not high on corn snakes before we got one.

I little off topic but lots of people mentioned how ball pythons need high humidity, very true. This is probably a very unpopular option but it's what I've always had for my ball python and he does great. I have reptile carpet, it doesn't hold humidity at all but I find it very easy to clean. I use something called a reptifogger which is a fogger, I have it on a thermostat that also controls humidity and it works great, they need replacing a lot but work well, I just set it to the humidity I want, 55% or 70% for shedding, sometimes I have to play with the knob that controls how much fog comes in. It works very well and I've seen my ball python stick his face in the mist and enjoy it too. He is in a 60 gallon tank and it keeps the humidity perfect once adjusted properly.

Now to stay on topic a little, other than ball pythons, my next favorite snake species to have would probably be a mangrove snake, they look so cool and have a huge head but also don't get too big. They are rear fang venomous and even if bitten their venom isn't that bad. It would be so cool telling people I have a venomous snake that I handle like a little baby. :)

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What substrate??

The key time is shedding time so spraying a few times daily as soon as the eyes clear results in perfect sheds in my experience.. mine are heated by flamin ceramic lamps which are a nightmare as regards humidity


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Cypress mulch, heated with a ceramic bulb (which probably did not help his humidity much lol).

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I little off topic but lots of people mentioned how ball pythons need high humidity, very true. This is probably a very unpopular option but it's what I've always had for my ball python and he does great. I have reptile carpet, it doesn't hold humidity at all but I find it very easy to clean. I use something called a reptifogger which is a fogger, I have it on a thermostat that also controls humidity and it works great, they need replacing a lot but work well, I just set it to the humidity I want, 55% or 70% for shedding, sometimes I have to play with the knob that controls how much fog comes in. It works very well and I've seen my ball python stick his face in the mist and enjoy it too. He is in a 60 gallon tank and it keeps the humidity perfect once adjusted properly.

Now to stay on topic a little, other than ball pythons, my next favorite snake species to have would probably be a mangrove snake, they look so cool and have a huge head but also don't get too big. They are rear fang venomous and even if bitten their venom isn't that bad. It would be so cool telling people I have a venomous snake that I handle like a little baby. :)

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Thanks! I will try that if I get another BP.

I have not been around much lately...Haha. But I would say my one Boa is making a rather grand impression...I love my Boa. Though most of my collection is Ball pythons and even my Hoggies out-number my one Boa...But thats just do to lack of space. I plan far ahead and hope to see my boa hit 10'. Maybe a little longer.

I honestly can't say though. Like many others my snake favorites switch, one day its my hoggies because one of them did some cute adorable thing. Or maybe my Ball pythons got the highlight with a hiss(very rare for my pythons to hiss at me).

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Cypress mulch, heated with a ceramic bulb (which probably did not help his humidity much lol).

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Yeah those ceramics are great for the heat but a nightmare for humidity lovers


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I absolutely love the way Brazilian rainbow boas look. I think it's no secret the reticulated pythons are my favorite though. Every morph seen including normal is just absolutely beautiful. I love their big personalities and enthusiasm. I love how intelligent they are. Simply put I love everything about them.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...b86bffe624.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7502aa8394.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9b33c14bde.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...4fe454026b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...1aabf61893.jpg

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Definitely the ball python for me. I was pretty neutral/wary about snakes before discovering this species, but ball pythons were love at first sight. This was the species that led me to research snakes in depth and learn to love them, and the one that brought me into the world of snake keeping. I really admire a lot of other snake species but this is the only one I can see myself keeping in the foreseeable future. They're just the right size and shape, docile, and they have that irresistible, sweet face. Plus, they come in so many beautiful patterns and colours—BP morphs are my favourite out of all the snake species I know about.

Carpet pythons are still my favorite snake species but boas are a very close 2nd. The size, diversity, general temperament, and ease of care for both species make them perfect snakes to keep imho.

I love boas but ATBs (amazon tree boas) are my favorite.
They look venomous but are not and come in such a wide variety of colors and there's no rhyme or reason when breeding to determine what colors you may get.
They are feisty little demon shoe strings and I love them.

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I love boas but ATBs (amazon tree boas) are my favorite.
They look venomous but are not and come in such a wide variety of colors and there's no rhyme or reason when breeding to determine what colors you may get.
They are feisty little demon shoe strings and I love them.

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I love your description of them! :rofl: And I never thought of it before, but you're right, they do look a bit wicked-venomous too. :snake2: Amazing snakes!