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Water Snake as a Pet?
Hello all,
I currently have a corn snake and a Ball python. I recently aquired a good 55 gallon fish tank that holds water. I was wondering if any of you on here had ever kept any type of water snakes as pets? I have found a place that sells northern water snakes. I figured a good 1/2 land 1/2 water set up with a basking sight would work ok for a water snake. Has anyone on here ever kept any sort of water snake as a pet and how are they handling wise compared to other pet snakes?
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Re: Water Snake as a Pet?
They make really fun captives. I go to Stetson and we had some really cool florida banded water snakes that they where doing research with last year. I have also had some captive born babies in my pet store. They eat goldfish/feederfish and will hunt them in the water. You have to make sure that while they have a nice area to swim in they must be able to haul completley out of the water and dry off. They also need a basking spot and nonbasking spot in the dry area of the tank.
I enjoyed the 2 we had at the store and the ones at stetson.
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Re: Water Snake as a Pet?
I would be really interested in getting a Florida banded water snake but I can't find any for sale online. I've tried google search and a couple of other search engines. Does anyone know a pet shop or site that sells Florida Banded water snakes?
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Re: Water Snake as a Pet?
Check on Fauna Classifieds and Kingsnake, they come up for sale from time to time.
Last edited by leper65; 05-31-2010 at 08:46 AM.
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Re: Water Snake as a Pet?
Northern water snakes are your best bet for a pet water snake.
The ones I kept were kept in kinda like a terrestrial snake setup, but with a bigger water bowl.
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Do water snakes tend to be "bitey"? Just wondering how they are in captivity.
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Re: Water Snake as a Pet?
Originally Posted by GoFride08
Do water snakes tend to be "bitey"? Just wondering how they are in captivity.
Years ago I kept 2 at diff times. The larger one was fairly aggressive, the smaller never bit me once. Kept them in a 50/50 terrestrial/aquatic set up.
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Re: Water Snake as a Pet?
Don't know why I never thought of having a water snake as a captive, but sounds awesome.
I'd imagine you need a large tank for something like this. I would want one just be able to see the snake really swim its little heart out. I love the way snakes swim. I'd think they would need a 125 gallon and up no?
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Re: Water Snake as a Pet?
i just got a watersnake i found. yeah i would agree to about half aquatic environment. mines gunna be realy small for awhile so ima stick with a 10 gal. for now, but when it matures ill go up to 20 gal tank.
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