Question...snakes like this?

[bplover22]

Hi everyone,

I've loved snakes my whole life but I've never owned one. I absolutely love ball pythons in terms of body size and temperament and everything. However, I was hoping to maybe find something shorter. Are there any snakes that you know of that are the size of a baby - sub-adult ball python but the general same temperament? Kind of a weird question but just was curious.

Thank you!

[Spechal]

King, Milk, Sand Boa?

Only really have experience with BPs; a friend loves his Corns but they can get longer than BPs.

[Zincubus]

Sand Boas ?



Lovely calm and friendly , slow moving .... like small Royals really .

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[bcr229]

Bear in mind it's not just the size of the snake but it's attitude.

I have Savu pythons which are the fourth smallest snake in the world, but they are lightning quick and constantly on the go. They're docile enough and easily handled, but not a snake that will just lay on you and chill like a BP will.

I also have a garter that is smaller, rescued her from the garage where we found her injured a few years back, and about every other day I want to toss her back outside because she is just not adapting to captivity.

[RickyNY]

Same thing happend to me. I caught a garter snake for my son months before I got my ball python... And the little guy would not eat for us. So back to the wild he went.

[Craiga 01453]

King, Milk, Sand Boa?

Only really have experience with BPs; a friend loves his Corns but they can get longer than BPs.

Kings and milks will be much longer than a juvenile/sub adult BP. My King is somewhere around 52". They are also much flightier than BPs. And don't typically have the docile, chill temperament of a BP.

A hognose might work, but some can be kinda feisty.

I've never kept them, but like Zinc mentioned above you could check out sand boas.

[hilabeans]

Maybe a female hognose?

[artgecko]

female sand boas....max out at about 3'. males stay 2' and under usually. However, they don't like being handled in the air (want to be on a flat surface) and may or may not be inactive or tolerate handling.

They stay below their substrate most of the time, so aren't good for viewing. They are ambush predators (stick their nose out of the substrate waiting for prey).

Mine have fine temperaments, but I don't find them as interesting as other snakes because they stay hidden 90% of the time.

[Alter-Echo]

Male hognose... just like a ball python.... small, easy to care for, docile, and prone to extended fasts... just like a ball python!

[Bogertophis]

How about a rosy boa? Females (larger than males) max out about 36-40". They are easier to feed than BP's...they have good appetites (for f/t small mice)
for most of the year, but typically refuse food for a couple months in winter (when they'd normally brumate in the wild). Mine sometimes like to chill around
my neck while I do dishes or something...but keep in mind, our body temperature may over-warm them faster than a BP, since BPs just have more body mass.
Rosy boas are small boas native to U.S. & southward, coastal, desert & mountainous areas, with some variations in color. They are very docile snakes. I can
hardly believe I'm the first to mention rosy boas...? (Lichanura trivirgata)