Hey guys! I currently have a diamond/jungle carpet python but am interested in getting into some other types of snakes that stay small enough to live in a rack. Kings and Milks seem to offer a lot of diversity and I used to have a banana Cal King many years ago that was pretty cool.

Thing is though, there are a LOT of different species and subspecies and I haven't yet been able to find a good chart covering the differences in their needs. I guess the main thing I'm looking for at this point are:

1. What species have similar enough temperature requirements to share a rack? I expect probably a lot of them CAN, and then there are going to be a few outliers that want hotter/colder temps and I'd like to know which ones these are so I can narrow down what species I'm looking for.

2. Any other unusual housing or feeding needs I should know about? For instance, it sounds like alterna may have trouble converting from lizards to rodents?

3. Are there any particular species that are hard to get or unusually expensive? The only one I know of right now is that Black Milksnakes seem to be pretty expensive.

4. What size tubs should I be looking at? It sounds like most should be good in 40qt size but some species may be OK in 28qt? Is a 40qt big enough for Hondurans?

I expect to keep a small variety of species - possibly one pair (or trio) to try my hand at breeding and then a few singles. I'm particularly interested in Cal Kings, Sinaloans, and Tangerine Hondurans but also open to suggestions.

I can attend Repticon in/near Atlanta and north to mid Florida including Tampa, Orlando, FIRExpo, etc... Any impressions on which shows would have the best selection of king/milk snakes?