How Long Did Your Snake Live?

[Arsinoe]

Well here I am with a new poll I'm sure will not be liked by some.

It has to do with how old was your longest lived snake and what was it's living conditions.

Here's an article on just how long they should live.

Life span of common pet snakes

Often we don’t appreciate how long a snake can live when housed in ideal conditions. The pet shops and breeders rarely ever tell us just how much of commitment it really is to care for a snake over the full course of its life. Fact is that snakes (as well as other reptiles) can live long, long lives especially when you compare it to that of other common household pets like cats, dogs, and ferrets.

This is not a full listing by any means it is simply designed to give the new potential snake owner some idea of how long these animals can be part of our lives if properly taken care of. Consider that snakes never stop growing for their entire lives though it does slow down as they get older. For however long it lives and is part of your home you will need to feed that snake.

Corn Snake life span
Corn snakes have a life span of 15 to 20 years while in captivity. Sometimes they can live longer but that is the average length of their lives.

Ball Pythons life span
Ball pythons have a life span of 20 to 30 years. While that is the “average” there are many people who find their beloved pet to get much older. The oldest on record lived to the ripe old age of 48. That’s just shy of half a century!

Boa Constrictor life span
Boas have a life span of 25 to 30 years on average, but like all other snakes it isn’t unheard of for them to live longer.

Burmese Python life span
The Burmese has a potential life span of 25+ years of age, but in captivity the average lifespan is closer to 10 years. The biggest reason for this is that people are simply not prepared to take care of an animal of this size. Given the right environment and conditions a Burmese will be sharing your life for a long time.

Reticulated Python life span
Reticulated pythons are like Burmese in both their life span (25+ years) and in their massive size. Again if Retic’s had the proper housing and care it could easily live to be 25 years old, but most people simply aren’t prepared for this kind of a snake.

Carpet Python life span
Carpet pythons have a life span of 20 to 30 years of age. There are several sub-species of Carpets (Coastal, Jungle, and others) but they all live to be about the same age

Kingsnake life span
The average life span for a kingsnake is 15 to 25 years.

[WesleyTF]

many/most people on here have not had a BP die of old age--take this poll again in 30 years and I think you'll get a more accurate representation... Right now you're just trying to force a correlation between tubs and anything negative.

[Arsinoe]

many/most people on here have not had a BP die of old age--take this poll again in 30 years and I think you'll get a more accurate representation... Right now you're just trying to force a correlation between tubs and anything negative.

There has to be someone here old enough to have had mature snakes

I can't change the poll, but lets adapt it. The ages now are standing for LIVING snakes. AND the homing method stand for currently used/most used on that particular animal. Make post to explain.

[rabernet]

Haven't had one die......

[David802]

Haven't had one die in my plastic habitat.

[RichsBallPythons]

Mine are thriving very well in tupperWEAR

[Oroborous]

I'm not much of an example, but I've kept snakes for six years in both custom plastic cages and plastic tubs, and no one has died. In fact they're all thriving.

[Sarin]

Never had one die in my care and I use tubs.

[mpkeelee]

both are fine for a snake to live in but tubs are just a lot easier for many reasons. if u like tanks thats fine, but have fun battling husbandry and cleaning. i use tubs cuz husbandry is easy and cleaning is so much easier. i dont think either will effect the lifespan of the snake, i believe the conditions inside of the enclosure will. if an owner doesnt feel like cleaning a big heavy tank every weekend and lets poop and everything sit there then the snake may become sick. and over the years that could effect them.

[CoolioTiffany]

Most of my smaller snakes died while being kept in an enclosure. So far I have no recorded deaths of my snakes that live in tubs. I got 4 Ball pythons, 2 Bloods pythons, 1 Boa constrictor, and 1 Dumeril's boa being housed in tubs and they are doing fine and eating with proper husbandry.

Drop it with the habitat & tubs crap.