Just this week I bought a little Sandboa for my 4 and 6 year old. They love him (her??)! He's not really a display animal since he borrows, but we spent a lot of time holding snakes in the stores before bringing one home and both my kids really liked the sandboas. They stay smaller which is nice for little kids. He's still in his adjustment period and we are not holding him here at home yet but I took a couple of pictures when we got home from the pet store with him. The kids named him Dorito