Which Snake Species is your Favorite?

[DennisM]

I have a ton of HUGE wild diamondbacks around my house. I've seen some around six feet in length. Crazy.

I know we don't really know each other very well, but could I move in with you?

[FlynnTheBP]

I know we don't really know each other very well, but could I move in with you?

Haha sure but you have to remove them from the driveway for me

[kxr]

Yellow phase eyelash vipers are pretty up there for me.

If you were to ask me about something I could actually keep though I'd have to go with BRBs, GTPs or the good old fashion ball python haha

Edit: After reading through some posts I realized I forgot to put Rhino/Gaboon vipers. Every time someone mentions those I think of Gabby and Mr. Sniffles from the old viper keeper videos haha

[zina10]

Ball Pythons of course.

And then it becomes hard to choose. Every time I try I tell myself, but, but...

GTP's are so beautiful, it hurts !!!

I also have a soft spot for Blood and Short tail pythons. Such amazing fatties. I love their googly eyes. If you get a young CB baby, they are actually not bad to tame down, and many are just about tame (aside from some defensiveness). But boy, are they some powerful and FAST snakes. When they do strike, you don't see it coming. They launch their entire body at you. Even if you are behind them, they are on you in the blink of an eye, and they hit hard.

That said, they don't have long teeth like some bigger snakes, but they do deliver punch.

When tame, though, gosh, they make the best pet snake. They are much more confident then Ball Pythons. You can move their heads, touch them, they don't recoil. And such vocal little buggers. They like to huff and puff. Lots of it is bluff.

I wouldn't want to handle an adult un-tame one that has a bad attitude, though, they are powerful, fast and fury on scales!! lol

[redshepherd]

There's too many I love and/or want LOL

Just out of the ones I can realistically have, I love GTP's (I'm getting one more soon!), and I want a boiga cyanea, russian rat snake, and a black rat snake. But for my lifestyle, I think I will have to end up choosing just one of those three. Most likely will end up being a russian rat.

For the ones I can't own: blue insularis, gaboon vipers, desert horned vipers, and monocled cobras. I love watching hot keeper's videos of these guys.

[FlynnTheBP]

There's too many I love and/or want LOL

Just out of the ones I can realistically have, I love GTP's (I'm getting one more soon!), and I want a boiga cyanea, russian rat snake, and a black rat snake. But for my lifestyle, I think I will have to end up choosing just one of those three. Most likely will end up being a russian rat.

For the ones I can't own: blue insularis, gaboon vipers, desert horned vipers, and monocled cobras. I love watching hot keeper's videos of these guys.

Monocled cobras take my breath away. I just wish they always had their hoods out to show off those pretty patterns .

[Craiga 01453]

Eyelash vipers are amazing, as well as gaboon vipers. As far as something I hope to keep eventually, I love GTPs and realistically would like to add one in a few years. Another dream snake for me would be a yellow anaconda, but being honest with myself, that'll probably never happen. There's just something awesome about a Mexican Black King to me as well.

[rufretic]

Retics, particularly the original tigers. Best snake I ever owned. Unfortunately not a very realistic pet. Keeping a 20' plus python is not an easy task. Mine was perfect at 14', everything about him, his clear beautiful pattern and color, his size, his gentile calm nature and his eat everything given with absolutely no aggression. Handling him he had no fear, never recoiled, I could even touch his face and pet his head. Never striked even at feeding time. From a hatchling to when I had to sell him he ate whatever was offered with no strike, no coil, just went up to it and started swallowing. I had 3 other retics as well but none were like him. I really just lucked out with his personality. If I ever was to keep a snake that got to his potential size I can't see a better snake. If he maxed out at the 14-15' size I'd still have him, they just get too big. I wish the dwarf versions had the same appeal but I just have not seen one that can match the look of the original tigers. I'm still sad I had to give him up, definitely the most attached I've ever been to a reptile. Now I only keep ball pythons and they are my favorite to keep. Easy to take care of and so many beautiful morphs, in fact way too many to choose a favorite.

[EmilyandArlo]

Now that I keep one, I definitely have a soft spot for boas. I also think that retics are absolutely beautiful.

Non-pet-wise, although not very exotic, I have always loved copperheads


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