Quote Originally Posted by redshepherd View Post
A week is plenty! Honestly, seeing how much research you seem to be doing, if you get all the right equipment, you'll only need a couple days.

Imo almost any snake species (except giants and venomous and a few that are genuinely hard to keep alive in captivity) can be a "first snake" for the right owner who does ALL the necessary research and follows known, correct setups to a T.

The concept of "get a beginners snake first" or even "yes, you can get a 5 foot enclosure for your baby ball python, all you need to do is clutter it up" are both two extremes that I don't agree with. You can get your dream snake as a first snake, but keep things basic and follow known reliable setups, get a hang of controlling temps and humidity in your climate, until you understand the species well enough to change it up.
I completely agree. I hate when sometimes people are steered away from their dream snake and told that they have to have a corn snake first. What happens to the "starter" snake once the person eventually gets the snake that they wanted in the first place?

A ball python was my dream snake and I did a bunch of research before getting one. I have never owned a snake before so I wanted to make sure to have my husbandry spot on. Now I have a healthy ball python who hasn't missed a meal in the 3 weeks that I've had her.