Good snake for me?

[dkatz4]

One thing that is always a red flag for me. When an adult is buying a snake for a kid under 10 and saying, "I don't like snakes and don't want anything to do with them but the kid will have to be completely responsible for the animal." Most kids under 10 don't have the maturity to care for any animal solely on their own.

So true!
I guy I know was picking my brain b/c his 6 year old wanted a lizard. I sold him on a leo (although I told him a corn snake was easier lol) but not before really pounding it into his brain that this was going to be HIS gecko that just happened to live in his son’s bedroom. That’s why I won’t let my son (Also 6) get a BP, because I don’t want one myself. (No offense to bp keepers, they’re just not my cup of tea)

[larryd23]

You mentioned that your mom is not willing to feed your snake, which is perfectly understandable.

Assuming that you are getting a snake the eats mice or rats, have you thought about where you will keep your mice/rats before they become snake food?

Do you have the ability to buy your live/frozen mice/rats one at a time and feed immediately?

If not, you will need to store them somewhere. If mom doesn't want your snake food sitting in her refrigerator (I suspect she won't), you'll need to add a small refrigerator/freezer to your shopping list.

Have you given any thought to Crested Geckos?

[New2Noodles]

We have a freezer out in the garage I would be able to keep the f/t mice/rats in. Everything in there is well-sealed, so my mom wouldn't even have to worry about bacteria spreading.
Even if I couldn't keep them there, I would just have to wait a little longer to save up enough for a mini freezer.

It's gonna have to be a hard no on the gecko, I can't bring myself to be near/feed insects. Any reptile I get will have to either have a meat (no insect) diet or be vegetarian.

Surprisingly enough, I had pet mice for a short period (They were Petco mice, ended up dying before the guarantee was even over, the employee that looked at them was even puzzled as to why they died, as they were all females with a huge, clean cage with a good diet, in a warm place in the house without drafts.) but I have no problem preparing and feeding dead rodents to a snake. It's just insects that creep me out. Big eyes, spindly legs, weird pincers, small things that move really fast, et cetera.

[Craiga 01453]

You mentioned that your mom is not willing to feed your snake, which is perfectly understandable.

Assuming that you are getting a snake the eats mice or rats, have you thought about where you will keep your mice/rats before they become snake food?

Do you have the ability to buy your live/frozen mice/rats one at a time and feed immediately?

If not, you will need to store them somewhere. If mom doesn't want your snake food sitting in her refrigerator (I suspect she won't), you'll need to add a small refrigerator/freezer to your shopping list.

Good point. I hadn't thought of that.

[Michelle-07]

We have a freezer out in the garage I would be able to keep the f/t mice/rats in. Everything in there is well-sealed, so my mom wouldn't even have to worry about bacteria spreading.
Even if I couldn't keep them there, I would just have to wait a little longer to save up enough for a mini freezer.

It's gonna have to be a hard no on the gecko, I can't bring myself to be near/feed insects. Any reptile I get will have to either have a meat (no insect) diet or be vegetarian.

Surprisingly enough, I had pet mice for a short period (They were Petco mice, ended up dying before the guarantee was even over, the employee that looked at them was even puzzled as to why they died, as they were all females with a huge, clean cage with a good diet, in a warm place in the house without drafts.) but I have no problem preparing and feeding dead rodents to a snake. It's just insects that creep me out. Big eyes, spindly legs, weird pincers, small things that move really fast, et cetera.

I don't keep crested geckos, but I think they eat some mixture called Pangea or Repashi (spellIng?), but I have no idea whether they need to have some live insect ocassionally.

[Ditto]

I don't keep crested geckos, but I think they eat some mixture called Pangea or Repashi (spellIng?), but I have no idea whether they need to have some live insect ocassionally.

I've never had one, but before I decided on a BP for my first reptile I was almost dead set on a crested so I've done quite a bit of research haha. There's lots of differing opinions online but what I've seen most often is people saying that they don't necessarily need insects if given the proper diet, though insects can be a nice treat. I believe either pangea or repashi (possibly both, I don't quite remember) even makes a powdered diet that includes insects!
If I've gotten anything wrong please correct me, like I said I have never actually owned one and there are a LOT of conflicting opinions out there (as there is with pretty much all animals), this is just what I've read