Help me decide on a new snake! :)

[pretends2bnormal]

I also have to wonder if the OP really wants a snake that STAYS feisty, or only one that starts off that way. And so much depends on the vibe they get from us too.

Agreed. A snake that takes some work or time to tame down and learn how to work with is one thing, but a perpetual jerk of a snake is probably not what anyone really wants to have, especially for 1 snake out of 2.

A bull or a carpet would be the best more active snakes for some added challenge in working with snakes. Nothing extreme, but completely different from a BP and very striking animals. Something like a woma python may be good too, but less commonly found at expos in my experience.

A blood would be good too or a boa, but both are girthier and may not be as well-liked if the parents have to do the bulk of the care for college or something. That's a situational thing, so if OP attends local and lives at home, it is clearly no issue, but otherwise it could be.

Bloods are a much bigger challenge to learn to read as they don't S up or do much strike posture when they're uncomfortable or upset, so with cranky ones or less predictable juveniles, bites can be very hard to predict, even with a lot of experience in other species since they just show their state of mind very differently.

Boas just get fairly large unless you get a dwarf from a breeder you can trust and not wind up with a mix that could get larger like a normal BCI. Overfeeding in boas is a big issue too, so definitely needs some added research to learn what good feeding looks like if that's the decision.

All in all... I have all 4 of those (blood, boa, bull, and carpet), and they're all great snakes, so not a bad choice among them in my opinion.


Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk