First of all, I can’t actually give an adequate advice so you should not listen to me and should take into account what all the people with much more experience have advices.

The points that the people above have brought up are something I myself heavily considered when getting my first snake. They are a big commitment, assuming my BP will have a long healthy life, I might have her for longer than any romantic relationship I’d ever have. So it’s basically like a mini marriage.

These are the things I briefly considered: getting a snake with shorter lifespan or adopting an older snake. Sounds kind of morbid. Now i didn’t decide to go that route, obviously, but I made sure if push comes to shove that there’s someone to take care of my snake while I figure out housing arrangements.

No one here knows your situation, if you’re planning on going to college, living with your parents till you can afford a place of your own, etc. Maybe you don’t even have a solid plan for the future and that’s okay, but you have a responsibility to your snake. So make sure you have a plan no matter what you decide to do and aren’t just getting snakes because they’re cute and you really want a new pet. The novelty of a new pet doesn’t always last long and don’t get too caught up in chasing the excitement of having a new baby (I struggle with this as well, it’s like baby fever pet edition).

All that being said I think hognose snakes are really cute and I’d love to have one one day in the not so near future. So maybe you’d like those too.


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