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 Starters

Are Milk Snakes good starter snakes for people. I have 2 leopard gecko’s and a bearded dragon but i really want to get a snake and i don’t no what to start with.

Any help is appreciated thanks x
08/24/08  10:59am

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 I Mentioned Milk Snakes Over at the Corn Snake Forum

But for the benefit of those who may not see it, either corns or milk snakes are excellent beginner snakes (although as I noted, watch out; snakes tend to proliferate even if you’re not breeding them); one more difference is likely to be the price. I’ve seen corns as low as $15 or so at a show; milk snakes are usually about $30, but I note Petco has corns for $30-40 and milk snakes are over a hundred. At a local PetSmart--they just started carrying snakes--there’s a nice looking Sinaloan for $100, which is a little high (it’s a yearling), IMHO . . .

Whichever you select, make sure you have a couple of reliable suppliers of rodents; two shops near me have folded (another opened, however), and I’ve taken to raising two ten-gallon colonies of mice but I still find myself buying extras, particularly rats for the bigger snakes (such as Momma and Poppa Corn and the Texas Bull).
08/24/08  04:59pm

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   Message To: Concolor1   In reference to Message Id: 1841312


 I Mentioned Milk Snakes Over at the Corn Snake Forum

Yh i wont get one until at least christmas so i have enough time to research and get properly set up but i cant decide wich type of snake to get.
08/25/08  12:48pm


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