You favorite captive snake and why?

[Derek1]

Currently or in the past.

I've only kept two. I have a new baby Albino Cal King that has a great personality and look forward to many years with her. Love her a lot. But my OK Rat snake I raised from a baby was so awesome, great color and temperament, and my wife bought it for my birthday many years ago.

What are yours?

[drumcrush]

I only have two, and everyone knows(or should know) which is my favorite lol


*MBK in case you didn't know*

[sharthun]

Originally Posted by drumcrush

I only have two, and everyone knows(or should know) which is my favorite lol


*MBK in case you didn't know*

That was a surprise!

1.Black Milk, 2.MBK, and third desert king.

[bigsnakegirl785]

I've only "officially" owned 3 snakes so far. I tried keeping many snakes as a kid, but other than ringnecks I didn't know what they ate, so I ended up releasing them after a few days.

But, my favorite so far is my boa constrictor. I love his colors and patterns, and although he's a trouble maker he's nowhere near as much of a handful as my ball python and he's twice his size. He'll chill with me or crawl around, and he eats very well. He's a good handleable size still. The garter is too small to make handling too fun, but he's getting there. The ball python is too finicky of an eater to handle much. The boa is the one who sparked my interest in snakes, even though I've had the ball python 5 years longer than him.

[BCollie]

Do I get to chime in? I've had one snake...for less than 24 hours now :P Heheh he just arrived today. But I do have to say I'm already in love with my High White Cali King. If you're going after looks you can't beat these guys, but that's just my personal opinion. I'm interested in seeing everyone else's responses as I know that one day in the (probably far) future I will want another snake.

[Derek1]

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

I've only "officially" owned 3 snakes so far. I tried keeping many snakes as a kid, but other than ringnecks I didn't know what they ate, so I ended up releasing them after a few days.

But, my favorite so far is my boa constrictor. I love his colors and patterns, and although he's a trouble maker he's nowhere near as much of a handful as my ball python and he's twice his size. He'll chill with me or crawl around, and he eats very well. He's a good handleable size still. The garter is too small to make handling too fun, but he's getting there. The ball python is too finicky of an eater to handle much. The boa is the one who sparked my interest in snakes, even though I've had the ball python 5 years longer than him.

What kinda of Boa? Pics!

[Derek1]

Originally Posted by BCollie

Do I get to chime in? I've had one snake...for less than 24 hours now :P Heheh he just arrived today. But I do have to say I'm already in love with my High White Cali King. If you're going after looks you can't beat these guys, but that's just my personal opinion. I'm interested in seeing everyone else's responses as I know that one day in the (probably far) future I will want another snake.

That's a beautiful snake. Congrats!

[EL Ziggy]

My Cal King Hannibal Caesar is my favorite snake as far as personality. She-Ra is my most ferocious feeder, Sasha Fierce is the sweet/shy one, and Apollo is probably the best lookin . Sorry I couldn't pick just one

[toddnbecka]

My favorite snake was my female red tail boa, though the baby Burmese python was pretty close. I've caught and kept a number of local colubrids, from garter and water snakes to racers and black rats, but even the eastern milk snake's extremely mellow disposition just didn't have the same vibe as the old world snakes. Tried a baby corn snake once, little bugger managed to escape from an aquarium with screen clips.
Quite recently got a yearling pair of Dominican red mountain boas, really like them, and suspect they'll be the faves in the future. Quite manageable size and long life span, they will be great pets.

[Mad Max]

My favorite snake is my Costa Rican Boa, Carl. He looks like a normal BCI (with great colors), but he should stay under five feet long as an adult. His temperament is good and he has a very strong feeding response as well.

[Obsidian_Dragon]

Originally Posted by BCollie

I'm interested in seeing everyone else's responses as I know that one day in the (probably far) future I will want another snake.

I said that too. Please note that there are TWO snakes in my signature, not one. When I'd had my first (the MBK) for about a month, I went out and got a garter. Soooo.

It's only not three out of strong restraint on my part. BHB has some high yellow banana kings and let me tell you, I'm tempted.

All that side, to answer the question: My MBK is a delight to handle.

The garter is way more interesting to watch, I just don't handle her much yet. We're still working on that 'taming' thing (She's CB, just...a baby garter, with everything that entails).

[jpsteele80]

Out of all the snakes that i have kept over the years my favorite is and will always be the retic, super smart and comes in more colors and morphs probably than any other snake on the market. There's just something satisfying about keeping a big docile beast like a retic for me.

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by Derek1

What kinda of Boa? Pics!

A common boa constrictor. No known background, so as I far as I know a Colombian-type BCI. I have a profile thread for him, called Cloud Strife.

[millertime89]

My male 100% superdwarf 100% het anery reticulated python. I think he's the perfect snake, about 5ft, slender, eats every time, great attitude, and loves to cruise when out. Never even come close to striking at anyone. He's also a very good looking SD.

[Derek1]

I don't know why but for some reason I thought the retic's had bad attitudes. Good to hear.