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Originally Posted by trailblazer295
The more I read the more confusing everything gets. Or I should say the more undecided I am on which is the right one for me and this cage. I want one that isn't restricted of space, I've always been a go big or go home mentality and bigger cage for pets.
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I wouldn't sweat it too much. Take your time, look around. Go to a few shows see everything. Then make your decision that way. There is a plethora of species that would live in that size terrarium not even limited to snakes.
You can think of other factors like the awesome garter snake idea from earlier they are more active and depending on what you feed them can be fed more often. They are a bit of a hands off species depending on your individual's temperament because they can be a bit skittish in my experience. Given that they feed more they need cleaned more because they poo more. Do you have time for that added responsibility. One of the big bonuses of snakes is that you really only "need" to do any sort of work with them once or twice a week.
Hognose, garters, some water snakes, Rosie's, sand boas, some kingsnakes (Ruthvens, Mexican, some of the mountain kings) most Milksnakes, a few of the Asian rat snakes, house snakes. The fact that it is 24inches wide gives you a little more wiggle (slither?) room because there is much more floor space than your typical 24 inch long terrarium.
Actually after punching the numbers you could probably keep stuff like corn snakes, rat snakes and mid sized kingsnakes in there as well. It checks out as a 29 gallon size enclosure. But your average 29 gallon has much less floor room than yours does. However I like you prefer to allow a bit more than the minimum so all the species I mentioned above would have plenty of space.
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