General Questions: Different Genera of Snakes

[prairiepanda]

If you want to see a lot of activity in the enclosure, I'd go with a spotted. They're easy to keep and handle, but as others have noted you do need to be prepared for some nippiness.

Balls and milks are both pretty much pet rocks in their homes. Really not display animals at all. But they're more tame than spotteds. A Ball python will sit and chill with you while you watch TV, while a milk snake will constantly be on the move when you handle them. As for size, ball pythons actually get heavier than most hondurans. Even though they can be long, hondos are really slim so they always seem fairly small and the length doesn't make them any more difficult to handle. The speed shouldn't be a problem either; they're not really that fast, they just move a lot. You would get the hang of it pretty quick.

So what exactly do you want from the snake? The spotted is your display animal, the ball is your couch potato, and the milk is the flighty but tame one.