Snake Keeping For a Noob?

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childrens python stay under 1.5m, i used to have a coastal carpet python he grew to almost 3m but was very easily handled. if u have the money a green tree python makes a awesome addition to any home
 
s far as getting bit by anything non venomous under 2 meters, it does not hurt nearly as much as you think and you would not need to go to the hospital for a ball python. I used to work at a ball python breeders place and would routinely get bit by full grown females 4 or 5 times a day with out so much as a mark once they stopped bleeding.

You live in Australia so you will have to check your local laws because I do not think that you can have anything that is not native to Australia as a pet (although I could be wrong). If you can, get a corn snake they are the most available, easiest to care for and most tame of all the snakes. If you need to stick with native stuff, you should go with a children's python. They get bigger but they are just as easy and tame as a corn snake.
 
can have non-natives but the license required to keep them can only be acquired after holding a basic license for 5 years.
 
sadatru;4860164; said:
can have non-natives but the license required to keep them can only be acquired after holding a basic license for 5 years.
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okay so he will have to stick to native.
 
and depending on the state he's in could need 3yr license, the laws for reptile keeping are rather strict here in oz.
 
I would definitely suggest cornsnake for a first timer. They are awesome to watch feeding and (normally) very adatable, easy to care for and great eaters who seldomly skip their meals. They also come in a large variety of colors and most are very beautiful. Ball pythons are also great snakes but are more prone to developing issues such as going off food, scale rot when not kept in ideal conditions, and eye caps (when the snake sheds its skin but the skin on the eye doesn't come off with the shed). It's also harder to maintain the humidity in a BP's aquarium. They tend to do better in rubbermaid enclosures than glass aquariums for this reason.

I've kept and bred both types of snakes and although the BP's tend to be worth more I still prefer the corns hands down.

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^ DAMN CORN SNAKE IS SO CUTE! hahaha yeah in aus pythons are available...so is corn snakes i believe...

we have two types of reptile license .. one is class A (1) Natives, easy to keep reptiles, non venmous etc ($60 for 2 years)

the other is class 2... for harder reptiles...rarer ones..and venomous ones..

I want a python or corn snake..but parents would click if they saw it lol
 
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