Asinity

I currently have a corn snake, probably around a year old. I do however want to expand my collection and get at least one, if not two more.

I'm looking to get some more information on Ball Pythons and Mexican Black King Snakes, and was wondering if there is anyone experienced with these guys who can give advice or just general information about them. Lots of websites and stuff, but there's just something to be said about getting information from somebody who has dealt directly with something

Thanks.

midnightwolf

i am afraid i dont know anything about ball pythons or mexican black king snakes but i know a bit about cornsnakes because when i volunteer at hidden pond nature center i often take out the CS and talk about her to visitores

Asinity

Any stories with the corn? I've only had her a few months so I'm still learning a lot, specifically that she's a really picky eater :P

midnightwolf

yea they are really picky, what would you like to know?

Asinity

How have you dealt with picky corns?

midnightwolf

well we feed our corns one mouse a week that way they will have time to digest it and still eat the next one. the size of u snake makes a difference too, make sure its meal is not too large for it too eat. hope this helps.

xxnascarxx

I have had 2 corn snakes and they were like the BEST! They are very easy to deal with. What would you like to know about them? And if you do have a picky one like that other person said you should make sure the size of the food the right size.

sirdarksol

The black Mexican kingsnake seems like it's a decent pet snake, as long as you've got a good basic snake setup. They're hardy creatures, and will take their rodents live or dead.

Ball pythons are a pretty common one, too. I can't imagine they'd be as common as they were in petstores if they weren't relatively easy to care for. They do need a setup where they can climb, though, as the whole "ball" thing occurs when they're draped across a limb.

Both snakes can get to be from 4-5 feet long, and, while not a danger to humans (beyond bites inflicted by a snake feeling itself in danger), may be a danger to smaller pets if they escape, particularly in the case of the python.

midnightwolf

oh somthing too add make sure u are feeding your corn live mice other wise they may not be interested.

joepythons

Well i have 13+yrs experiance with snakes ranging from corn snake(i bred them),ball pythons(bred them also) all the way up to retics.So what would you like to know?

This is not true my friend .When i was breeding corn snakes they ate anything and everything i placed in front of them.This included frozen thawed rodents

krismoore888

agreed, I have kept 5 and in england its illegal to feed live and we have had ours now for 6 years

haedra

Many years ago (something like 12) I used to have one. And every time I took it out of the tank it peed on me.

joepythons

Thats because it was scared and its only defense is to musk you

haedra

But I was always nice to it! *sadface*

joepythons

In your eyes you were being nice.In the snakes eyes you were going to either eat it or kill it .Thats why consistent handling lets them know you are not some evil thing lol

pogo_richie

not a snake person sorry. thought i do think that candy corn snake or i forget what its called is pretty awesome.