suggestions on what small (ish) snake please?

[lizardloverrach]

hi i will soon have a spare viv either 18'' for a baby or 3ft for older.
and i would like another snake now. but i have always had big snakes and
dont really know other than corns, what is fairly small? ideas please!
what about tree boas? i beleive they are quite small but are a bit fiesty?
thankyou

[ShesOnCake_Ox]

garter snakes are quite small grow up to 3 - 4 foot

[bladeblaster]

corn
royal
milk
king
bull
dwarf boa
kenyan sand boa
hog nose

probably loads more as well.

[joe_oasis]

hognose? or milksnake?

[Ssthisto]

For the size of vivarium you've got (I assume the 18" and 36" are length - what's height and depth?) I would suggest:

Milksnakes (anything but Hondurans or Black Milks, both of which get moderately large)
Kingsnakes (Cali, Mexican Black, any of the Pyros, Greyband or Variables)
Trinket Ratsnakes
Trans-Pecos ratsnakes
Any of the Sand Boas (Kenyan, Rough-Scaled, Saharan)
Any of the Rosy Boas
Western Hognose

What are you looking for in a snake? Something that's handleable? Something that's brightly coloured? Something that'll have a bit of "spirit" to it?

[samg1696]

Depending on the vivs depth and height, I would have to say a Royal.

[lizardloverrach]

Originally Posted by Ssthisto

For the size of vivarium you've got (I assume the 18" and 36" are length - what's height and depth?) I would suggest:

Milksnakes (anything but Hondurans or Black Milks, both of which get moderately large)
Kingsnakes (Cali, Mexican Black, any of the Pyros, Greyband or Variables)
Trinket Ratsnakes
Trans-Pecos ratsnakes
Any of the Sand Boas (Kenyan, Rough-Scaled, Saharan)
Any of the Rosy Boas
Western Hognose

What are you looking for in a snake? Something that's handleable? Something that's brightly coloured? Something that'll have a bit of "spirit" to it?

looking for something definately handleable and good natured as i want my daughter to be able to have a hold...shes 2 at the moment but great with animals she loves snakes. not too worried about colour tbh, how big do rosy boas get?

[Ssthisto]

A big female Rosy might get up to four foot long at a push.

You'd be looking at the two to three foot range generally for most Rosies.

And Rosy boas are in my experience brilliant for handling - they're so smooth.

[bluerain]

Originally Posted by Ssthisto

A big female Rosy might get up to four foot long at a push.

You'd be looking at the two to three foot range generally for most Rosies.

And Rosy boas are in my experience brilliant for handling - they're so smooth.

I have Rosies...and i wood have to say they are the sweetest natured snakes i have ever had! they also feel like smooth velvet...would be a great choice!

[lizardloverrach]

Originally Posted by bluerain

I have Rosies...and i wood have to say they are the sweetest natured snakes i have ever had! they also feel like smooth velvet...would be a great choice!

been having a look at rosy boas on the net, i quite like the look of them but the pics are all a bit crap! anyone got any pics of theirs?
i also really like green tree pythons, but i've heard you are not meant to really handle them?