Just needing some advice ive got a viv and all the set up, but needing a good beginner snake! been looking at the taiwan beauty snakes and a californian kingsnake, Is anyone out there can give me some expert advice please

Taiwanese beauty snake wouldn't be an ideal starter snake. Although not overly defensive, like the blue beauty they are very fast and grow to around seven feet in males and around nine feet for females. Very powerful and beautiful snake but i would say an intermediate snake not a beginner

Cali King is a good starter snake. Some cracking morphs to choose from and reach a good handleable length at adulthood, around four to five feet. One thing wtih Cali's is they tend to musk a lot when young but soon outgrow this behaviour with a bit of maturity

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0.1 Albino Cali King, Gerty
0.1 MBK, Gladys
1.1 Lavender corns
1.0 Bairds Rat Snake, Mulligan
The wee man, Oscar, Border Collie
1.0 Huachuca Mountain King (L.p. Woodini)

as i keep both id say go 4 the king man so much easer to keep


and the kings a a bitslower than the beautys my beauty taged me yesterday harldy see it comming

good luck

I'd say the king too, my Taiwan beauty will never keep still and wont settle, and she's pretty strong at her length too. Very enjoyable to keep though

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1.1.0 Corn snakes (Motley and Babysnake)
0.1.0 Pueblan Milksnake (Korral)
2.0.0 Royal Pythons (Magnum and Zeblin)
0.1.0 Western Hognose snake (Hissy)
1.1.0 Inland Bearded Dragons (Ferdie and Flash)
2 Giant African Land Snails (Steve and Truffles)
1.0.0 Garter Snake (Ripley, thanks DraigGochHerp)
0.1.0 Tai Beauty snake (Jill, thanks to mEOw )
1.0.0 Black Burmese Cat (LBC)
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If you want a calm, easy to handle and care for snake then you can't beat a corn snake, and there available in a heap of different colour morphs, kings are good to.

go for a normal 08 royal mate.... you'll pick one up for 50 quid or something in the classifieds section! go for it!

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1.0.0 Albino Burmese Python - Skinny Jim
0.0.2 Red Belly Piranhas - Peter and Stewwie

No the burm isn't my first snake...

Hi there, looking for a new snake is exciting but can you tell us what set up you have, viv size, heat source etc etc as these can help on you decision, lot of size difference between a Tai and a Cali king - and are you thinking of hatchling? Adult?

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