Originally Posted by cootees
King snakes are pretty good for beginners. I think balls would be a little better for a beginner though. It can be pretty exspensive trying to get the hobby started out though. There was a breeder in blacksburg called loki herp(loki herpetology) who I had gotten my orginal balls from for $30/each. You may want to check around to see if they are still out that way. The only other breeder I know of around here is Boa Master out of bedford but he specializes in breeding rare boa morphs and exotics.(which cost a pretty penny)His site
www.boamaster.com
I wish I still had all of my snakes
maybe once I get my own place I can get some more.
Could do what I did, find a sick/abused one in a name brand pet store (this one being Petco) and go off on the idiot who force fed it to much, "jus because he didnt want to have to feed it again in a month". I got kicked out and was told to never come back, but my boyfriend at the time staid to talk to the people and they gave him the snake to give to me. Already had all the setup from my previous snakes so it didnt cost me much at all. My ball has been a breeze to take care of compared to the other ones I've owned. When it has gotten loose I have never worried about it being around my other animals. I worry about my calico killing it, but my Tom cat and it have never bothered eachother. Only thing I dislike is the "lack of personality", it isnt very active at all and thats not something I'm used to. My favorite snake so far was probably the black racer I had for a while.