whats your favorite snake species

[Malkavian]

DAMN! I wish mine would eat rats! I'm at 11 mice per feeding for my 8' JCP male. It's really expensive and time consuming as he requries wiggiling of the frozen feeders.

When mine were smaller I got them to eat chicken breast strips that were heated up a little. Not sure how that would work as far as nutrition though...

 

[Crotalus]

Damn, what a shock babe!
I thought it might have been corns or something.

I think my favorite though is Naja melanoleuca... to see those in the wild would be incredible. First though, I will see a Lachesis muta muta. Even if it takes 100 trips through the jungle, I am determined now.

Though from the ones I keep now, Pituophis catenifer sayi is by far my favorite.

I have a pair of Crotalus lepidus lepidus, but they are not being housed here. I hope to go out and work with them this weekend, or next for the first time. Only a couple of months old now, I suspect they will still be cute as hell.

Yes shocking wasnt it?
By those I havent kept I would say king cobra, black mamba and bushmaster

/Lelle

 

[nightbreed]

Up untill recently I would of said common boa, BIG but not massive, good temperment, great feeders, such a nice powerful snake I get a rush everytime I've dealt with a large specimen ahh I just love em to death.
But since I got my little Royal....

I've been seduced by a little fat snake

 

[Crotalus]

Up untill recently I would of said common boa, BIG but not massive, good temperment, great feeders, such a nice powerful snake I get a rush everytime I've dealt with a large specimen ahh I just love em to death.
But since I got my little Royal....

I've been seduced by a little fat snake

Some are not massive, but there are boas that get very large. And some that are very hostile aswell
But I agree, they are favorites among boids.

/Lelle

 

[nightbreed]

Yeah I agree you can always get mean boogers of whatever species and when its a 8 - 10 ft constrictor they seem a hell of a lot bigger when they're pissed
they're the biggest species I would keep now, but when compared to a big female burm....they seem quite small

I find them captivating, always have dont know why *shrug*

 

[Melmoth]

Favourite constrictor,gotta be the Burm.Fave venomous-Gaboon Viper.

 

[defour]

Among snakes I haven't kept, I have to go with Drymarchon couperi. Among the ones I have, Spilotes pullatus, Masticophis flagellum testaceus (red), and Charina bottae. I agree completely with Pittbulllady on the coachwhips. I've only had one, but it's got an unusual personality, and the red is amazing.

Some runners up: Lachesis, Crotalus, Black phase Naje haje, Pseustes, Chironius.

Steve

 

[Lasiodora]

My Favorite:

 

[david31337]

Corn, coz it's the only one i've owned. Active calm and eats really well

 

[Beardo]

Honduran Milksnakes
Green Tree Pythons
Carpet Pythons
Kunishir Island Ratsnakes
Moluccan Pythons
Tiger Ratsnakes
Hogg Island Boas
Striped-phase Colombian Boas
Rhino Vipers
Wagler's Viper
Bush Viper

Just a few of my favorites. Theres tons more lol.

 

[LPacker79]

Morelia boeleni is by far my favorite, but far from my price range and there's not been much success with them.

Morelia bredli are my second favorite, and the pair I have are lovely lovely snakes.

Any of the carpets are wonderful, and they comprise 7 of my 8 snakes (I'm counting the bredli here as they were until very recently considered to be carpets, and some still call them such). I've not had a problem with any of them eating rats, and most breeders start them out on rats right from the get go as they can often be picky about switching from mice.

 

[Immortal_sin]

My very favorite (as if you couldn't tell by now!) is Lichanura trivargata (Rosy boa).
However,the one I find the most fascinating is Bitis gabonica, although I'll never have one!

 

[Dozer]

I have to go with Drymarchon corais couperi (Eastern Indigo).

Nothing like the site of a 7-8ft jet blk. snake as thick as your forearm. My female is only 4 ft. and two years old but soon enough!!

 

[Bry]

Chrysopelea ornata
Drymarchon corais corais

Venomous:
Crotalus molossus

 

[Schlyne]

DAMN! I wish mine would eat rats! I'm at 11 mice per feeding for my 8' JCP male. It's really expensive and time consuming as he requries wiggiling of the frozen feeders.

Have you tried scenting the rats with used mouse beeding?

 

[Zombie]

DAMN! I wish mine would eat rats! I'm at 11 mice per feeding for my 8' JCP male. It's really expensive and time consuming as he requries wiggiling of the frozen feeders.

Chris, have you tried passively force feeding him?
Rats and mice have a different smell to them (and forgive me if I am giving you information you are already aware of), and the snake doesn't identify it as a prey item. Working at a reptile shop for 5 years I saw this same problem alot. What I would do to remedy it is to feed your snake a mouse, as normal, and as it is taking down the last length of mouse legs, take an appropriately sized pre-killed rat and put it's head between the mouse's legs. Your snake will keep on eating, taking the rat down along with the mouse. In my estimation, over the years this method yeilded a 95% success rate.
Good luck.

 

[jdcarrel]

desert adder - Bitis peringueyi

 

[Nightmares]

My favorite snake will always be B. c. imperator - Red Tail boas because the avarge around 8-10' and morph around 6'
take a look at my little cutie
Super Salmon Boa female

 

[Malkavian]

I have to go with Drymarchon corais couperi (Eastern Indigo).

Nothing like the site of a 7-8ft jet blk. snake as thick as your forearm. My female is only 4 ft. and two years old but soon enough!!

Glad somoeone's with me on the Indigo!

 

[nightbreed]

@Nightmares

Nice BCI, how big is she?