wich snake stays small?

[mouse]

hubby is tempted for a snake, but the only way i'd get one is if stays small...not going to end up 6'+. i seen a california garter snake in a "reptile store". it was about as thick as a finger and maby ~14" long. the owner told me it wasn't fully grown, but allready had babies.
but on a thread here i read something about them "stinking".
i thought they'd be like any other snake/reptile - just smaller
so wich snake would end staying on the small side.
we had some gunmetal gray ones in germany (blindschleiche) wich would translate into "blindsnake" but actually they weren't blind (they had ment to say shiny) and they weren't even snakes but legless lizards.
any of those around here??
thanks
dianne

 

[s_butterfly]

my snake

my durango mountain king is fully grown and isnt very big at all check him out under my snakey

 

[ChrisNCT]

snake

my durango mountain king is fully grown and isnt very big at all check him out under my snakey

And your is truley beautiful. Now I'm in the market for the same species as yours butterfly. He will join the family of 2 Royal Ball Pythons and 1 Borneo Short Tailed Blood Python.

 

[Brian S]

Dianne,
A corn snake or kingsnake won't get very big.

 

[eksong]

The Western Hognose would be perfect! =

 

[monkeyman13]

i was considering kenyan sand boas as my first snake species but i ended up spending more money on lizards and frogs. a female maybe grows 2 feet and will eat fuzzies. they run about 50 dollars each. they have absolutely beautiful coloration. the only real problem is that they need heat of about 120 degrees farenheit and are not that common in pet stores.

 

[Elizabeth]

Big is so relative. My cornsnake is supposed to get as big as 4 feet. That's considerably bigger than my Russian sand boa (Eryx miliarus), which should only get around two feet, more or less: more if it's female, less (shorter) if it's a male. We also have a spotted python (Antaresia maculosa), which, again, I think is only going to be a couple feet long.

We only just got these this past year, so I hope I got my info right. Of the three, the python is the feistiest. The cornsnake is considerably easier to handle, but still a mover. The Russian sand boa is a little slug compared, but a lovable little slug! My girls (4 and 6 yrs) can handle him. I don't worry about him getting away while being handled. He is just very calm. I could imagine him/her being boring for some keepers, but for us with the kids, well, it's perfect to have all three, but he would be THE one if we could only have one. (And he cost more than the Kenyan sand boa, but you don't have to keep the temps so high. We only need a heating pad under the one side of his aquarium. At the reptile show, he cost $125. I saw others for $100 and others for $175. Coloration variation seemed to be the reason for the price differences.)

Check out online herp dealers if you need it to come to you.

 

[MrT]

Look at Hognose.com
Super good looking, only getes 3-4'. Neat looking head with almost a diamond pattern on the body. The Western Hognose eats mice, the Eastern eats Frogs.
I paid $60.00 for a red phase male.

 

[JJJoshua]

Northern Water snakes (Nerodia sipedon) don't get big.

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/northern_water_snake.htm

 

[Immortal_sin]

I have a full grown male rosy boa, and he's just under 3'. I keep him in a 20 gallon long, so he doesn't take up much room....

 

[Raindog]

Chondros are a bit more labor intensive but they are fascinating snakes. I have two, Graham and Autumn...

 

[OldHag]

i was considering kenyan sand boas as my first snake species but i ended up spending more money on lizards and frogs. a female maybe grows 2 feet and will eat fuzzies. they run about 50 dollars each. they have absolutely beautiful coloration. the only real problem is that they need heat of about 120 degrees farenheit and are not that common in pet stores.

Kenyan sand boas need a basking area of about 90-95...not 120!! that would be WAY too hot for them! The cool side needs to be 80-85. Theyre VERY VERY easy to care for and VERY VERY mellow!!! I have 4 of them. Normals and anerytheristics. Theyre very loveable I HIGHLY recomend them! My adult female is eating weanlings to adult mice with no problems. My yearlings are eating fuzzies. They come in so many neat patterns...from almost all brown to LOTS of orange!!

Michelle