5 Snakes That MAKE Perfect Beginner SNAKES! EVERYONE Recommends The Wrong Snake!

These top beginner snakes are not what you’d see on everyone’s “top 5” this is why I recommend these snakes & do you agree?! Subscribe for more content! And head to ccsnakefatory.com follow on other platforms, join the discord for direct access 🔥

Okay so i am home a week and gone a week, so what would be a good snake

Only thing i would change would be #1 and #2 lol

Um, can we see some videos on rosy boa care? I know it’s the availability that makes them number 4, but any knowledge for my first snake is help.

I notice the boa imperator you were holding was quite thin compared to ours. Our exotics vet, who has spent over 30 years treating only exotics, said she’s a very healthy snake at about 7 feet and 13 pounds. However, I (a 5’ tall woman) cannot stretch my hands around her - she’s much larger around than yours. She’s also very strong, so much so that my adult daughter and I have a hard and fast rule: we do not unlock her enclosure unless we both are in the room. All that being said, she is a delightful snake to have, very active (although mostly at night, which is OK with us, as we are both night owls too), always ready to feed, and quite interactive.

I am curious why you didn’t include the corn snake on your list. We have had several, and they tick off all the buttons on your list, except for springtime “hormonal rage” lack of feeding by the males for about 3 months. Ours spent most of the year in my classroom (I taught high school chemistry and physics for 25 years), and were quite often handled by my students. (Now that I’m retired, my living room is a reptile zoo!) I don’t think I ever had a student bitten by one. The only time in all those years one got sick was when he had spilled his water dish, and I hadn’t realized his aspen substrate was wet. He caught a cold. (It is both the funniest and saddest thing to see a snake sneeze!) But a change of substrate and increased heat resulted in him getting better quickly. These corns were the first introduction to snakes for most of my students, and many of these kids went on to get corns of their own.

What about Dumeril’s Boa

I thought rosy boas were known to nip and sometime bite .

I definitely don't believe in "beginner" snakes. Of course, any venomous snake or ones that simply don't do well in captivity/aren't meant to be in captivity are the exceptions here -- absolutely not beginner snakes. But anything else COULD BE if you did proper research and are able to provide beyond the bare minimum requirements. Just my two cents! That being said, there are snakes I'd consider easier to take care of than others. I don't.... see the appeal of Kenyan Sand Boas. I do like their cow patterns, though. I've had a Rosy Boa and mine failed to thrive (crappy breeder) but they're such little underrated snakes. I'll probably have another one day, because he was a joy to interact with. I do want a (male) Plains Hog, potentially, to fill my 36x18x18" my baby BCI will soon vacate. I do know they can be picky eaters, though, which is always my hesitation with a species. I'll bypass Ball Pythons because -- well, yeah. Their hunger strikes are annoying to me. They have great temperaments, but strikes can definitely be stressful for new keepers. Boas are ALWAYS recommended by me, if you're okay with their adult sizes. I personally will never get a female BCI or BCC due to their adult size, haha, but a male I can handle. I have a male BCI right now and he's my favorite species I've ever had. Great vid!

Hognose...far from a great beginner snake.,and far from non venomous.

Russian ratsnakes..if you didn't know...now you know.

3:00 what morph is this?

Hey, my ball python is having his second skin shed but hes having trouble getting his neck skin off, i tried bathing him but it dosent help that much, do u have any tips?

Awesome subject, but I cant get over the clips of random species when talking about a particular one. For someone new, it could be very confusing. For someone that recognizes them, it is kinda annoying.

I just love kingsnakes more than anything so they are the snakes for me, but I wish I had snakes that could be housed together, that weren't so focused on escaping (and so good at attempting to!) and so I don't recommend them to people that are just looking for general snake advice. But where I live (Norway) only the boa and the ball python from the list are legal we have very few reptiles in general to choose from.

As a keeper of all of these but a Kenyan sand boa and a common boa but very familiar with both species i would drop the sand boa from the list and make number 1 a dumerils boa. Smaller than a common boa but heavier bodied and even calmer and can be kept dryer than a common boa

mainland retic is the best beginner snake... or king snake. i have both :)

Lots of great snakes out there, but really, nothing is easier to learn on than a corn snake.

I have a Ball and a KSB, guess who stops eating 4 months out of the year and who is most likely to tag me because he’s a bit too food motivated 🤣

I forgot the point of the video so i just ordered a thing called A King Cobra

Of course a king combra.

Know what it is you want first if you're into whatever your snake of choice you'll keep learning to be a better handler/keeper...then go get a boa😂

Will include milksnakes

BCI are so much better than ball pythons.

My rosy boa is my first snake and I couldn’t be happier. He is SO calm and he happily comes out of his enclosure on my arm. And eating for him is so easy. He even eats when he’s in shed!

Couldn’t recommend a little guy like him more.

If you’re looking into getting a western hognose, check your state regulations on ownership of these snakes. Your state may require a permit to own a hognose prior to purchase. They are great snakes to own, my state requires a permit for them which I found out just in time.

I disagree but because I think that you didn’t offer some context comments - I have a household with pets and small kids and and honestly I can’t imagine the need for a more interactive snake- she’s perfect and curious. We lost power in these storms and she was a polite sweatshirt pouch snake until we got the generator up and then was manageable when she wanted to climb around. I just don’t find the trade offs tempting!