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Are more than half of corn snake keepers women?

So, as a guy with 2 male friends who prefer corns, what are corns' main attractions for you (and your friends, if they have discussed it), compared to boas and pythons?
 
All of us being marines . And another buddy whom is scared of all snakes is what staryed the conversation. The scared one ask what we liked about snakes , and what was are favorite type of snake. Which we all agreed corns but we liked different morphs.
 
I'm not into pythons or boas for a few reasons. Ball pythons have the same variety I like in corns, but are finicky and, well, don't do anything. Boas are more active and interesting, but get bigger than I like and don't have as much variety though there are some.

My friends don't fit the "snake keeper" profile either. A good female friend of mine doesn't care for any colubrid, but instead has a male albino burm, two retics, a Dumeril's boa, and a teeeeeeny spotted python. My partner (who is the opposite of me and the very stereotype of a gay man) is also now looking into a Tokay gecko project, which I think he's out of his mind for. :eek1:
 
I like all snakes. We started with corns because they were the easiest to take care of for my son. Eventually, we all fell in love with them. We have a whole flock of corn snakes, a few ball pythons, a king snake, hog island boa, hog nose and a spotted python. We have lots of lizards as well.

My husband was against snakes until we brought home Piglet the odd ball snow corn. Then his first snake was a ball python, now he is getting a nice little collection of his own corn snakes.
 
obviously i'm rugged and manly and i like corns because of the variations in color, people are astounded that i have a pink and a purple snake. the size, the containers don't take up so much room. and the fact that if they escape there is little chance of them killing me or the family cat.
...although i do love to look at pythons, i don't know if i'll ever have one...a pastel king or milk snake on the other hand...those i'd take,lol
 
I'm female, and personally I'm going with corns as my first snake for two reasons. One is that I just like corns for their shape and size, they have such an interesting shape to their heads and I find them adorable to look at, more so than some other kinds of snakes. The other reason is that they are just a rather easy snake to get into for a first time snake owner, so I can get used to all the habits of snakes before I try anything more "challenging".

That being said, I still have plans in the future for several other types of snakes, including a couple BP morphs that I am very interested in, and I may even try my hand at a GTP.

The only other snake I wish would be easier to keep would be an asian vine snake. They're so unique looking and just a fascinating snake, but they are obviously very hard to keep as a pet.
 
As a mom of two little kids and a first time snake owner, a docile snake was top priority, second was easy of care! Of course, all my research, and my breeder, pointed me to corns or ball pythons. My son wanted a bp, he didn't say why. My daughter wanted a corn (because of all the "pretty colors!"), and my son said, whatever sissy wants! He's such a good big brother. And my husband, ex-marine, carpenter, manly man, preferred the look of corns. ;) So, here we are!

Becca
 
Oh and I forgot to say, that I was actually leaning toward a BP, because I thought they might be more "durable" (for lack of a better word) as little ones for my kids as they learned to be gentle. In other words, I was worried about having such a tiny baby with my young kids. But we ended up with a 10 month old corn, which was a decent size for my youn'uns. And now, I'm so happy we ended up with her! She's just perfect! :)

Becca
 
I'm male. I've only had my corn (and the idea of owning a corn) since Monday, but I don't think I'd be interested in owning another species of snake. Pythons and Boas are interesting biologically, of course, but I think longer snakes are cooler looking that shorter, fatter ones. Ease of handling is another issue with the more massive types, and they take up a lot of space for a college grad that's going to be living in small apartments for a few years. Corns just seem so zen, whereas the larger constrictors give off a more threatening vibe to me.
 
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