Just wanted to introduce myself to everyone and share some pics (if I can figure out how)
I am a 7th and 8th grade Science teacher and decided I wanted a snake as our classroom pet. I helped raise a BP many years ago and always wanted a snake but my husband is not a big fan of an reptiles as pets. Fortunately, I found a loophole! Since the snake will only be at our home for summers and long holidays, I get to have one.
I prepared for getting a BP since that's what I was familiar with and went to the local pet stores to get one. All of the local breeders only feed live and I didn't want to deal with that or switching one to F/T. Well, all of the BP at the pet stores were really nippy, so I decided to ask for a recommendation on something similar to care for. The guy at Petco sold me a RTB telling me is was really no different from a BP except that it would get a foot longer. When I got home with the sweet guy I started calling around to do some research and realized that this guy was going to get way bigger than I was prepared to handle or wanted to deal with. Several of the people I talked to recommended Corn Snakes, so I returned the RTB and came home with a cute corn snake.
I usually like to do all my research before getting a pet but it just didn't work out that way and now I'm figuring it all out as I go. This forum has been great about answering my questions and I plan on sticking around here a long time. Thanks everyone!
Now here's so pics:
That was my first time feeding him. Hopefully we get it right the next time but he didn't seem to have any problems thankfully!
I am a 7th and 8th grade Science teacher and decided I wanted a snake as our classroom pet. I helped raise a BP many years ago and always wanted a snake but my husband is not a big fan of an reptiles as pets. Fortunately, I found a loophole! Since the snake will only be at our home for summers and long holidays, I get to have one.
I prepared for getting a BP since that's what I was familiar with and went to the local pet stores to get one. All of the local breeders only feed live and I didn't want to deal with that or switching one to F/T. Well, all of the BP at the pet stores were really nippy, so I decided to ask for a recommendation on something similar to care for. The guy at Petco sold me a RTB telling me is was really no different from a BP except that it would get a foot longer. When I got home with the sweet guy I started calling around to do some research and realized that this guy was going to get way bigger than I was prepared to handle or wanted to deal with. Several of the people I talked to recommended Corn Snakes, so I returned the RTB and came home with a cute corn snake.
I usually like to do all my research before getting a pet but it just didn't work out that way and now I'm figuring it all out as I go. This forum has been great about answering my questions and I plan on sticking around here a long time. Thanks everyone!
Now here's so pics:
That was my first time feeding him. Hopefully we get it right the next time but he didn't seem to have any problems thankfully!
