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Ball Pythons vs. Corn Snakes

I’m considering getting a pet snake, and the two candidates are corn snake and ball python. I’ve read up on them and they seem pretty similar in care, but the only thing is that I’ve read that sometimes a ball python will stop eating, and one of the things that you have to do to make it eat if that happens is to expose the brain of the prey. I don’t think that I could do that.

If anyone has either a ball python or a corn snake, what’s your opinion on the best pet? I travel in the summer to greece for a few weeks every year, and I have a multi-pet house…

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Answer #1

corn snakes are sooo cranky! I love my ball!

Answer #2

always get a pet sitter, if you have to travel or leave your pets. King snakes are good natured…

Answer #3

I have had my ball python for nine years and it has never stopped eating. It always eats the rat just like it should. Ball pythons are really neat snakes. Mine is very tame and he is just the coolest pet anybody could ever get. I don’t know much about corn snakes though..

Answer #4

I have a corn snake, and hes the nicest snake ever. he crawls on me and has never bitten anyone, and hes about 2 years old now.

Answer #5

I’ve had my corn snake Francois for almost two years now, and he’s AMAZING =] Very tame, eats great, has never struck at me, and loves to be out and around my neck while I’m around the house! He’s gentle and low maintenance…corn snakes are a wonderful pet for someone who likes reptiles =D

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