Snakes are a bit like marmite…
Yep, that’s right – you either love them or you hate them. Very few people I know would say ‘I don’t mind snakes’ but if you want to prove me wrong, go ahead, give it your best shot.
Having a pet snake is something that fascinated me since I was tiny; our primary school had a communal pet snake – a read and black corn snake, that we got to hold on to from as young as 5.
One big thing to bear in mind is that they are not really like other domestic pets (cats, dogs, rabbits). They are closer to fish in that they will spend most of their time in their vivarium, to be looked at and fed. Many species of snake are happy enough to be handled, but they will not like being cuddled like a kitten.
Corn snakes are by far the most common species of pet snake, and that is for very good reason. They are pretty docile, don’t grow to a huge size, and they come in all sorts of colours.
I love snakes. Can you tell?