hey Internet so we did a five beginner snake video before and I don't know where she is going
but I decided to do the next one up in this not a series but you know we did the beginner snakes
and what my opinion it's not necessarily 100% the case but in my opinion are the best five
beginner snakes for people just getting started but this one I want to do the best five kind of
intermediate or interm ones so they still are really good first time pets but they may they
take a little bit more and so when I talk about the in their intermediate ones it's about a couple
different basis so number one how much like how complicated it is their husbandry you need to
pay more attention to the husbandry the size requirements both of the snake as well as the
enclosure that's going into its availability kind of the temperament or whatever else that has to do
with the animal and things like that and so that's kind of what differentiates between beginner and
intermediate snakes and so first up on this list if you couldn't tell already by my girl climbing
here is the boa constrictor this is Severus she's our boa constrictor she's our true red tail she's
a Kiana she came to us is technically a rescuer surrender she has to be super super chunky but
she's been on a pretty good diet she's slimming down and for a fat snake she really loved to
climb and so any chance I have she's gonna be up climbing around and give her a little bit
of exercise we've actually she's been out for a couple videos because you know how things are
going right now it's giving us plenty of time to dedicate to not only doing more interactions with
the animals but making videos so we're shooting quite a few today but so our Girl stove so well
constrictors in my opinion my favorite snake period these guys are really good intermediate
snakes because overall their temperament is really great it's really docile they're fairly forgiving
when it comes to husbandry you know they're not bulletproof and I mean no flipping out Liz but
you know they can do they can do pretty well really the only thing is want to make sure that
there humidity is really good kinda like the ball pythons they're a little bit better when it comes
to that but you know you really want to make sure you want to have high high humidity but
the reason why they're not necessarily beginner beginner sinks is because they just get bigger as
a whole you know they're not a giant reticulated python but they very easily attain six feet long
I don't exactly know how long this girl is but boa constrictors easily obtain six feet long it kind
of depends on subspecies like I said she's the Guayana but a lot of the morphs and stuff are the
imperarters or there's Argentinians and other ones like that so there's a wide variety of colors wide
variety of morphs different places that you can get them from so kind of anybody who's interested
in you know specific colors whatever else was kind of a boa for everybody they are fairly arboreal if
you couldn't help she's usually trying to hit the ceiling most of the time when I have her out but
they do like to climb so if you're able to give them space to climb or give them plenty of time
out where they can exercise and climb and move around they're really great boas have a pretty
good feeding response so you know just as a larger snake that's a little bit something that you
kind of have to be looking out for if you're just getting into them is there a bigger snake there's
more power there's more speed behind them so just a little bit more careful when it comes time to
feeding but otherwise great great snake I love those to death I'm always gonna have those okay
next up is the carpet python they come in a lot of varieties different localities and stuff like that
these guys I would say are a good intermediate species because they are number one very forgiving
when it comes to husbandry they with you know some other snakes like if you get them too wet
too hot too cold you can cause some serious health issues very quickly these guys are a lot more
tolerant when it comes to things like that they do get to be a little bit larger size depending
in localities some can get over nine feet as well as as babies they can be pretty defensive pretty
quick to strike and also their food response is and she's a little huffy right now she's not a big
big fan of coming out but our bridles isn't shed so we're we were able to use Juliet she's being
tolerant enough I don't like to force the animals to do anything they don't want to and if they
really don't want to come out we don't bring him out but she's doing pretty good but she's still
not a big big fan of being out a whole lot but I digress you know they have a pretty pretty high
straight pray response so you know if you're ever going into the enclosure tub or whatever you know
you really gotta let them know that hey I'm not food because a lot of times they will kind of come
out flying but they still are really great pets because once they are accustomed to things they're
really great they're really personable I wouldn't say they're really angry or defensive snake once
they're kind of out of that baby neonate stage as well as they are just super super pretty when it
comes to like selectively bred carpet pythons like some of like she's just a kind of basic
mutt jungle so she's jungle and she probably has coastal or whatever else blood in her I mean it's
the same species of snake arguably although that's gonna make some carpet people upset but you know
she doesn't have any specific lineage but some lines of you know jungle carpets are literally
just solid neon highlight or yellow and black and then there's diamonds and then there's you know
central and darwins centralian carpets which are like a really cool rusty red and things like that
but these guys I have say are very very good you know not beginner but intermediate snake choice
to get into that's just they get a little bit larger and they have that pretty good feeding
response or the only things that keep them from being a good beginner snake so next up are the
pine snakes bull snakes gopher snakes really any snake that is in the pituophis family so
the picture office that's the scientific name and that's the Bulls pines and Gophers and stuff like
that this is moose sorry little guy he's still twitch he's getting used to it we've got him
fairly recently here in Colorado you're actually not allowed to sell bull snakes you can have them
and so if you're gonna acquire them you either have the wild which I'm not the biggest fan of
or they can be gifted to you that's how we got him some somebody was trying to downsize and a
lot of people were asking for this bull snake but you know they're not necessarily for everybody for
one basically one specific reason that makes them a little bit different than other things so the
bull snakes and pine snakes are really cool their scales are very different they're keeled so it's
kind of like a rattlesnake scale so they're not like those smooth you know diamond-shaped ones
they they're they're they're keeled and so you can feel they have a very different texture to
them I don't know if it's going to show up in the camera or not but they're all endemic to North
America they are very widespread bull snakes and gopher snakes are technically this they're
the same species but there's several different subspecies so kind of like with the Boas and and
he is going for a ride so we'll wait for him to come out in a second maybe maybe not all right
okay sorry about that and exactly we remember but so like I said they are native to North America
bull snakes are very widespread bull snakes and gopher snakes they're technically the same species
just different subspecies even and then between the different bowls tanks and gopher snakes
there's even different distinguishing factors so like animals and Texas look entirely different
behave a little bit difference it probably can't even brew me properly if the further north you get
like into northern Colorado and then even further up even as high as like Canada but I digress the
reason why these guys are an intermediate isn't because they get super huge although some of the
pines and bull stinks they can get you know six seven eight feet long it's still fairly manageable
because they're colubrids they're pretty slender body it's that they can have a bit of an attitude
and what I mean by that is they're they will try to run away but they're also more prone to threat
displays and posturing and so that's that very iconic thing they'll do they will rival their
tails in the leaf litter and they will raise up and they will hiss and off very very loudly and
that's a big deterrent for a lot of people but truth be told most of the time once you
get them out they're perfectly fine some of them you know they're they their colubrids so they'll
must and they will huff and hiss and they can be a little biting if they don't want to be messed with
but truth be told these guys are really great great species people you know everybody wants
the tropical species like the pythons and bows and stuff but we have some really cool native
snakes here in here in Colorado in North America in general and both snakes and gopher snakes are
really really cool they're great manageable pets they don't get to a big size you know because
they're native you don't have to worry as much about humidity heat and stuff like that you know
they still need a human hide they still need a big water bowl and you know they they can brew mate
they still need a hot spot but they're not as you know it's not as an it's not as high ranging and
not as specific as some other animals but you're doing such a good job moose all you're doing so
good this is the first thing when Cameron really his first time out so he's doing really good so
the next phone list is we don't actually have it because we're technically not supposed to have
him in Colorado and that is the hognose snakes it's a little weird here in Colorado like we
can wild collect four of them according to Fish and Wildlife but then we're not allowed to keep
or sell them so and exactly know we're supposed to do because we can legally harvest up to four
a year but anyway they're good intermediates same species but there are a few caveats to them as to
why they're not necessarily the best beginner snake number one is they are rear Fang venomous
and so what that means is that they don't have a more evolved delivery system like a viper or a
cobra or something like that it's not even a true Fang it's just this kind of altered Ridge tooth in
the back of their mouth that the venom actually trickles down and so that means to technically
envenomate something they have to really get a hold of it and chew it down that being said there
they've evolved to do that so they can actually do it pretty easily but it's a fairly mild toxin it's
really not that toxic especially anything any of your relate to like rattlesnakes or anything like
that but it is something that really should be you know brought up they're not really inclined
to bite at all they will do this kind of bluff by thing where those kind of like bump their nose
into your hand but they're very very disinclined to bite in general and I there's only been like
one two documented cases of a bit of an actual reaction to their venom and that was because
it was an allergic reaction which can happen with any sort of protein in general but that being said
that's probably the reason why we're not really allowed to keep them in Colorado then it's also
a native animal and things get kind of weird in Colorado bout native animals but they are a good
snake as a pet if you're allowed to keep them because they don't get very large like a big
female only gets about two feet long so you can keep him in a smaller enclosure you know other
than like you know some of the eastern hogs or the South American tricolor hogs they don't
need a lot of humidity they don't need a lot of space you just need a good hide because they do
like to hide in a good little in a decent passing spot and that's all I really need the other thing
is that as babies they can be very finicky eaters out in the wild they eat a lot of toads and stuff
like that and so because in you know in the hobby we want to feed everything rodents because it's
the easiest to do and they all can eat them and it doesn't necessarily do anything negative to
them so we all want everything switching over to rodents so a lot of the babies have a hard time
getting started going but once they do they're really great they're really Hardy snakes and
they're really really cool like I said we don't have any here in Colorado so we don't have any
here jz's reptiles but they can be a very good snake if you're allowed to keep them where you
are all right this last one might seem a little weird considering the species but I do have a
couple reasons as to why I stay but they're not an advanced species and that's the Burmese
python this guy Fierro is a little special case where we are in Colorado and Colorado there's
no restrictions when it comes to the size of constrictors but in different cities and stuff
it can get so that way so we're not actually allowed to have the big big constrictors like
retakes and berms but because Fiyero is special as we've addressed in previous videos and you can
check those out after this he's never gonna get big he's four and a half years old so he's never
gonna get to this giant state like he's maybe five feet long now and so most of his growing is kind
of over it and because of how he is he's just not gonna grow very quickly at all but the reason why
I say that berms are more of an intermediate species rather than a advanced species is most
of the time they're fairly docile when it comes to big big snakes yes babies can be kind of huffy
and puffy a lot of the times and I've worked with large constrictors before with big retakes with
with big burns never any rocks but I have worked with them in the past and really the only thing
that is something to consider is just how big they are so a big snake means big enclosure big
poops and it's a still a snake and there's no is technically a tame snake but you have pretty
docile very tolerant animals and Burmese pythons as a whole are very tolerant docile species what
are you doing buddy derpy boy right and so as far as the husbandry goes you know they can be prone
to respiratory infections but you know if you have a large enough enclosure and you're keeping an eye
on your humidity in temps like you would with any other species then you're know you're pretty much
set to go it's just that they just get so big and yes that can be a bit of an issue but you know
as far as husbandry goes they're really not that bad you just need a lot of room and you know what
you're doing so you need to do a lot more research but you know they're easier to care for than say
like a rainbow boa or like a green tree python they are not terribly expensive until you get
into like the crazy designer morphs like I think Bob Clarke has a lot of pipe Burmese pythons now
you're looking at like a five six thousand dollar animal these guys aren't too too crazy priced but
anyway that's why you know that's I know a lot of people might think Burmese pythons you're crazy
but you know as a whole they're really not that terribly difficult to hold to hold on to and to
keep and as long as you know you do the research and you talk to people and you know you know that
you're and what you're investing in then they can be a really great fairly easy to keep species they
just get big but anyway that is my opinion on five you know intermediate species and there are a lot
more species out there that cover in between those I'm mostly just staying away from you know the
very advanced ones so you know venomous stuff stuff that requires very specific things that
are very prone to going downhill if not being kept properly like rainbow Boas or green trees
and things like that so that's why I'm kind of sticking with just kind of these ones that are
fairly readily available in the Hobby and they do in fact make very good pets necks I hope you
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