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First thing you should know is that every snake is different. Make sure you research online the kind of snake you want. Check out their care sheet and see if the animal in an easy snake for a beginner . Once you have a good idea about what snake you want; go to your local reptile store and see if they will let you hold that species of snake to see if you really like it. Once all that is done, you need to buy a cage/tank with all the accessories needed for the animal you will be getting; heating pad, heating lamp, substrate, hide box, hygrometer/thermometer, etc. Set up the tank before getting the animal, check the care sheet and make sure your temps/humidity are all fine before acquiring your new pet. This will be very helpful once you have your pet. When you get him, it is advised to not really mess with them for atleast 4 to 5 days so that they can relax and get comfortable. Stress is a big worry with a lot of snakes, so you want to minimize that as much as possible. Try feeding after the snake has been in the tank for a week.
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Good luck, and just remember that the more preparation you do before your pet arrives the better. Keep a care sheet on hand and keep track of the dates when your snake eats/defacates/sheds. This will all help in the overall health of your animal.
The best thing you can do is go on google and do as much digging as you can about whatever pet you want to get. Look up some videos on youtube, talk to some people at the petstore. Different species of snake are going to need different requirements, heat, humidity cage size etc. So to start figure out the type of snake you really want and go from there.:) good luck
They have to be kept at 90 degrees and the heat source has to be outside the tank out of reach of the snakee or it will burn its self. my snake I had my heater resting on top of the lid and my snake "Stood" up to push up against the light and by the time i saw him doing this he had burns near his head. There should be a cool part to. feed your snake in a different cage then it lives a feeding tank so its not ready to bit anything that lands in its living tank ie your hand. only use tank bedding that is for snakes cedar is poison to snakes. Aspen bark is good. Get a climbing branch they love to climb, also a hammock net is nice for them to lay in. I got a ferret corner litter box to use as a water bowl and swimming pool. there is a special moss that you can buy and wet down and put in the snakes cage to help with shedding and there is a jojoba spray (i had to find when my snake started looking like an dry peeling skin and having trouble shedding eye cap) from the pet store. They wil not eat unless they are the right temp. Also my ball will ONLY eat live mice and it is hard to find places that sell live feeder mice so look around for a place before you get your snake even if the store says they have feed frozen cause my snake obviously had never but the store lied. Also, they will try to get out all the time one night i forgot to put clamps back on one side and in the morning a had a feeder mouse and no snake.I found the snake on a shelf wrapped on a candle later on. Seriously he just left his dinner and ran. Als othe pet store said that if the snake ever bites not to gerk your hank or whatever away `cause you can rip their teeth out then they won't be able to eat. They said to have rubbing alchol to put near their nose like on a cotton ball and the smell will make them let go. Mine never bit but once tried to eat a washcloth when going after a mouse and i had to get the washcloth out of its mouth
Go research it yourself
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