Brand new to the reptile pet world (well sorta). Back story is I did have a little desert lizard and a couple salamanders when I was a kid, so I guess I have a little tiny bit of experience.
I am 42 and just got my first snake this week. I spent 3 weeks doing research on the subject of good first snakes and was drawn to the smaller Corn/King/Milk snakes (Colubridae). Part of this was due to the fact that my wife is very unfamiliar with snakes and the Boa / Python route may have been "too much snake" for a first one.
I found that Kings tend to be a little more nippy than the Corn or Milks, so I narrowed my search to Corns and Milks. I found that even though some say that Milks are more difficult than Corns, I was just too drawn to the look of the Milks. On Monday I found the perfect little 6 month old Tangerine Honduran Milk Snake (L. t. hondurensis). He is a good eater (per prior owner) and I can say that he certainly is, as yesterday he ate 2 pinkies with no issue at all. Before he was fed yesterday, I was able to handle him for 5-10 minutes and he is a calm customer. He just hung out on my hand and sniffed around a bit. He wasn't too jumpy and seems to be very use to handling.
Anyway, since this is a picture thread, here are a couple of Javi.
