I'm planning on getting a snake in a couple of years, maybe after my cats have aged (one is 4, one is approximately 3) so the snek doesn't have any risks with the cats, or the other way around.
Anyway, I want to know, what kind of snake would you recommend to a reptile newbie? What kind of care would it require?
Snake will have to be kept away from the cats regardless of their age.
Colubrids are generally the easiest to start with; corns, kings, milks. Small boids; Kenyan sand boa, eosy boa. Ball pythons often get mentioned but, due to their eating habits, some new keepers get frustrated with them.
Google care sheets for each species.
>>2023306
*Rosy boa. Not eosy.
>>2023283
Those two animals don't mix well at all. They will need complete separation at all times. If the snake is too small the cat will try to kill it and if the snake is too big the snake will try to kill the cat.
tl;dr version: look into ball pythons and corn snakes and branch out from there
Milk Snakes are good relatively low maintenance snakes
