Snake is an unpleasant and fearful reptile for most of us.  But still there are people who would like to have a snake at home and live with them as you do for a cat or a dog. Also not all snakes are poisonous. Some of them are good and tame enough to be a pet for us. There are several reasons to make snakes good pets.

• Snakes need only a small space.
  Size of the snake mainly decide the  space it needs. But comparatively they need a small space to move freely since they are not as active as other pets we have.
• Feeding snakes is relatively easy.
  Most snakes need a meal only once or twice per month.  In countries like US, frozen rats are available from pet shops.  Of course, if you have a snake such as Burmese python, it may need a heavy meal.
• Cleaning and cage maintenance is easy.
  Cleaning the cage of a snakes every two weeks is sufficient.

Ball python will be a good option to have as the first snake pet. Ball python is a non-venomous python species found in Africa. They are considered as non aggressive, tame and slow animals. An adult ball python is about 4 feet in length.

The following video explains tips for handling a ball python.

Some poisonous snakes are very beautiful and attractive but you should be careful in deciding which kind of snake is suitable for you. Unless you will end up with a disaster!