I was thinking about getting a snake. Are there any snakes that stay small, are easily handled and eat insects their entire life?
There may be some snakes (not many) that fit that description, but most snakes commonly kept as pets eat rodents. If you insist on an insect-eater, that would severely limit your choices. I suspect you aren’t comfortable with feeding rodents to a snake and that’s why you’d rather have a snake that eats insects. I can understand where you’re coming from, but what you may not realize is that you can feed frozen/thawed rodents to a snake, and as a result you never have to see a rodent die. They are quickly and humanely sacrificed by someone else, and you buy them already frozen in a zip-lock bag. Just put the zip-lock inside a brown, paper bag if you care about what other people may think, and nobody will even know they are there. And if the idea of dead rodents in the freezer freaks you out initially, just remember, if you’re like most people, you already have meat in your freezer from dead chickens, cows, pigs, etc. However, if you continue to feel strongly about this issue, you can alw
