In the top pet snake forum on the net – the boatips.com forum – one of the top question that I see potential new snake owners asking all the time is what snake should I get. They want to know what snake is good for a beginner. They also want a snake that isn’t likely to bite them. One thing to remember is you always want captive bred snakes – wild snakes are pretty much always going to be biters and really belong out in the wild, not in your home. So I tell people to get a ball python because they don’t get too big and are really easy to care for and don’t have a lot of complicated requirements for their environment. They can handle a large range of temperatures and humidity’s.