i have a corn snake right now, very easy to take care of unless they get sick. DONT USE WOOD CHIPS OR REPTILE BARK, when my corn swallowed a little wood chip it cost lots, the vet told me to use astro turf, for humidity have a cave or something along that line and put in moss from the pet store and moisten it every couple days, feed it frozen mice, after eating about three days later give the snake a bath in the bathtub, it helps moisturize the scales, helps shed, and also helps with constipation. keep the cage anywhre from 85-90 0F. when the snake gets bigger make sure the lid is secure, mine got out a few weeks ago, pushed thru two gueness book of records. hope this helps alitte