I want to buy a snake! Advice?

Not all pet snakes are to be kept the exact same way. Some snakes are tropical, desert, forest edge or, semi/aquatic in nature, Depending on the type of snake you wish to care for as a pet, you will need to provide cage and habitat conditions that will naturally support it. Having a pet snake is a long term commitment. Your pet snake deserves the best care that you can possibly give it. Again, depending on the type of pet snake you wish to keep, the life spans of the snake can vary. Ball pythons, for example, can live up to 30 years if they are cared for properly. They are among the longest living snake species. Other species may have much shorter life spans. There are only a few small species of snakes that eat insects, small fish, frogs and small lizards.The popular snakes in the pet trade will eat rodents. Small mammals are fed to the larger snakes like adult boas and burmese pythons. The most popular technique used for feeding snakes is the frozen/thawed method.