Speaking of smaller snakes, California and Mexico are home to a dwarf boa species, the rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata). (petbusiness.com)
Besides insects, they eat slugs, frogs, worms, fish, baby mice, eggs, fruit, and even small snakes. (creditloan.com)
Some people are drawn to the size and feel of big snakes, and I must admit that there is a quality to these larger snakes that engenders the feeling of a real human / animal connection that smaller snakes do not so easily muster. (petbusiness.com)