The Corn Snake was one of the first snakes to be kept in captivity.
Many people keep corn snakes world wide for various reasons.
The snakes have generally good temperament, with it ranging from fair to excellent. Wild snakes might bite when they are captured, but once they are in captivity the biting usually goes away with time. The snakes are easy to keep because the mice they eat are easy to obtain, they reproduce easily, there is lots of information on for the snake, and it's large enough to suit many peoples' tastes but not so large that its size is overwhelming or dangerous. Ther are many corn snakes available because of the great numbers of snakes bred in captivity. Corn snakes are good for people for many different reasons.