I’ve got lots of garter snakes here. They’re practically friendly compared to the water snakes. I don’t pick up the water snakes because they’re aggressive.
Water snakes are nasty. Never got one to tame down. Most Garter snakes are pretty docile, or, they bite do so only when first caught.
Rat Snakes make the best pets of all North American snakes in m opinion, especially corn snakes.