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 Im thinking of getting a rat snake, which is the best for a first rat?

I already have 2 corns and have had loads before and i have a royal, now im thinking of another snake that doesnt take up alot of room (viv size) and is intertaining and a nice morph?????????



09/03/07  01:38pm

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 Im thinking of getting a rat snake, which is the best for a first rat?

BUMP!
09/04/07  01:05pm

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   Message To: Alex123   In reference to Message Id: 1431536


 Im thinking of getting a rat snake, which is the best for a first rat?

I don’t know anything about morphs, but if you want a hardy moderate-sized rat snake, check out the Baird’s and Everglades subspecies.
09/05/07  12:32am

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   Message To: JackAsp   In reference to Message Id: 1432274


 Im thinking of getting a rat snake, which is the best for a first rat?

grey rats arent bad, care very similar to corn care, i got a corn then rat few months later adn got another corn this sept.
12/06/07  04:24pm

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   Message To: Sw1c   In reference to Message Id: 1537845


 Im thinking of getting a rat snake, which is the best for a first rat?

Try an emory first they are as soft as corns.
12/06/07  11:11pm

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   Message To: Alex123   In reference to Message Id: 1430404


 Im thinking of getting a rat snake, which is the best for a first rat?

Well call me bias but I think the best snake to get as far as rat’s go is a lucy, I think they are really easy to take care of, exactly the same setups as corns but I think they are more entertaining, always active either climbing or burrowing and once they calm down as they get older they turn are the coolest little snakes :)
12/10/07  05:26pm

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   Message To: LeucisticTy   In reference to Message Id: 1542214


 Im thinking of getting a rat snake, which is the best for a first rat?

Quote:

Well call me bias but I think the best snake to get as far as rat’s go is a lucy


A leucy is not a kind of snake...it refers to a partricular color of snake (like amel, anery, ghost etc etc). There are leucistic(lucy) texas rat snakes, lucy black rat snakes..etc. Leucism just refers to the coloring of a snake and is not a particular species of snake. Which type do you have? The most common leucy’s are the leucistic Texas Rat snake.
12/10/07  06:56pm

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Sw1c
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   Message To: Wisema2297   In reference to Message Id: 1542329


 Im thinking of getting a rat snake, which is the best for a first rat?

grey rat is emory grouing, so nearly identical texture of corn, but it is much more active. can be nippier but it not bad. and the bites dont hurt anyways lol.
12/11/07  01:54pm

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LeucisticTy
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   Message To: Wisema2297   In reference to Message Id: 1542329


 Im thinking of getting a rat snake, which is the best for a first rat?

lol, that’s totally my bad, im just so used to resonding to certain posts, I have a leucistic texas rat snake :)
12/11/07  06:27pm

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   Message To: Alex123   In reference to Message Id: 1430404


 Im thinking of getting a rat snake, which is the best for a first rat?

The picture you have posted....is that a rat snake? I found a snake while I was out running .... thought it was a boa or a bh....the picture that you have is the same snake that I have.....can you tell me the name of it ... what it eats.....how big does it get....(the one I have is about 3’) ... It was basking in the sun on the path...I picked it up...it didn’t try to get away....should I have left it there?..do the live in cold areas?.......I have been treating this as if it was bs or a boa....(the markings are almost the same)...so glad I found this picture...let me know what you can about this snake....P.S.....It is not a nasty snake...never tried to bite...some of the rat snakes are nasty..right?....why isn’t this one nasty....thanks...
01/23/08  01:16pm


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