My new tiger rat

[AgaR]

My new tiger rat snake, captive born. He 's 8 foot long and very tame.
http://agar.magazoo.com/colubrides/tiger/Dsc01056.jpg
http://agar.magazoo.com/colubrides/tiger/Dsc01055.jpg
http://agar.magazoo.com/colubrides/tiger/Dsc01051.jpg
http://agar.magazoo.com/colubrides/tiger/Dsc01053.jpg
http://agar.magazoo.com/colubrides/tiger/Dsc01050.jpg
Thx for looking:)

[Weather1]

Great looking snake. Such nice colors:cool:

[Simon]

Very nice tiger!!~!!

You know what? I have heard and seen so many tigers.....but I have not yet heard of one that is considered to be tame at all.......
I guess you are the first one!!!
Cause from my impression these guys/gals are nasty little bitters......
but since you said that your is tame I guess that you handle them a lot and that's why they calmed down a lot?????? I don't really know....cause I have only seen super aggressive ones....lol
oh well

[Simon R. Sansom]

He's a handsome, healthy-looking fellow, that's for sure. I particularly like the thin stripe down his spine.

Concerning aggressiveness in Spilotes; I only have a yearling pair and I've never owned the species before, but I've found my two to be fairly easy-going considering that they are a relatively nervous snake by nature.
My male will sometimes rattle his tail when I pick him up, but he does not try to bite. The female's a bit more nervous. She always rattles her tail and has puffed up her throat at me once (a very impressive display, by the way!), but she still has refrained from biting me.
So, all things considered, they're not that bad at all. The fact that they're captive-bred, I'm sure, is another factor contributing to their relative tractability.

Thanks for sharing the beautiful pics.

Simon

[AgaR]

Thx, for my tiger he's have the same reaction of your male Simon, he rattle and a little bit nervouse but he doesn't bite I realy like it I want a female :D
Ciao

[Dom]

Very nice tiger.. I'd love to see a pic of u holdign it for size comparason..

Take care
Dom

[J_Riley]

Beautiful, I love spilotes.

[Vanan]

That's an impressive snake regarding size and colour. Is great to see a hug Captive Born snake. Not many big Spilotes are CB, mostly WC. Hopefully you'll find a nice and big female to go with him too. :D

Vanan

[marisa]

I love that snake! Beautiful

marisa

[Phantom]

Congrats Alex!!! You finally got it after all this time ; can't wait to see it in person, he must be very impressive :)


Phantom

[marisa]

I just remembered....

Has anyone seen the Tiger Rats at the Toronto Zoo? I believe they had two last time I was there, and both were perched high up in hanging plant baskets.

Marisa

[eyespy]

Wow, look at that gorgeous, large and healthy snake, he's a keeper for sure!

[Clownfishie]

Wow -- gorgeous looking snake!

[AgaR]

Yes Vanan, tiger rat CB is not very common and I bought the only one I saw :P My tiger is one of the Philippe Blais's first clutch, but I don't know the Locality:( The only thing I know is that it's parents come from Nicaragua.

[homebrewed]

awsome!

[Simon R. Sansom]

Marisa... I do remember the Spilotes at the Toronto Zoo. The last time I was there was about ten years ago.
I actually have video tape of them. They were quite large if I recall correctly. That was the first time I'd ever seen Tigers and I was really impressed.
I believe that they also had a really nice arboreal display for some big Red-Tailed Green Rat Snakes (Gonyosoma oxycephala). I'll have to dig out that video tape this week-end.
I also have some tape of the Seaway Serpentarium somewhere in my collection. If any of you recall, or had occasion to visit the Serpentarium in Welland, Ontario displayed an awesome collection of many different types of reptiles. Their venomous snake collection was just spectacular.

Cheers!

Simon

[Andy_G]

I love its' colours, size and pattern!

[Lisa]

Great looking tiger, and the fact that it's so tame is a bonus to boot. more pics please.

[Tim_Cranwill]

Very impressive! He looks great. :P