Blonde Transpecos Ratsnake

[McPatch]

Can anybody give me any information on this type of ratsnake.I just aquired one and need to find some info on them.They look way cool.Bugy little eyes.
Thanks

[naja]

man, nice goin! thats one hell of a nice snake! what kind of info do you want, though? husbandry? natural history? i would suggest simply going to google or another engine and typing in trans-pecos ratsnake, and perhaps a feww other words pertaining to your mindset, and you should be kept busy for many hours, if not days, with valuable info on your new aquisition. basically, though, they need to be provided with plenty of space, as they are active, and will be stressed to extremes if not given room to run. keep a heat pad underneath one side of the enclosure, and be sure to provide ample ventalation. also, you would do well providing someplace for your new pal to hide, like a piece of curved bark, covered with substrate, which should be preferably sandy dirt,kept moderatly dry, maybe with some sage plants and cacti, or if you prefer a simpler approach, go with pine mulch. provide a large dish of clean water for soaking, all, or most, snakes love this, and feed on mice and rats. temperature should be kept between 65 and 85 degrees, with a range in between these temps always available, and the hiding spot in the cooler part of the cage, i.e. on the opposite side than the heat pad. ciao, and good luck! take care of that little beauty! one last thing, i don't know how old he/she is, or how large, but count on anywhere from 4-5 feet, possibly 6...

[reverendsterlin]

I still go with the idea that pine is an aromatic wood and therefore is classed with cedar. There is controversy about this but for my money treat it like it is, there are enough alternatives in that price range to make it a non-runner.

[McPatch]

i'm using aspen for the rest of my snakes so i'll probably just use it.I guess what i was looking for was attitude,temperment,background ,where fromHe is about 8months old.And i got him for free.A boy who goes to the school i work at told me that his mom wanted me to phone her.So at the lunch hour i did just that.She said her boyfriend had bought the snake for her son but they broke up.The boy never looked after it and had talked about me to his mom.She said if i wanted it to come and get it .
The rest is history now i have this great lookin little snake and was a little curious about them

[naja]

ahh, well, they are one of my absolute favourite colubrids, but that is based mostly on looks! i have never seen one in person, r, obviously, handled one, so all i know about them is from what i've read in books and online...they are found from carlsbad new mexico, north to the sacramento mountains, east to el paso texas,and the area around el paso along the rio grande, as well as adjacent mexico, i guess basically the trans-pecos area, and then some... i don't know off-hand how many sub-species there are, for some reason, but i am going to say 2 or 3. they do make excellent captive, and readily accept rodents, even as newborns. males can attain lengths of up to 5 feet, females 4. i'm sure by now you are finding out just what the temperment of your particular snake is like, and i don't know much more than this , off-hand, except that i really want to get a couple myself! i would love to have a blond as well as a silver phase. there have been several albinos found in the wild, i believe in texas, though i'm not sure where. so, enjoy your new friend, and take care of him... if, for any reason at all, you feel the need to not keep him any longer, send me an e-mail, and i'll make you an offer, ok! ciao!