Black Rat Snake

[aconto]

I just adopted this snake form pet co. it had just come in and i was in there getting f/r for my bp so i took it home. honeslty the person there couldnt tell me what type of snake it was. I'm guessing its a rat snake just want to be sure. they say it was 3 and a female but owner didnt say what it was lol . Can anyone help me. i uploaded soem pics of here into my members galery :grab:

[lolaophidia]

That's a Grey ratsnake Elaphe obsoleta spiloides. Looks like a nice one too.

Here's a link I found when I did a search on Google under the Latin name.
Grey rat snake (http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/fl-guide/Elapheospiloides.htm)
Here's a care sheet link also.
rat snake care sheet (http://coloherp.org/cb-news/archive/careshts/ratsnake.php)
You can keep them the same way you'd keep Black, Red (Corn snakes) or Yellow rat snakes. I kept one for about 10 years and he was a great snake- ate about 5 mice at a time and was around 6 foot in length.

[aconto]

Thanks I went back up to the pet store and tried to get some mor einfo. owner says its a corn snake. oprox 3 yrs old and feeds on med rats every 2 weeks. I measre hi, at aprox 5 ft long. my gf seems to think its older then 3 yrs old

[Katt]

Wow is that ever a nice grey rat!! Congrats on getting such a beautiful snake!