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Originally Posted by Trouser Snake
What are Baird's rat snakes like, for example, in comparison to Russians and Subocs?
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I've never worked with those species before. I would hedge my bets that they would be closer to the Subocs. I've got two, a male and a female. The female is very bold and will crawl out in the open. My male is a bit more shy. Both however will regularly have their head poking from a hide watching me fold laundry and such. They are very "aware" of whats going on in their enclosures and outside of it and considering they have completely different personalities yet until recently were being kept in two cages set up the exact same with the same temps and everything. I would say that just shows me that they do have individual personalities and I'd imagine you'll find that with any species.
I don't hold them as much as I should so they can be a bit ornery when I try and get them out. Not looking to bite but more of a "Hey, how dare you" and they'll rattle their tails and what not but I've only been bit 2 times. 1 when the female was young and apparently really didn't like me changing the water bowl and when I was holding my male he accidentally bumped his head on my forearm while going down around my back and scared the crap out of himself bit my arm and just went back to what he was doing.
In the wild Baird's are known to be quite docile and many can be picked up with little fuss from what I understand. I have no doubt that if I had spent even a little more time handling them when they were younger they'd both be puppy dog tame. But I don't really handle my reptiles much as a personal choice so I deal with it. If I were to get something that could deal some damage like bullsnake or larger or a monitor lizard or something I'd hold them basically every day while young.
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