Anyone with yellow rat snake experience?

[CosmicOwl]

Originally Posted by DMong

Well, I'm sure the snake was only fed a "maintanance" diet thus far. It will grow very well if fed a decent sized rodent that's about 1/3rd larger than the widest diameter of the snake's mid-section about every 4-5 days for a good while. As long as you provide a small area on one end only that is in the mid-80s F so it can properly digest, and a cooler side in the mid-70s F to conserve its calories and body mass between feedings, it should really take off in growth. This is what they do in the wild. You want to see a very noticeable bulge from the meal without it being TOO large. If the meals are a bit small, feed it two at a time. With a decent feeding regimen it should grow very rapidly for you.


~Doug

Your Everglades rat snake is very purdy. I really want to get one of those neon orange, hypo everglades rats.