Need advice

[Will0W783]

A tiger rat snake (Spilotes pullatus) will definitely keep you on your toes if you can find one! I have a huge 7-foot+ LTC female I've owned for about 3 years now. She's pure evil inside her cage, but not too bad once you get her out. They are long, thin, extremely smart and very fast. Much like boomslangs, tiger rats have forward-set eyes, and will weave their head back and forth to triangulate depth for a more accurate strike. I LOVE mine...she's my favorite non-venomous snake to work with.

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by Will0W783

A tiger rat snake (Spilotes pullatus) will definitely keep you on your toes if you can find one! I have a huge 7-foot+ LTC female I've owned for about 3 years now. She's pure evil inside her cage, but not too bad once you get her out. They are long, thin, extremely smart and very fast. Much like boomslangs, tiger rats have forward-set eyes, and will weave their head back and forth to triangulate depth for a more accurate strike. I LOVE mine...she's my favorite non-venomous snake to work with.

How big of an enclosure would you need to provide for an adult?(Not the minimum, something more ideal).

Also if I remember correctly Tiger rat snakes are not really "rat snakes" but more closely related to indigos and cribos?

[hunter4life]

I work with Rats and they are def. mean! lol I wouldn't say don't get one though, my opinion would be get a King Rat! They are so pretty when I see them, I work at BHB Reptiels and we have about 4 for sale right now and GOD they are so pretty! Great lookin' snakes, if you can afford a scale less, I recommend getting a scale less Rat! They are real pretty! We have plenty of those for sale too!

[Roman]

Originally Posted by Mikoh4792

How big of an enclosure would you need to provide for an adult?(Not the minimum, something more ideal).

I wrote something about the enclosure size in post #11. As I said, the bigger the better, an adult Spilotes will use all space it gets.

Here are some additional information and pictures of my enclosure

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/gener...-pullatus.html

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/enclo...shut-up-5.html

Roman