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11-04-11, 09:13 PM
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Re: Black rat snakes as pets?
black racers do sound like they are pretty awesome pets
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11-04-11, 09:13 PM
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Re: Black rat snakes as pets?
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Black rats are in the same genus as corns,they might be good
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That's not necessarily true. King rats are in the same genus as well and they are nasty little buggers :P
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Originally Posted by brandonh
black racers do sound like they are pretty awesome pets
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I'm not sure petwise but lemme tell you, they are AMAZING animals.
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11-04-11, 09:18 PM
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Re: Black rat snakes as pets?
I always had fun with red tailed green rats, or whatever they are called, worked with em over a weekend and they were a handful.
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11-04-11, 09:33 PM
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Re: Black rat snakes as pets?
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I always had fun with red tailed green rats, or whatever they are called, worked with em over a weekend and they were a handful.
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those are beautiful snakes. i love the colors of them
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11-04-11, 10:42 PM
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Re: Black rat snakes as pets?
Used to see a tons of these at Mills Mansion and Norrie Point in Dutchess county when I lived there. Norrie point is filled with them. There was one that was a good 5' + that I used the see on a trail near the Hudson River there. I miss those trails :P
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11-04-11, 11:13 PM
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Re: Black rat snakes as pets?
Racers and MKB are cool, but Black Rats get a lot bigger.
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11-04-11, 11:21 PM
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Re: Black rat snakes as pets?
Yeah the ones I found were fairly bulky. Maybe close to an inch and a half wide. Maybe wider. The big ones anyway. Awesome animals.
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11-04-11, 11:42 PM
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Re: Black rat snakes as pets?
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Originally Posted by Coffee Black
Used to see a tons of these at Mills Mansion and Norrie Point in Dutchess county when I lived there. Norrie point is filled with them. There was one that was a good 5' + that I used the see on a trail near the Hudson River there. I miss those trails :P
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what kind of habitat do you normally find them in?
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11-04-11, 11:48 PM
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Re: Black rat snakes as pets?
Woods. There was an old shack/shed type thing in the trails I would see them around a lot. Lots in trees too.
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11-04-11, 11:52 PM
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Re: Black rat snakes as pets?
thanks for the help.
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11-05-11, 07:46 AM
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Re: Black rat snakes as pets?
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black racers do sound like they are pretty awesome pets
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They make awesome observation only display animals.
My Toby is raised by me from birth, My hands touched his skin once, when he was delivered to me.
I opened the deli cup and the little monster flew right out and nailed me, so his first "hello" to me was a racer bite on my hand.
We get along wonderfully, I take good care of him, but he's a hands off kind of snake.
I love the way he behaves when Chomper is out wandering around, Chomper gets close to Toby's cage and that racer heads straight at him to go investigate.
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11-05-11, 07:52 AM
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Re: Black rat snakes as pets?
I found two black rat snakes in a retention basin,I often see kids there so I relocated them. One was about 5 feet other around 3 and a half
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11-05-11, 08:14 AM
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Snake Child
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Re: Black rat snakes as pets?
Wayne you're making me want a black racer more and more everyday! But fish and game won't let me 
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11-05-11, 08:44 AM
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Re: Black rat snakes as pets?
Black Rats are GREAT Snakes!
Black Racers will go out of their way to bite you it seems. I have more bites by black racers than all other snakes combined.
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11-05-11, 09:38 AM
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Re: Black rat snakes as pets?
Are yellow bellied racers more laid back cause I found one in my yard(didn't keep it) and it was as tame as my corns?
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