IN GENERAL AND UNBIASED BY LOOKS?!!.. Rat Snake questions.

[akane]

With more experience some day I've been wanting a blue beauty of the old world rat snakes, if you are including those, as one of my few not North American natives but I haven't seen one yet. Only what people have said. The beauty snakes are semi-arboreal but with some preferring more caves to trees and fairly active at varying periods throughout an entire 24hr cycle. Generally reported as more diurnal than nocturnal. Heat sensing and a bit quick to strike if not well handled but many say they can become docile with some extra work compared to the more laid back species. They do remain active, curious, and quick to go back on the defensive but I've found even with the typically thought of as docile corn snake the person can really determine whether the snake de-escalates or turns defensive to offensive. I have acquired 2 "aggressive" corn snakes and I really don't think it's genetic. Like the bull snakes they respond quite strongly to how you approach them and the younger one just calmed right down when I kept removing my hand from any position she felt threatened until you have to bump into her to get a response months later. The 4year old is more difficult and will break skin but I've only had him a couple months. He just moved from quarantine to a 75gallon bioactive where he annoyingly ambushes me from random hides but he's been giving it up faster every time I calmly go about what I'm doing.

[Trouser Snake]

Originally Posted by akane

With more experience some day I've been wanting a blue beauty of the old world rat snakes, if you are including those, as one of my few not North American natives but I haven't seen one yet. Only what people have said. The beauty snakes are semi-arboreal but with some preferring more caves to trees and fairly active at varying periods throughout an entire 24hr cycle. Generally reported as more diurnal than nocturnal. Heat sensing and a bit quick to strike if not well handled but many say they can become docile with some extra work compared to the more laid back species. They do remain active, curious, and quick to go back on the defensive but I've found even with the typically thought of as docile corn snake the person can really determine whether the snake de-escalates or turns defensive to offensive. I have acquired 2 "aggressive" corn snakes and I really don't think it's genetic. Like the bull snakes they respond quite strongly to how you approach them and the younger one just calmed right down when I kept removing my hand from any position she felt threatened until you have to bump into her to get a response months later. The 4year old is more difficult and will break skin but I've only had him a couple months. He just moved from quarantine to a 75gallon bioactive where he annoyingly ambushes me from random hides but he's been giving it up faster every time I calmly go about what I'm doing.

Pmsl at him ambushing you from different hides I'd be laughing at that I don't think my daughter would though lol, I'm gonna go down the pet shop and ask to handle some, and even ask if I can handle a defensive one too, just see how I am.handling, see how my daughter is handling a tamish one... I don't think k they have what I'm after but it's worth the experience as I've only ever handled an adult king and baby milk.