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10-30-13, 11:50 AM
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Re: google made me fall in love with rat snakes.
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Ratsnakes, in my opinion, are generally not "holding" snakes. You get them for looking at. I've been bitten by about 85% of the ratsnakes I've held throughout my life. At this point, I don't bother touching them any more because I don't like my odds. It doesn't hurt, since they've got such small heads and small teeth, but it's insulting...
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Keep in mind, corn snakes are ratsnakes. Aka red rat snake.
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10-30-13, 12:24 PM
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Re: google made me fall in love with rat snakes.
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Keep in mind, corn snakes are ratsnakes. Aka red rat snake.
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They are an exception rather than the rule, though.
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10-30-13, 12:34 PM
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Re: google made me fall in love with rat snakes.
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They are an exception rather than the rule, though.
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Explain......
Corn snake is just a common name. They are in the genus Pantherophis which includes everal other species of rat snakes like the black rat. It IS a rat snake.
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10-30-13, 03:50 PM
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Re: google made me fall in love with rat snakes.
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Explain......
Corn snake is just a common name. They are in the genus Pantherophis which includes everal other species of rat snakes like the black rat. It IS a rat snake.
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Corn snakes aren't all that tame either. I've been snapped at by many a cornsnake. Including one that I had for 3 years that suddenly became very mean. Almost every ratsnake I've touched has tried to bite me. That's all I can say.
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10-30-13, 04:09 PM
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Re: google made me fall in love with rat snakes.
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Corn snakes aren't all that tame either. I've been snapped at by many a cornsnake. Including one that I had for 3 years that suddenly became very mean. Almost every ratsnake I've touched has tried to bite me. That's all I can say.
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Oh come on, now your just making stuff up jk (kinda)
How much experience do you have with corns? I've had corns that have been through horrible situations like getting their tail chopped off on purpose and that corn has never bitten anybody. The only corns that seem to be defensive are young ones (not all of them) and ones that I have gotten that have never been handled (also not all of them).
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10-31-13, 07:51 PM
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Re: google made me fall in love with rat snakes.
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Oh come on, now your just making stuff up jk (kinda)
How much experience do you have with corns? I've had corns that have been through horrible situations like getting their tail chopped off on purpose and that corn has never bitten anybody. The only corns that seem to be defensive are young ones (not all of them) and ones that I have gotten that have never been handled (also not all of them).
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Nope. I had a corn that was bitey. Didn't get that way until he was about 2 years old.
Come to think of it, might have had something to do with me switching him to live. I wouldn't do that now... I was 10.
He also had a tendency to poo on people. Being handled always made him move his bowels. . 
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12-11-13, 08:41 PM
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Re: google made me fall in love with rat snakes.
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Originally Posted by mistersprinkles
Corn snakes aren't all that tame either. I've been snapped at by many a cornsnake. Including one that I had for 3 years that suddenly became very mean. Almost every ratsnake I've touched has tried to bite me. That's all I can say.
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PMSL rat snakes are ok,we have a VVB,they can get up to ten ft,and you need to handle them every day,then they should carm down,try handleing our big CCP,he gives a good nip or 2 and so fast,just need to be patient with them
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