Well it is starting to become a problem

[RAD House]

Originally Posted by prairiepanda

She's gorgeous! Such a cute little wormie. She'll definitely try to talk you into getting more snakes.

All the snakes are doing their best right now. They are all out of service right now either due to feeding or shedding.

Originally Posted by Joshchimera

Nice addition. This looks funny, morps ate crazy these days..

Yeah I don't think it is a new morph by any means, just not all that common.

Originally Posted by toddnbecka

The couple wild adult black rats I've found were pretty easily handled. I kept one for a couple weeks back in college, found the feeding response rather funny compared to my red tail boa. Never showed any aggressive behavior toward me though, just a total spaz when (live) mice were offered.
Nothing wrong with collecting as long as you're caring for them properly. Money is relative, just don't spend more than you can afford.

That is exactly what I am looking for, something active but not an a-hole. I am just content right now, I don't even feel the need to look at fauna or kingsnake. Who knows how long that will last.

[EL Ziggy]

You've got a fine collection of colubrids MC.

[daisymaisy]

congrats on the new addition! I know what you mean...finding the right spot between enough but not so many that you clean cages all day. Anyway quite a little beauty, good choice!

[Albert Clark]

Cool pick up MC! I always thought all rat snakes were on the aggressive side.

[RAD House]

Thanks everyone. As for aggression there seems to be a lot of contradictory information. The consensus seems to be that the texas rat is one of the most aggressive animals, but plenty of people say their adults are puppy dog tame. Asain rat snakes seem to be known as having bad attitudes, but again some have great luck with them. The black rat snake, which is technically the same species as the texas rat, are known to be calm and handleable as adults even as wild caught. Corn snakes are also rat snake and are world renowned for their great temperament. Both the Bairds and Trans-pecos rat snake are also know to have great dispositions. Those are the species I have looked into at least. Sometimes it seems to come down to a specific snake, my girl seems to be calming by the day. Also this is just a theory but you may hear about more nightmare snakes just due to the fact that there is a story.