Black rat snakes as pets? - Page 2

youngster · 11-04-11, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by snake man12

Black rats are in the same genus as corns,they might be good

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

I'm not sure petwise but lemme tell you, they are AMAZING animals.

brandonh · 11-04-11, 09:13 PM

black racers do sound like they are pretty awesome pets

infernalis · 11-05-11, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by brandonh

black racers do sound like they are pretty awesome pets

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.

stephanbakir · 11-04-11, 09:18 PM

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.

brandonh · 11-04-11, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by stephanbakir

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.

those are beautiful snakes. i love the colors of them

Coffee Black · 11-04-11, 10:42 PM

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

brandonh · 11-04-11, 11:42 PM

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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

what kind of habitat do you normally find them in?

SSSSnakes · 11-04-11, 11:13 PM

Racers and MKB are cool, but Black Rats get a lot bigger.

Coffee Black · 11-04-11, 11:21 PM

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.

Coffee Black · 11-04-11, 11:48 PM

Woods. There was an old shack/shed type thing in the trails I would see them around a lot. Lots in trees too.

brandonh · 11-04-11, 11:52 PM

thanks for the help.

snake man12 · 11-05-11, 07:52 AM

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

youngster · 11-05-11, 08:14 AM

Wayne you're making me want a black racer more and more everyday! But fish and game won't let me

knox · 11-05-11, 08:44 AM

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.

brandonh · 11-05-11, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by knox

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.

i have encountered black racers in the wild and it dose seem they do come right at you.

i find this talk about black racers as pets very interesting.
i want to here more about it

as for Yellow Bellied Racers i have no idea i never seen one.
im not sure they even live in my area

your lucy's are very beautiful
thank you for your pics!