https://forums.kingsnake.com/forum.php?catid=84 New World Rat snakes are medium sized constrictors that can be found through a great portion of the north and central America. They feed primarily on rodents and birds in the wild and some species are known to be avid climbers. Most make attractive and docile pets while others can be skittish and sometimes aggressive. Bites are seldom serious and no species of ratsnake is dangerous to humans. They are popular as first time reptile pets or breeding projects due to their relatively small size and basic care requirements Here you may post messages or questions pertaining to all aspects and issues regarding the keeping, breeding, health, and conservation of all Rat Snakes. Don't forget to check out our other Ratsnake related subforums. If you are a new user to this forum, please take the time to review the rules first before posting: Terms of Service. https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2115738,2115738 Caught a young great plains rat snake just minutes after it had eaten a mouse on my patio. It is about 18-20 inches long, and maybe two fingers thick at its fattest point. My guess would be it's two or three years old. Set it up in a tank where it has been for 72 hours. It defecated the mouse. I re... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2115454,2115454 (Don't you love it when we assign species names based on ever-changing political boundaries? I might have been tempted to call them Saharan or Arabian Diadems, or something else relevant...) Recently, I got a sub adult recently that is 30 inches long. My guess is that he's a 2018 hatchling, and w... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2115423,2115423 I just got a male from a Cleveland dealer who works with DM Exotics, the likely supplier. This specimen was imported from Java, very likely from the suburbs of Jakarta itself. At home in his 75-gallon, naturalistic terrarium, the snake is doing very well, slowly learning my predictable behavior an... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2113836,2113836 My first Triapsis hatchling. She ate a fuzzy 2 days after her first shed. She wass the only good egg out of three. My female just dropped her second clutch of 3 huge eggs! https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2113417,2113417 Big momma... -----1.2 Chihuahua's 0.1 Cockatiel 1.0 BCI Colombian 1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa 1.0 Woma Python 1.0 Jungle Carpet Python 0.1 Leucistic Texas Rat Snake 1.1 Hypo Everglades Rat Snake 0.1 Mexican Black King snake 1.0 Sunglow Motley Corn Snake 1.0 Coral Snow Corn Snake 1.0 Bearde... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2112634,2112634 When I registered on this site, 15 years ago, I had just started working with Texas Rat Snakes (they still called them Elaphe back then) Anyway, here's what I've done. http://www.cadmiumtxratsnakes.com/ If anyone wants some Het's this winter or babies next spring please let me know. https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2112623,2112623 An incredibly interesting bogertophid, who is working with them? I rarely see them in collections or in the classifieds. cheers mom and yearling daughter suboc project https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2112579,2112579 I'm interested in discussing elaphe Obsoletus Obsoletus genetics. I currently have a rusty, albino black rat female, a Whiteside het hypo black rat female and a Whiteside, hypo, shater male black rat. Which rat snake genes are recessive or dominant. What genes work well together, ect. Any info on th... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2112497,2112497 I recently purchased about a 4 foot field collected Gonyosoma oxycephala, (Red tailed green rat snake) The snake was sick when I received it with RI and internal parasites. The vet wanted $300 to treat which I don't want to spend on this particular animal. He gave me an RX for ceftazidime to inject ... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2111833,2111833 Anyone working with or know if anyone working with hypo or Amel Bairds? Anyone know what happened with these? Thanks, Bob http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2015428,2015428 https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2111719,2111719 I know these "Albino,Hypo,Chocolate,Golden(Albino Chocolate),Snow,Axantic(Anery),Reverse Stripe". Do you know any other morphs of Emory Ratsnake? G.P.R Emoryies https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2111590,2111590 Anyone know if these are pure yellow or not, any info would be great. Thanks ~ jon https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2111043,2111043 Is anyone out there planning to breed wild type Pantherophis alleghaniensis this year? I am talking about normal, het for nothing animals. I have looked in the Classifieds, and all that are being offered are Pantherophis spiloides. https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2110939,2110939 Here is my 2003 LTR taken back in 2010. This sweet female is now 6ft, 1700 grams. https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2110099,2110099 My white sided, black liquorice Rat Snake has a thick, white, Elmer's glue-like substance coming out of his mouth, but not often. He is eating and drinking normally however, his bowel movements ABNORMALLY STINK TO HIGH HELL. Any idea what may be going on with him? https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2028472,2028472 Just over a year ago, I rescued a Black Ratsnake from a state-sponsored reptile rescue south of Seattle. The rescue owner recalled little about the snake's original donor, except that he lived near Kelso, Washington. However, my snake is NOT black. He is very chestnut or chocolate brown. The upp... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2028330,2028330 Dad caught a leucistic gray rat snake last week. However, it has patterns on back. Talked with Terry Huering, who has a leucistic gray rat, and he shared that a true leucistic shouldn't have the patterns. Anyone have any info on what kind of morph this would be. I've posted pictures under the ra... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2028158,2028158 Can anyone tell me where the first amel Bairds came from, and who started this strain? They look pure but I'd like to find out their history before getting into them. On another note, I got some of the moonshine rat snakes from Doug Mong, and I love these things you can't get any better than a local... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2028035,2028035 Hi, in around January, I acquired a "Moonshine" yellow x black intergrade rat snake. A friend thought he was an emerald, but the original breeder and owner had the parents, both caught locally in horry county, south carolina. I am not sure how to post a pic, but another kingsnake user, DMo... https://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=2027972,2027972 Does anyone know who produced the first ones? I read that it was Dr. H. Bernard Bechtel in 1985, but I can only find two sources that say that and neither of those have references. Just wondering if anyone knows and has a source I can check out.