too funny man!...AND very true!..

Yes, you hit it pretty accurately with what you mentioned there.

To the OP........if the ambient room temps are in your cooler living quarters, just put some underneath heat with a heating pad so that ONLY one end on the SURFACE is in the low to mid 80's so it can thermoregulate to properly digest it's huge belly of all your rodents. Otherwise if the temp is in the 70's it could easily regurgitate all that it ate through putrification(rotting) within the gut.

As the poster mentioned, a small young ratsnake can easily become very tolerant of gentle handling, but as he also said, there can be definite exceptions to this as well.

It's very important to NOT do any handling at all for at least two days or more after it has eaten substantial meals. Doing so can also cause it to regurgitate from anxiety from feeling nervous and threatened. This is a typical natural response to swiftly lighten their load and quickly divert the attention of the predator(you in this case) to the stinky mess it just vomited up as it quickly utilizes these precious few seconds to go bolting off to safety.

good luck with that cool little ratsnake!...you certainly know it eats anyway..



~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"


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