A friend of mine has a beautiful female Rat snake, about 5 years old. To make a long story short, about 3 years ago she got out of her tank, had full reign of the house for about a week before they found her, and then started biting. So for the past 3 years she's been stuck in her cage because no one wanted to get bit. Well, I feel bad for her, so I've been taking her out, holding her, talking to her, for the past 2 weeks or so. She's made no improvement, and I still have to be very cautious of her head to keep her from biting me. Will she ever become tame? Should I keep trying, or is she a lost cause? Is there anything else I could do to help her see that she shouldn't bite, and that we won't hurt her? TIA

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• Socilizing a Rat Snake - jfinner1, Tue Jun 3 12:06:24 2008
• RE: Socilizing a Rat Snake - FRoberts, Tue Jun 3 15:59:15 2008
• RE: Socilizing a Rat Snake - MurphysLaw, Tue Jun 3 20:07:51 2008