>>I have a large Black rat about 7' housed with a 5'yellow and a thick 4 1/2' male corn. No problems here what-so-ever. They are in a 6' long 125 gal tank so there is plenty of room to roam. All come out for feeding but the black rat to keep the feeding kaos minimal and safe.
>>Ok, with that said, I'm considering introducing a large 8' blue beauty into this group and am wondering, has this Asian species of rat snake ever been known to be caniblistic?
>>My japanese and mandarins arn't, any other rats that I've had wern't but this is a big snake.
>>What are you're thoughts?
>>Mike.


IMHO, beauties might not be cannibalistic, but they are voracious feeders and could be very competitive.

As far as temps go, I think a 70-80* room temp range is good, but would also consider a hot spot in the cage to about 85*F. for digestion purposes. Not positive the beauty would use it, but I'm sure the N. A. rats would.

TC


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