I've kept and bred Texas Rats as well as other types of rats, corns, milks, kings, boas, pythons, garters, etc. I reckon I've been breeding snakes for 20 years.



I agree with the statement "...they are born belligerent with a high defensive response, and that all the handling in the world can only mediate that partially."



When it comes to my captive bred animal's caging/handling experiences, all my baby snakes are basically maintained in the same manner, with the same caging.



In my experience Texas Rats are far more agressive than the other snakes mentioned above. Many of those snakes mentioned above make no attempt whatsoever to bite, though there are some (especially Okeetee Corns) with are defensive "biting machines" much like Texas Rat Snakes tend to be.



Tim

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• Texas Rat Behavior, My Experiences - Ameron, Fri Mar 5 23:16:27 2010
• RE: Texas Rat Behavior, My Experiences - monklet, Sat Mar 6 10:38:32 2010
• Snakes are Non-social? Debatable - Ameron, Mon Mar 8 15:34:09 2010
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• LOL!!! - DMong, Thu Mar 11 22:49:20 2010
• RE: Snakes are Non-social? Debatable - DannyBoy9, Mon Mar 8 19:58:56 2010
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• You may be right - Ameron, Wed Mar 10 00:52:30 2010
• RE: You may be right - draybar, Sun Mar 14 13:55:26 2010
• What Garters & Gray Parrots taught me - Ameron, Wed Mar 10 00:46:52 2010
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• Story Below For You, Amanda - Ameron, Fri Mar 12 12:56:33 2010
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• No, Sorry. You Were Wrong. - Ameron, Mon Mar 15 13:06:46 2010
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• RE: What Garters & Gray Parrots taught me - Tokaysrnice, Wed Mar 10 13:25:02 2010
• RE: What Garters & Gray Parrots taught me - vegasbilly, Wed Mar 10 23:06:29 2010
• RE: Texas Rat Behavior, My Experiences - tspuckler, Sat Mar 6 13:12:17 2010
• Thanks for Your Insight - Ameron, Mon Mar 8 15:36:48 2010
• RE: Thanks for Your Insight - monklet, Mon Mar 8 20:39:35 2010
• RE: Thanks for Your Insight - antelope, Tue Mar 9 09:26:50 2010
• True, and Consider - Ameron, Wed Mar 10 00:34:05 2010
• "but it's science to others" - Tokaysrnice, Wed Mar 10 13:07:51 2010
• RE: Texas Rat Behavior, My Experiences - vegasbilly, Sat Mar 6 18:37:32 2010
• RE: Texas Rat Behavior, My Experiences - tokaysrnice, Sun Mar 7 21:41:03 2010
• Thanks for That - Ameron, Mon Mar 8 15:40:47 2010
• RE: Texas Rat Behavior, My Experiences - byron.d, Mon Mar 8 14:04:00 2010
• More Docile than Corns? Wow! - Ameron, Mon Mar 8 15:42:08 2010
• For Reals...... - byron.d, Mon Mar 8 17:21:20 2010
• RE: Texas Rat Behavior, My Experiences - MikeinOKC, Wed Mar 10 07:34:30 2010