Jeff is correct. I have seen and heard of more docile black and amel black rats than glades or yellows. However, as others have posted above, any should be fine if gotten at a young age and consistently worked with and handled properly.



I know the E. obsoleta animals have alway been tauted as being more aggressive as juvies than E. guttata. However, I have a few holdback corns this year that are STILL very defensive and not shy about striking out at all almost a year after hatching!! Granted, these guys arent handled very much at all except during maintenance and feeding activities. I think the old adage about corns being mucho docile is a bit overrated IMO!! Every WC and unhandled corn I ever encountered was just as happy to strike out and bite as any Texas rat I encountered in the wild too!!

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