The ratsnake forum is dead, this one isn't so...

he's about 28", maybe a bit more. I was surprised at how thinly built they are. For all the world, his build makes me think of masticophis, although he's not that active. Currently he's in a tub; he's pretty slender and I'm afraid he could get out of the gap between the glass panes in my 4x2 AP. I'll move him when he's a bit bigger.



I have a female too but A: she's in shed and B: she's not as pretty anyway. Not bad, just not as pretty. She's also a bit smaller, by about 5-10".



They're very active when handled, and squirmy. I wouldn't say they're aggressive or even defensive but they're very alert and frankly a bit of a pain to manage because they're so active. Interesting snakes. I'm keeping them on smaller prey; I offered the male an adult mouse and he couldn't get it down, so he's on hoppers for now. He is very adept and moving the substrate around in his tub. The times I take him out he seems to be good at climbing as well, although I'd heard they were more terrestrial.
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