"The most "vicious" ones are proabably wild not captive born."



There probably aren't too many wild leucistic texas rats :P I agree that they don't all deserve the reputation, but from my experience they do seem to be a lot jumpier than some other NA ratsnakes. Handling is the best way to overcome that, but make sure you don't overdo it. While yours is new, it should be settling in with minimal stress. Personally, I don't handle any young snakes until they're about 16" or more because the babies are almost always skittish. A lot of mine calmed down on their own as they grew up, but I did make it a point to handle them more once they got past the fragile baby phase.

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• Leucistic question - jasonmattes, Tue Mar 8 00:18:00 2005
• RE: Leucistic question - mkv, Tue Mar 8 13:13:47 2005
• Coloured scales..... - Jolliff, Tue Mar 8 13:57:18 2005
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• Maybe I should clarify.... - Jolliff, Tue Mar 15 12:40:33 2005
• RE: Maybe I should clarify.... - HotRodHerps, Mon Mar 21 15:31:14 2005
• RE: Leucistic question - jasonmattes, Tue Mar 8 16:48:10 2005
• RE: Leucistic question - TwoSnakes, Tue Mar 8 17:19:00 2005
• RE: Leucistic question - Jolliff, Tue Mar 8 19:12:10 2005
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• RE: Leucistic question - Kevin Saunders, Wed Mar 9 18:07:38 2005
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• RE: Leucistic question - TwoSnakes, Thu Mar 10 18:10:44 2005
• RE: Leucistic question - Langly2112, Wed Mar 9 22:58:07 2005