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Which is the best? I am looking fr something that is tame and NOT nippy, easy to care for, and doesn't go on several month fasts for no apparent reason. Any other suggestions in the 7' range would be nice. Thanks!
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
0.0.1 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Onyx"

Nice meeting up with you again. I've never kept beauty snakes yet--they get fairly large, and can have a bit of a 'tude from what I've seen. Perhaps in the future.

However, I do keep a trinket rat, who is delightful. Docile, curious, friendly -- only refuses to eat when he is in shed, and not picky about food items. Easy to care for.

You might want to look at and talk to some Russian rat keepers. They are good sized eurasian ratsnakes that are very cool to keep.

Just some ideas--
althea

I have been concidering them. I like the trinkets colors more though.
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
0.0.1 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Onyx"

I keep both and I'd say that they are both easy snakes to keep, the trinkets have a tendency to be the more flighty species but they both tame down very well. If you really want something in the seven foot range then trinkets are out of the question as they generally top out at four to five foot, for the bigger sizes you have to get one of the larger subspecies of taeniura such the taiwan beauty, blue beauty or the cave dwelling ratsnake, ssp. ridleyi.

Just forgot to add that as for the several months fasts for no reason, there is normally a reason, nine times out of ten it is winter cooling - they can remain active and even look like they are hungry but they're not. It is a natural part of their biology, you just have to learn to recognise it and be patient, if there is nothing wrong with them they shouldn't lose much weight. Plus if you're trying to breed them it is an advantage, you know that they are cycling correctly.

The other thing about this is that it can happen to ANY snake, but asian ratsnakes are a little more prone to it that others, probably the most constant feeders would be the taeniura beauty snakes but even they don't always feed year round. My pair haven't eaten for a month, where as my kunishir island ratsnakes haven't stopped at all this winter.