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Has anyone seen/owned one of these that wasn't evil?
I watched a baby one strike and draw blood about 12 times on a guy holding it.
He was trying to get me to buy it since he knows I want an all white (no pattern) snake.
Needless to say this was NOT a great selling point.
Thanks for any info.
Raven's mom

Mexican Black King
Cal. King
Albino Nelson Milk

Generally, unless you hold them from hatchlings fairly often, most will continue to be rather nasty. And even then there's going to be some stubborn freaks that don't want to settle down much either. I've heard of "some" that are pretty docile, but this is an exception, and not the norm. Both of mine are little devils as well, but then again, I don't hold them much either, as I have a good amount of other snake's that are much more pleasurable to hold when I want to do so.

This said, you'll either have to get an older one that someone's already managed to tame quite a bit(not likely), or take your fair share of nips and musks trying to get yours mellowed some. They just aren't known for their placidness(under-statement of the century!..LOL!), but ithey have been known by some to be quite handleable with some time.

If you want a white snake, I'd really recommend a "blizzard" corn. You can't really beat their mild nature.

best regards, ~Doug

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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Sounds good, that's what I have been reading.
Do the Blizzard corns only have red eyes or can you also get dark?
Thank you

Since "Blizzard's" are really a refined "snowcorn" of sorts(amel x anery.type B, i.e. "Charcoal", versus amel x anery A which are typical "snows", they ALL have red/pink eyes. Leucism on the other hand, is a totally different genetic mutation that is also MUCH rarer, and is not known in corns as of yet. So simply put, no, there's not any white corns that have dark eyes in today's hobby.

best regards, ~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Thanks Doug you are helpful as always!
Ravens mom

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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Hi

I have a pair of young adults that I bought last year. They are breeding as I write this. The male is actually OK to handle and has never even struck at me. I don't handle him much but when I take him out, he is OK. The female on the other hand is pure evil. Guess I got lucky with the male.

My girl is a sweetheart. The guy I bought her from told me to hold her 10 minutes a day. She never bit me once and I've had her for 4 years.

She is beautiful!! Do you know she is a she?
To bad I can't find one like that, but my luck would be to own Sybil.
Thanks for showing the great pic she is something to be proud of!!

Thanks for the compliment. The guy that sold her to me is pretty reputible and has been breeding for 10 years, so i'm assuming she's a she.

I have had a pair for about 13 years. They are both very docile and have never tried to bite. Their offspring have been very docile also. I guess it depends on the individual animal. If you really want one, hold them before you buy and pick a docile one. Good luck Rin

Ah, i just hope mine will one day be as big as yours. i know the father of mine is huge so i'm assuming it will be. Yours is truly beautiful!

WOW! that's a looker too!!

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3.2 Corn (Butter-Sunflower '07/Anery Stripe-Ripple '06/Amber-Jack Straw '06/Snow-Casey Jones '06/Amel Motley-Cosmo '03)
0.1 Baird's Ratsnake (Sugaree '04)
1.0 White Oaks Grey Rat (Tennesse Jed '04)
0.1 IJ Carpet Python (Cassidy '04)
1.0 Western Hognose (Samson '05)
1.1 Shepherd mix (Dylan 9yrs, Porter 4yrs)

Wow! That is an incredible looking beauty; and what a fine attitude. It's nice to see so many non-bug-eyed ones also. Thanks for posting this. Will you be breeding any this year?

-Chris Anderson

Thanks everyone. I probably will not be breeding them this year. Maybe next year.Here is another pic of him. I am the ugly one holding him. Rin

Hello,

I have had a couple of these little buggers and though they can be rather high strung, for the most part they do calm down with age. I find that it is easier to get these guys as neonates and to bring them up yourself. In my honest opinion it always seems a lot less daunting to be bit by these guys as babies than subadults. Both of mine tamed down quite nicely with handling, and are for the most part a joy to handle. However, these are definetely not corn snakes and require a more cautious and deliberate ie. (no fast movements) manner of handling to not upset their high strung nature. Either way I think for colubrids, you can't find a prettier speciman, and are therefore well worth the couple extra drops of blood it takes to convince them ur buds.

take care,
Shannon

1.0 purple phased albino reticulated python
0.1 super tiger het albino reticulated python
0.1 albino columbian red tail boa
1.0 albino ball python
0.1 Sorong green tree python
1.1 leucistic texas rat snake

I was worried about them being nasty when I went to purchase my first TX rats, too... All I ever read was how mean and nippy they were.

But, they're absolutely gorgeous, so I decided I could handle a few bites.

Now I've got three, and all three of them are relatively tame. My yearling male will always rattle his tail at me when I take him out of his bin, but he no longer rears up at me to strike. The only time he ever actually did strike me was when I let him go on the ground for a little bit and he thought that he was getting away. The younger male will still bite you if you give him a chance, but I try handle him for 15 mins every day and he's calming down a little bit.

I think the key is to just go into it with the knowledge that a bite from a baby rat snake really isn't going to hurt you much. To be honest, I wouldn't even know the little guy was biting me half the time if I didn't see it happen. Just be confident, because they can tell when you're nervous, and that makes them nervous.

If you go for a TX rat, I don't think you'll be disappointed... they're amazing creatures.
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-Jaime Palma
Mad-City Constrictors