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A friend of mind found a snake in her Kid's closet.... it looks like a rat snake to me... i've never own a rat snake i keep king and milk snakes.... any help?
btw: she lives in Texas.
the other thing... she'd like to sell this snake, what do they go for?
Thanx for the help
~ZF
It depends. WHere do you live? If i had to guess i would say a gray rat (but dont take my word for it im prolly wrong) Maybe if your down in the texas area a trans-pecos. Others im sure will clarify this for you but you need to tell us where abouts you live.
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-Doug Daly
"Aren't you two a little old to be drinking illegally?"
0.1.0 Leucistic Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe Obsoleta lindheimerii)
1.1.0 Sand Frogs (Breviceps rosei) [if i can convince my mom 
!]
~ZF
the guy below is right, my screen is really been bad lately with colors although i thought it looked familiar. How's it's temperment? They can be real mean, especially WC ones.
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-Doug Daly
"Aren't you two a little old to be drinking illegally?"
0.1.0 Leucistic Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe Obsoleta lindheimerii)
1.1.0 Sand Frogs (Breviceps rosei) [if i can convince my mom !]
she told me the snake was very mean... but s/he did have a meal... i'll assume it was a pinky but i'm unsure... the individual that found the snake breeds dragons (not sure if she'd have pinkies laying around)
What do these snakes go for?
~ZF
E.o.lindheimeri
Texas ratsnake
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...and I think to myself, "What a wonderful world."
do you have a price range for me? is it possible for her to sell this... is it legal? or should she just let it out?
Check state laws and regs but i think it's ok. As far as price goes if it is just a standard one not leuc. or albino maybe 30-40 plus shipping. Check the classifieds. Mine was 90 (w/shipping) but she's leuc.
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-Doug Daly
"Aren't you two a little old to be drinking illegally?"
0.1.0 Leucistic Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe Obsoleta lindheimerii)
1.1.0 Sand Frogs (Breviceps rosei) [if i can convince my mom !]
texas rat snakes don't go for much, esp. w/c. w/c snakes tend to be more nippy, have to be tested for parasites and commonly carry mites. if she keeps other snakes, i would not keep it anywhere close to the others...as in a few rooms away. The parasites and mites could infest the other snakes or reptiles.
Let it go. You won't get maybe $15 for it. Not worth your troubles, IMO. It was born wild, let it stay wild.
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-Chris
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat
1.0 Black Rat
0.1 Vietnamese Blue Beauty
1.0 Green Tree Python
0.1 Texas Bairds Rat
The educated are the few. The uneducated are the masses.
To sell this snake for the $15 it is worth, she would have to buy a non-game collectors permit. Those are around $25. Then she could only sell it to someone with a non-game dealers permit. If she couldn't find a someone with a dealer's permit to sell it to, she would need a dealer's permit herself ($60). Therefore it could cost her up to $60 to sell a $15 snake, if she could find a buyer.
Did your friend feed the snake? If not, that lump represents a substantial meal, probably a mouse. This means there are probably mice in the house as well as TX ratsnakes.
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Chris Harrison
Thanx for the info...
She did feed the snake... just not sure what.
~ZF
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