just curious, they should be getting here friday.... anything else I should know before they get here? do they stress somewhat easily or are they exactly like a corn in every way aside from size?
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curious about black rats...
phiber_optikx
Jul 05, 2005 08:39 AM
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Chondubrid
Jul 05, 2005 12:26 PM
well a black rat is not typical to stress out easily, however make sure to give him a good 5 days or so after the move before handling and/or feeding
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reptileguy0407
Jul 05, 2005 08:16 PM
My limited experiance with black rats, only have one a albino, a friend has a 7fter. that I care for when he goes out of town. Never noticed any signs of sterss, but both are very cage aggressive, but once out usually calm down. Really like my albino black rat.
Mark Banczak
Jul 05, 2005 09:11 PM
...but I haven't personally known any aggressive captive bred snakes that had been handled regularly. I agree that you should give him about 5 days to calm down. After that, the one significant difference with Corns is that Obsoleta love to climb. All of mine have climbing branches and they all like to use them.
