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Hey if anyone has the two im wanting to know how is the two alike a not alike is the Leucistic Texas Ratsnakes just as good of a pet as my other snakes are the easy to handle as a Corn my 11 yr old son and 13 yr old girl love to handle and walk around with my snakes and ive fallen in love with the look of this snake any input will be great
thanks EDD

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0.1 Miami Phase CornSnake
1.0 Normal CornSnake
1.0 Sunglow CornSnake
0.1 Standard Ball Python
0.0.1 Rough Green Snake
0.1 Striped Albino Califorina King Snake
0.0.1 Legless Lizard AkA Glass Snake
1.1 Mediterranean Geckos
0.2 Green Iguanas
0.1 Blue Stripe Iguana
0.0.1 Blue Tounge Skink
2.1 Oscars (FISH)
0.1 Albino Oscar

Every leucistic texas rat I have encountered has been hell spawn. I would recomend the leucistic black rat instead. My black rats are kitten calm!
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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 have been breeding both for years. My adults are as tame as corns. They never try to bite. It is an individual thing. A few are feisty, but most of the ones that I have dealt with have been very tame. Some are a little nippy as babies, but almost all have calmed down with handling as they grew. Rin

>>Hey if anyone has the two im wanting to know how is the two alike a not alike is the Leucistic Texas Ratsnakes just as good of a pet as my other snakes are the easy to handle as a Corn my 11 yr old son and 13 yr old girl love to handle and walk around with my snakes and ive fallen in love with the look of this snake any input will be great
>> thanks EDD

I've got both as well, but my experience is limited to babies. My 3 corns have never bit at me. My Leucistic has struck at and bitten me a few times... barely felt it. As he's grown (about 7 inches since I bought him from SMR - he's 20 inches long now), he's calmed down considerably and I believe that he's almost as tame as my corns. Since I handle him daily, I'm sure that he'll be just as tame as my corns before year's end. My 4 year old daughter and 9 year old son handle him (with supervision) easily and they've never been nipped at.

Suggestion... if you want a Leucistic Texas Rat, GET ONE and tame him down a month or two before letting your kids handle him. With your older kids, it shouldn't even be a problem. ENJOY!

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3 Corns - Squall (Normal), Freya (Normal), Peyton (Amel)
2 Florida Kings - Thor & Lilith
1 Leucistic Texas Rat Snake - MacLeod

I've worked with both. Corn Snakes are hands down the best pet snakes. In most cases you can count on the fact that a corn snake is not going to strike at you - I cannot say the same for Texas Rat Snakes. I raised a pair of TRS from babies, bred them a couple times, and then sold them - I was tired of getting bitten. I still have plenty of corns though.

Tim

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