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RE: Tame Texas Rat

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Posted by: tbrock at Wed Feb 20 17:02:43 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by tbrock ]  
   

Texas rats can be tamed, just like most species, if you handle them from a young age - and handle them without fear. I have a tame pair of young adults (2004 hatch) which are as tame as the average corn as far as handling, except that their feeding response is stronger than that, and the female goes a little crazy at feeding time, and will bite anything moving when the smell of mouse is in the air. Of course, temperament can vary from one individual to another in all species, and I have an adult captive bred female corn snake which is the most nervous, biting snake in my collection.

-Toby Brock



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