This little baby rat snake has had a rough start! We just had several inches of snow about a week and a half ago, and it's been below freezing every night since. On thanksgiving we found him sitting inside the front door, so we decided to give him his own home. He's in a 20g long ( I know it's too big but I don't have anything smaller so I tried to fill it as much as possible), a 60w ceramic bulb (not the one pictured) keeping the hot side around 83 and the cool side is at 72. I have a few pinkies in the freezer and will try to feed him one tonight. I've watched several videos of people handling wild caught baby rat snakes and they always look so docile... well this little one is feisty lol. He bites, strikes, and does a tail wag threat.. if anyone has any suggestions on how to begin handling/taming him I'm all ears!
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