Questions and photos on a White-sided rat snake

I promised myself I wouldn't buy anything at Daytona, but then I found something that I'd been wanting for quite some time. Luckily for me I brought my best friend along to buy it for my birthday. :D I kept my promise and didn't buy myself any snakes. ;) Sneaky sneaky:giggle:

First some photos:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...ewstuff007.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...ewstuff015.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...ewstuff017.jpg

He's got the most perfect pattern. I love how he's not striped on his back, but has more of a pixellated pattern. Even better is that he hasn't bitten or musked me (yet :D). He's just a tad squirmy.

Now for the questions.

I'm keeping him about the same way as my milk snake. He's in a 15q tub with a piece of driftwood, some fake plants, a water bowl wide enough to keep the humidity at 50%+, and his bedding is Carefresh. The temps are right at 77F (breeder said they keep them between 74-80). He'll be getting one frozen mouse pink every 7 days. Is there anything I should be doing differently? I know most people recommend a high temp and a low temp, but I've read mixed ideas on this and thought I'd give it a try without.

Lemme know what you think. :D

Awesome! I saw some of these at Sewerfest and fell in love!

Damn, that thing is wicked!!!!

Yeah, I tend to fall for the more "unusual" snakes. I think it's ironic that I have a black milk and a white-sided rat. They're my yin and yang. -lol-

Sounds to me like you have all the essentials covered.
I know what you mean, when I first saw some, I had to have them! I have been producing them for the last two years now.

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Originally Posted by MPenn

Sounds to me like you have all the essentials covered.
I know what you mean, when I first saw some, I had to have them! I have been producing them for the last two years now.

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are these related to corn snakes? cause corn snakes are also in the rat snake family...I'm confused.

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Originally Posted by Ballpython2

are these related to corn snakes? cause corn snakes are also in the rat snake family...I'm confused.

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Yes, they are related. They are both rat snakes but different species. Corns are Pantherophis guttatus and the black rats are Pantherophis obsoleta obsoleta.