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Very cool...do keep us updated on her progress. Right now her color reminds of the Baird's rat snakes I used to have, but personality is a world apart, I'm sure.
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Wow great new pick up! Looking forward to seeing more pics of her! Now we both have old world rat snake girls Also love the FMA name!
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Re: Lan Fan the Japanese Rat Snake
Originally Posted by Bogertophis
Very cool...do keep us updated on her progress. Right now her color reminds of the Baird's rat snakes I used to have, but personality is a world apart, I'm sure.
I've only handled her briefly, to place her in her enclosure, but she was pretty on the move. No biting so far, though she's pretty good at posturing. She seems more like a runner over a biter. As I've never had a baird's, I'm not sure what they're like personality-wise.
Originally Posted by MissterDog
Wow great new pick up! Looking forward to seeing more pics of her! Now we both have old world rat snake girls Also love the FMA name!
Thanks! Yeah, I went in looking for a Russian rat snake, and this girl caught my eye. I figured you'd get the reference .
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Originally Posted by Starscream
... I've never had a baird's, I'm not sure what they're like personality-wise...
Baird's rat snakes are quite mellow...they get up to about 6' eventually, but friendly, easily-handled pets. Used to take mine to "meet & greet" snake programs.
While their overall color is shades of silvery-gray, they have variable amounts of yellows or oranges between their scales...always reminded me of an impressionist painting. They climb well & enjoy branches too. Not biters.
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Re: Lan Fan the Japanese Rat Snake
Originally Posted by Bogertophis
Baird's rat snakes are quite mellow...they get up to about 6' eventually, but friendly, easily-handled pets. Used to take mine to "meet & greet" snake programs.
While their overall color is shades of silvery-gray, they have variable amounts of yellows or oranges between their scales...always reminded me of an impressionist painting. They climb well & enjoy branches too. Not biters.
They're on my list of future snakes, so it's good to hear that they're one of the more mellow species.
From anecdotes online, it seems that Japanese rat snakes are flighty when young (which makes sense) and become a lot more mellow with age and handling. I know not to judge her attitude towards handling based off a single care in my care; she did just get hauled to an expo, displayed for hundreds of people, and then ferried home with two Big Warm Predators who May Or May Not eat her.
Even so, she's already incredibly curious, and is constantly watching me as she moves around her enclosure. A lot different than a ball python, that's for sure.
0.1 Red Axanthic P. regius | Mazikeen
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Re: Lan Fan the Japanese Rat Snake
Congratulations on your tiny new addition! I’m always amazed at how tiny the different rat snakes are to start...and zoomy is right.
Other Snakes:
Hudson 1988 1.0 Colombian rainbow; Yang 2002 1.0 Corn snake; Merlin 2000 1.0 Solomon Island ground boa; Kett 2015 1.0 Diamond Jungle Jaguar carpet python; Dakota 2014 0.0.1 Children’s python
Ball pythons:
Eli 1990 1.0 Normal; Buttercup 2015 1.0 Albino; Artemis 2015 0.1 Dragonfly; Orion 2015 1.0 Banana Pinstripe; Button 2018 1.0 Blue Eyed Lucy; Piper 2018 0.1 Piebald; Belle 2018 0.1 Lemonblast; Sabrina 2017 0.1 Mojave; Selene 2017 0.1 Banana Mojave; Loki 2018 1.0 Pastel Mystic Potion; Cuervo 2018 1.0 Banana Piebald; Claude 2017 1.0 Albino Pastel Spider; Penelope 2016 0.1 Lesser
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Re: Lan Fan the Japanese Rat Snake
Originally Posted by Starscream
They're on my list of future snakes, so it's good to hear that they're one of the more mellow species.
From anecdotes online, it seems that Japanese rat snakes are flighty when young (which makes sense) and become a lot more mellow with age and handling. I know not to judge her attitude towards handling based off a single care in my care; she did just get hauled to an expo, displayed for hundreds of people, and then ferried home with two Big Warm Predators who May Or May Not eat her.
Even so, she's already incredibly curious, and is constantly watching me as she moves around her enclosure. A lot different than a ball python, that's for sure.
I agree, you can't blame a snake that's been hauled to an expo & is now in a new home. Great that she's already curious...that's what I love about rat snakes...they're
watching me, not hiding. (except for my silly Korean rat snake- I'm pretty sure he's from another planet...)
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