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    They sure grow fast!

    These photos were taken about 2.5 years apart! And I know she's not done growing yet!

    (and pardon my dry hands I'm a nurse)

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    Beautiful color. What kind of ratsnake and morph is she?
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    Re: They sure grow fast!

    Quote Originally Posted by nikkubus View Post
    Beautiful color. What kind of ratsnake and morph is she?
    Thank you! :-) I bought her at a reptile store and her tank was just labeled "albino black ratsnake." Since she has some yellowish to her, there may be other kinds or morphs, too. Any guesses?



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    I don't know enough about rat snakes to really know but she sure is pretty! I've only ever kept Baird's as far as rat snakes go and wouldn't know where to begin identifying the species, let alone the morph. Could very well be a hybrid, I do know there is a lot of that in rat snakes in the hobby.
    7.22 BP 1.4 corn 1.1 SD retic 0.1 hognose

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    Re: They sure grow fast!

    It’s gawd-darn beautiful !!


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    Noodle is sure growing up, & it's nice to see her around here again.

    Some "black" rat snakes have a lot of red coloration "hiding" under the black, so when bred for amelanistic, you get some very pretty red-orange patterns on cream, or some just peachy-cream, & all sorts of variations. In addition, she might have some yellow or Everglades (orange!) rat snake genes too- some ppl have been mixing them up for a while to get different looks. I used to have & breed amel. black rat snakes (sometimes referred to as albino, but obviously that's the wrong term if just the black is missing).

    These rat snakes all make great pets- they get a pretty good size & are easier to care for than BPs (need less heat & very easy to feed f/t)- more active too.

    For anyone that doesn't know, I have a group of "Florida" rat snakes- yellow rat snakes x gulf-hammock + Everglades (at least as far as I can tell). I got them back in '09 from a guy in FL who lost his job & home & couldn't keep them- he moved up to NY for a job (last I heard). My adult males are now 7', the females are about 5 1/2'- mostly because instead of growing, they produce dozens of eggs every year, even without my ever allowing them to breed, so they don't grow quite as big as the males.
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    They sure grow fast!

    I’ve had two black Rat snakes over the years and both loved climbing..

    The youngster used to ambush me by dropping down from the viv ceiling when I changed the water .... it was only about 15” long at the time

    The other was a huge ( I felt ) Jet Black male over 5’ long and it was always at the top of the big vivarium.. I don’t recall seeing it on the floor... ever !


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    Re: They sure grow fast!

    Quote Originally Posted by Zincubus View Post
    I’ve had two black Rat snakes over the years and both loved climbing..

    The youngster used to ambush me by dropping down from the viv ceiling when I changed the water .... it was only about 15” long at the time

    The other was a huge ( I felt ) Jet Black male over 5’ long and it was always at the top of the big vivarium.. I don’t recall seeing it on the floor... ever !


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    Yes, they're all good climbers, & "social" too, so I guess that makes them "social climbers"?

    And if you thought 5' was "huge" you should meet my "guys", lol. I'm not exaggerating their length at all, I promise.
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