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Black Rat Snake
This is one of our many Black Rat Snake friends that frequent our yard. I snapped these pictures in July of 2007.
Yes, their irridescence ROCKS. He still had some morning dew on him from the grass and that helped the irridescence show.
He was probably 5 feet. What a beauty.
http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...kratsnake3.JPG
http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...kratsnake1.JPG
The stray cat that we take care of was not very observant! But the snake saw her!
I think he's the same snake that graced us with his presence on Easter morning. My husband went to move him away
from next to the kids' sandbox, and boy could that fella' hiss! I never heard anything like it. It was half between
a hiss and a rattle. Wild stuff!
Last edited by dr del; 11-20-2007 at 08:50 PM.
Reason: pictures larger than 800 pixels wide
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Re: Black Rat Snake
Beautiful snake! I caught a big one at my uncle's cabin a few years ago. At first I was VERY cautious, so cautious that I thought the poor snake probably couldn't breathe. I relaxed my grip on its neck somewhat and noticed that he wasn't struggling. I eventually let go completely and let him crawl freely on my arm. Just as calm as could be. I let him go in some nearby woods. I often wish that I had kept him, which may in part explain why I still have the one I got at the grocery store!!!
Steve
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Re: Black Rat Snake
Originally Posted by hoo-t
Beautiful snake! I caught a big one at my uncle's cabin a few years ago. At first I was VERY cautious, so cautious that I thought the poor snake probably couldn't breathe. I relaxed my grip on its neck somewhat and noticed that he wasn't struggling. I eventually let go completely and let him crawl freely on my arm. Just as calm as could be. I let him go in some nearby woods. I often wish that I had kept him, which may in part explain why I still have the one I got at the grocery store!!!
Steve
How long has it been now since you got the one from the grocery store? Can you post a pic? I'll post pics of a black rat snake (prbly the same one) that my husband put in the woods a few years ago (the one by the sand box).
I didn't know how friendly they were as adults. Do they attempt a strike when you pick them up? Did the one at the cabin hiss? I swear the sandbox one made an ungodly noise that I never knew could come from a snake.
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Re: Black Rat Snake
I was at a cookout a Hybrid Garage a few weeks ago and someone said there was a snake so I ran over to look at it and when I picked it up and that suckra tried to eat my face off! lol Well...not really but the pics that were taken look like he was!
I am not sure what it was...looks kinda like the one your hubby found except WAY smaller.
here is one of the pics...DON'T LAUGH!
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Re: Black Rat Snake
Originally Posted by MelissaFlipski
How long has it been now since you got the one from the grocery store? Can you post a pic? I'll post pics of a black rat snake (prbly the same one) that my husband put in the woods a few years ago (the one by the sand box).
I didn't know how friendly they were as adults. Do they attempt a strike when you pick them up? Did the one at the cabin hiss? I swear the sandbox one made an ungodly noise that I never knew could come from a snake.
I caught the one in the grocery store on July 10 of this year. There is a pic in the "Herping in the local grocery store" thread. I didn't get any pics of the one I caught at my uncle's cabin. I wish I had, he was impressive! Rat snakes are generally pretty defensive in the wild. They will put up a big show, posing to strike, hissing, rattling their tail, and generally won't hesitate to bite. The big one that I caught never did any of that. I even thought maybe he was an escaped pet, because he was so calm. The little one from the store, though, was a different story! He did (and still does) it all, tail rattling and hissing as loud as any of my bps! You probably already know this, but corn snakes are actually rat snakes, just a different subspecies. I've heard they can be pretty nasty in the wild, too. I had a corn snake for several years and was only bitten once, and that was a stupid feeding error. The other subspecies of rat snakes, from what I've heard, are more unpredictable in their behavior. I really haven't spent a whole lot of time trying to "tame" the grocery store snake, as I've always thought I'd return him to the wild.
Steve
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Re: Black Rat Snake
Originally Posted by jeffnme
I was at a cookout a Hybrid Garage a few weeks ago and someone said there was a snake so I ran over to look at it and when I picked it up and that suckra tried to eat my face off! lol Well...not really but the pics that were taken look like he was!
I am not sure what it was...looks kinda like the one your hubby found except WAY smaller.
here is one of the pics...DON'T LAUGH!
Great pic, Meme! Too bad you can't see the snake too well, but you know he's in motion!
Originally Posted by hoo-t
I caught the one in the grocery store on July 10 of this year. There is a pic in the "Herping in the local grocery store" thread. I didn't get any pics of the one I caught at my uncle's cabin. I wish I had, he was impressive! Rat snakes are generally pretty defensive in the wild. They will put up a big show, posing to strike, hissing, rattling their tail, and generally won't hesitate to bite. The big one that I caught never did any of that. I even thought maybe he was an escaped pet, because he was so calm. The little one from the store, though, was a different story! He did (and still does) it all, tail rattling and hissing as loud as any of my bps! You probably already know this, but corn snakes are actually rat snakes, just a different subspecies. I've heard they can be pretty nasty in the wild, too. I had a corn snake for several years and was only bitten once, and that was a stupid feeding error. The other subspecies of rat snakes, from what I've heard, are more unpredictable in their behavior. I really haven't spent a whole lot of time trying to "tame" the grocery store snake, as I've always thought I'd return him to the wild.
Steve
Yeah, I didn't know BRS'es could make all that racket. It blew my mind.
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Originally Posted by MelissaFlipski
Great pic, Meme! Too bad you can't see the snake too well, but you know he's in motion!
yea it was a pretty funky pic.
I wish Jeff would have gotten a better shot of it.
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Re: Black Rat Snake
Still a pretty good pic. The snake in motion and your expression is priceless!
How long did you hold him? Was he black with a white belly?
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