opinions on next snake

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If you want something that's more than happy to be out and viewed, get a Russian Rat Snake. I don't know how cool the eyes are, but most of the time they seem to happy to hang out in full view and watch what you're doing if you're in the room.

Most of the time she is not in her hide, but she is and I open the enclosure, unlike BP's who you can see withdraw their heads back into the hides, her's comes popping out trying to see what's going on.

Stick your hand in the enclosure, they're usually trying to figure out how to crawl up your arm. When you have them out, they are somewhat active, but relaxed and inquisitive. Putting them back in their enclosure is usually much more involved than getting them out.

Temps are cooler than BP's. Ambient in low to mid 70's is fine. A hot spot in the low to mid 80's works.

Feeding is extremely easy, they seem to eat anything they can fit in their mouth, live or FT. Mine seems to prefer prey on the smaller side, but I don't know if that's particular to mine or a trait of the species in general.

I think they get around 7' to 8' in length when full grown, but are not heavy bodied. They do like climbing, so an enclosure with some height and things to climb on would be good.

They start life as dull looking grey hatchlings, and turn dark black with yellow or cream colored bands as they get older.

There are not a lot of places to find them, so it may take you a while to find a breeder who actually has some available.