I was trying to find some pics of the adult BRB I used to have. While doing so I found this old post I made on KS in 2003 describing his behavior: http://forums.kingsnake.com/viewarch...21109&key=2003
BRBs are really neat, as adults they can be rather hardy and quite docile. When I'd take mine out, he'd enjoy crawling around and climbing up branches and dowels I'd set up for him. Their heads are quite small and dainty.
They may soak for over 24 hrs which is totally normal, especially when coming up to a shed. Mine would completely submerge and just his little nostrils would be sticking out. Fed great on f/t small rats. As mentioned, they have a really cool color change on the laterals that may be cream/dingy during the day and then bright white at night time. I really enjoyed the time I kept mine and would say go for it if you like them, they are stunning snakes and not very large.
Also agreed that Dave at Rainbows R Us is top notch, I've been in his snake room before and he has some awesome snakes and takes great care of them.
Here are some old pics, these were from 2001 and 2002 so they were scanned from actual photos years ago, sorry they are so small!
Irontal hanging out showing the 'dark' sides during the day:
Irontail with bright white sides at night:
One of my favorite photos, outdoor photo shoot:
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