Jack the Russian Rat Snake/elaphe schrenckii (progression)

[RickyNY]

That's a shame, I wanted to see him grow and you telling everyone how smart and friendly he was.
I would like a Colubrid, now that I got my Carpet python. I was thinking of a Kingsnake, Rat snake, Bull snake or a False Water Cobra. And the Russin Rat snake always come to mind and is due to the same reasons you mentioned: "the rumored inquisitive/outgoing personality that owners rave about". I guess they are not all like that.

Thanks Red

[redshepherd]

That's a shame, I wanted to see him grow and you telling everyone how smart and friendly he was.
I would like a Colubrid, now that I got my Carpet python. I was thinking of a Kingsnake, Rat snake, Bull snake or a False Water Cobra. And the Russin Rat snake always come to mind and is due to the same reasons you mentioned: "the rumored inquisitive/outgoing personality that owners rave about". I guess they are not all like that.

Thanks Red

Colubrids are amazing, you have to have one or two in the family!

Yeah, I think keepers will always more or less project what they want to see onto their snake and rave about it, since they love their animals. Some snakes are definitely bold and outgoing from a young age, like my northern pine snake. But some are not, like Jack (though he was already over a year old, so I don't think he'll necessarily be especially bold in his life LOL). I don't think russian rat snakes are necessarily more inquisitive or outgoing than many other colubrid species- the chances of a bold, fun snake could happen over a range of species. But since russian rat snakes are indeed universally docile snakes and are very easy to care for, people are very excited about their pets.