Lan Fan the Japanese Rat Snake

[Bogertophis]

She's looking great! Too bad you need a glove though...some rat snakes can be like that, especially the Oriental ones. The only "insane" rat snake I have is my Korean,
but he only gets handled briefly when I clean his cage, & we have a "routine"...he goes right into a pillowcase for me while I work. He really makes it clear that he hates
being held & will nip if held too long...he acts like a racer, and is way bigger than your "noodle", lol. He's about 6' long & quite a solid body, so a bite would get my attention.

[Starscream]

She's looking great! Too bad you need a glove though...some rat snakes can be like that, especially the Oriental ones. The only "insane" rat snake I have is my Korean,
but he only gets handled briefly when I clean his cage, & we have a "routine"...he goes right into a pillowcase for me while I work. He really makes it clear that he hates
being held & will nip if held too long...he acts like a racer, and is way bigger than your "noodle", lol. He's about 6' long & quite a solid body, so a bite would hurt.

Yeah, if I don't use the glove she bites like crazy. I think the heat from my fingers sets her off. She's getting there size-wise, and since she's only 1 and already 3.5 feet I have little doubt she'll hit 6 feet someday. She's definitely a display snake.

[Starscream]

Been a while since I updated this thread, looks like. Since last update, Lan Fan went into brumation for the winter, from late October to early February, and has since been introduced her new enclosure, a 36x18x36 Carolina Cages glass enclosure. I'm really liking it, and I'm hopeful she does too.

She likes sitting on this bird toy I bought for her, and since February she has gone into her first shed of the year and eaten several meals. My roommate moved in with her two dogs, and as Lan Fan is already an incredibly nervous snake, she reacted by hiding for about a month as she got used to all the vibrations. Today she came out and had a really good explore and had a nice quail as a reward, and then spent the next hour trying to intimidate me into seconds, which was very cute.

I have plans to black out the sides of her enclosure with black paper, and then add some carved styrofoam backgrounds to two of them for her to climb on and feel a bit more secure, just haven't gotten to the execution part of it yet.

[Bogertophis]

I love what you did with her "playground"! She's really growing up, too.

[Starscream]

I love what you did with her "playground"! She's really growing up, too.

Thank you! It doesn't feel complete yet, so I'm going to keep adding things until it does lol.

She came out after I sprayed her enclosure yesterday. So curious and yet so sneaky.

[TofuTofuTofu]

Hey, I see leaf litter; is your enclosure bioactive? My fiance got a Japanese rat snake earlier this month, and we were going to start setting up the bioactive enclosure soon. We got a Carolina Custom Cage too (the 36 x 18 x 24 one), which is supposed to arrive this weekend.

Are you planning to put a background on the three sides of the glass? Maybe she would feel less nervous if it were covered? Even in our snake's quarantine, covering up two of the sides seemed to help and he comes out to explore more (but maybe he's just more used to us now).

[Starscream]

Hey, I see leaf litter; is your enclosure bioactive? My fiance got a Japanese rat snake earlier this month, and we were going to start setting up the bioactive enclosure soon. We got a Carolina Custom Cage too (the 36 x 18 x 24 one), which is supposed to arrive this weekend.

Are you planning to put a background on the three sides of the glass? Maybe she would feel less nervous if it were covered? Even in our snake's quarantine, covering up two of the sides seemed to help and he comes out to explore more (but maybe he's just more used to us now).

It is bioactive; she's been in a bioactive enclosure since she was 3 months old. I really like my 36x18x36, though if it arrives with a cracked base they will have to send you a whole new one. That happened the first time they sent me one, so just be aware of the possibility lol.

I have plans for that, though only on two sides, and I have blacked out the sides I'm planning on putting a background on. With the dogs moving in, I think all the new vibrations spooked her, and it took her a month to adjust.

[Starscream]

Lan Fan's activity level has increased recently, so I do believe it was the dogs bounding around the house that scared her. She seems to have adjusted, and regularly basks during the day when they're thumping about.

She's currently in shed, and since these were taken, has been in hiding, so I think she'll shed any day now. Maybe tomorrow.

[Bogertophis]

That is SO cute!

[Zincubus]

I went to a reptile show today and came home with this tiny, gorgeous little girl.



The breeder said she is two months old, and feeding on pinky mice. They listed her as a "blue" variety, which I believe means the Kunashir island locale, but since they didn't list her that way I can't confirm it. She is currently in her quarantine enclosure noodling about. She is a zoomer!

I am getting one identical to this tiny guy .. in a few weeks .. its a hatchling male so should hopefully colour up quite nicely

I actually chose it for its cute face and everything I’ve researched about their characteristics


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