Tell me everything you know about black ratsnakes

[DSGB]

yeah i never feed f/t. i feel that it is more natural for the snake. plus i think its gross keeping dead rats.

[MelissaFlipski]

yeah i never feed f/t. i feel that it is more natural for the snake. plus i think its gross keeping dead rats.

I was just wondering since you fed him for so long. Did a rat ever bite/injure the black rat snake?

Unfortunately, we have plenty of wild mice in our house. I know you are not supposed to feed them to pet snakes b/c of risk of illness, parasites, etc. But if I use a humane trap to catch them (uninjured), and keep them for a month (to be sure they are mostly healthy), do you think I could then give them to my not-so-humane mouse trap - the black rat snake - since he is wild, too?

[Montessa Python]

Well they are Black.. does that help...

[MelissaFlipski]

Well they are Black.. does that help...

Hmmm... thanks! I think I have it named right then. But I have another question. Why aren't Black Mambas black?

[littleindiangirl]

Their mouths are black

[MelissaFlipski]

Their mouths are black

Mambas? Cool! I want to see one of THOSE yawn, but behind glass, please.

[BrucenBruce]

I think it might be that "Dusty Grey Looking Mamba" just didn't carry the same impact - or it might have something to do with the fact that they're a lot blacker than the green or Jameson's mambas.

~Bruce

[Thor26]

i think if you ever plan to realease him you should stay with live i don't use f/t for my snakes i think its unnatural

[littleindiangirl]

Mambas? Cool! I want to see one of THOSE yawn, but behind glass, please.

I think it might be that "Dusty Grey Looking Mamba" just didn't carry the same impact - or it might have something to do with the fact that they're a lot blacker than the green or Jameson's mambas.

~Bruce

LOL, the mambas are feisty and when cornered or pissed off, they will flash their mouth gaping to terrify and warn their attacker. It's black and quite a sight to see.