Hello all. Been lurking here for a while and am a new snake owner, not a corn but a black rat. yeah I know its a corn forum but arent they a subspecies of rat?
Anyway, always been fascinated by snakes. As a kid my parents wouldnt think of it so I would catch wild snakes and release them. Last month I came across a beautiful wild black rat on the road sunning itself. About 5' long and decided to try my hand at keeping one. It was docile and I put him in a temporary spot(cardboard box) and being the escapist type they are, he escaped back to the woods. Anyway, that prompted my purchase of a CB rat. A male, about 30" long and very docile and very active! Seems to like wrapping around my arm or crawling around my shoulders. He's in a 30 gallon tank with a couple hides a UTH on one end a synthetic vine with silk leaves that he constantly climbs. He's also very curious. If I move something or adjust something he checks it out soon after. I put screen clips on the lid and he wasted no time in checking those out. I added some fake plants to his cage and he was all over them.
He eats well too. F/T mice are no problem and like I said he's really active. Though he hides a lot too, he usually decides to get out around sunset and is out all night, then back in one of his hides by morning. he usually keeps his head out looking around though.
Even though this is a corn snake forum I found lots of good info here!
Anyway, always been fascinated by snakes. As a kid my parents wouldnt think of it so I would catch wild snakes and release them. Last month I came across a beautiful wild black rat on the road sunning itself. About 5' long and decided to try my hand at keeping one. It was docile and I put him in a temporary spot(cardboard box) and being the escapist type they are, he escaped back to the woods. Anyway, that prompted my purchase of a CB rat. A male, about 30" long and very docile and very active! Seems to like wrapping around my arm or crawling around my shoulders. He's in a 30 gallon tank with a couple hides a UTH on one end a synthetic vine with silk leaves that he constantly climbs. He's also very curious. If I move something or adjust something he checks it out soon after. I put screen clips on the lid and he wasted no time in checking those out. I added some fake plants to his cage and he was all over them.
He eats well too. F/T mice are no problem and like I said he's really active. Though he hides a lot too, he usually decides to get out around sunset and is out all night, then back in one of his hides by morning. he usually keeps his head out looking around though.
Even though this is a corn snake forum I found lots of good info here!
