Russian Ratsnakes ANYBODY?

[moonchild]

My husband was amazed at the replies I got about the Bairds so he wanted me to try to find somewhere for him to get a Russian Ratsnake. We are looking for either breeders of Russian Ratsnakes or recommendations of breeders or sources, prefferably from parents with a lot of yellow.

 

[Garteaser4]

funny i actually replied to your blue beauties question when i was younger my dad had two russian rat snakes they are awesome, ours were so tame and they got pretty big but i havent seen muchon them these days while i search the net but a great snake and pet, goodluck finding them

 

[cka]

http://www.knology.net/~korell/myanimals.htm & http://www.ratsnakes.com/species.html

both are sites hosted by Sasha Korell, who has a wealth of info on Old World rat snakes :*)

 

[moonchild]

I don't see any russian rats on those pages...

 

[cka]

http://www.ratsnakes.com/Eschrencki.html ...jeez, I found the website for ya ;*)

 

[dionythicus]

Funny, I have one of those, too. And a Kunashir Island ratsnake. I'm hoping to get a female Russian from Shawn at Hawkeye Herps.

Ours is almost two and a big baby. One word of advice..they are not snakes to be put around your neck. They are large and mostly arboreal. They will hold on with a grip like nobody's business. Even at two ours is strong enough to make my fingers go numb when he's holding on tight.

I'm wondering what Russian corns would look like? Probably similar to jungles, but without the hassle of breeding kings to corns. Hmm....

 

[Paul Sage]

I used to have three pair of Russians, but I have been gradually narrowing down my snake collection to only corns and emorys so I only have one left.

I had been a little disappointed with the lack of readily available information on the Russians (E. schrencki) so I put together a brief caresheet for them. It's on my website at www.PaulSageReptiles.com/articlespage.htm

I had acquired one of the pairs from Jim at Split Rock Reptiles, but I'm not sure if he still raises them or not. He didn't have any at the Tinley Park show this year (that I saw, I didn't get a chance to talk to him).

I really like the Russian ratsnakes, especially for their bold inquisitive nature and for their service as a "garbage disposal". It's kinda funny watching a 6 foot adult inhale a pile of leftover f/t pinkies and fuzzies. lol Mine have been very docile and friendly, but they do seem to be grumpier than a corn when blue.

Hope that helps.