Black or White Snake?

[schnebbles]

Susan - that is a gorgeous snake (the rat snake)! What, exactly, is the difference between a rat snake and a corn snake?

I wonder how my anery will turn out. I love his color now. Same with my normal, I love her color now but don't know that I'm going to love the adult color as much. I got them without knowing anything about the color morphs so I picked what I liked. She did say that the anery would get some yellow and my normal will orange out. I like her brown!

 

[Dakafall]

I know it's a very long shot, but diamond pythons are a very pretty black/white snake

 

[DISCERN]

Snakes are individuals, and I have handled some corns that were worse than most kings I have held. In fact, my black and white California king here, is just as gentle and sweet as can be. Doesn't bite, doesn't musk, and is completely dog tame.

Kings can be pretty aggressive when it comes to feeding, but so can any snake.

If you like black and white snakes, I would keep an open mind about California kings, as they do make great pets, and are very nice to look at.

 

[MegF.]

Susan - that is a gorgeous snake (the rat snake)! What, exactly, is the difference between a rat snake and a corn snake?

Ratsnakes are Elaphe genus (elaphe obsoleta-here although there are hundreds of species worldwide). Cornsnakes used to be considered a subfamily of the ratsnake and indeed in the wild where their territories overlap they do interbreed. However, there are enough differences between the two that they received their own designation in the late 80's I think it was. Pantherophis gutatta is the proper name for the common cornsnake. The snakes do look very different from each other and if seen side by side, there's no doubt which is which. We have both species here in South Carolina. For the most part, ratsnakes grow much larger than your average cornsnake although I have to say my locality Okeetees rivaled many of the ratsnakes I found here. The girth is impressive as well as the length. The average ones I've found are well over 4 ft and could take a small rat no problem.

 

[razrbak]

Snakes are individuals, and I have handled some corns that were worse than most kings I have held. In fact, my black and white California king here, is just as gentle and sweet as can be. Doesn't bite, doesn't musk, and is completely dog tame.

Kings can be pretty aggressive when it comes to feeding, but so can any snake.

If you like black and white snakes, I would keep an open mind about California kings, as they do make great pets, and are very nice to look at.

this...
Over thirty years of collecting and my 50/50 is second on my list for manners, my Black Milk is tops.

 

[sarae]

I blame susan... here's the licorice rat i picked up this afternoon:

 

[Susan]

I blame susan... here's the licorice rat i picked up this afternoon:

Great choice! But I did forget to warn you, they watch you...always. :dgrin:

 

[Floof]

I blame susan... here's the licorice rat i picked up this afternoon:

Jealous!!! They're in the top 2 of my "must have" list... Love the whitesideds!

 

[MegF.]

Saw some at the show in Columbia today.

 

[Naagas]

I just love the big eyes on that rat snake! Beautiful!

I'm surprised that no one suggested a charcoal corn snake.

 

[AliCat37]

I love whitesides too! I'm really excited to babysit my classroom's black rat over winter break. Everyone is so afraid of him, but he's super sweet with me One of my teacher's won't even touch him! She uses two hooks to get him out!

 

[Kokopelli]

Placing a hatchling in with a yearling is never a good idea... especially if they are from different species, so you're not neccessarily better off with something other than a king.

I would reconsider the California Kingsnake- placing it near other snakes is of course, a no no.
Another option would be an Anery Kenyan sand boa... they go for 50$ nowdays...