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Blair`s Rat Snakes
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Well, I can tell you my impression of them as compared to corns. I personally think Baird's rats are wonderful snakes. In contrast to corn snakes, my Bairdi tend to be 'out and about' more. They have less of a tendency to hide away and I frequently find mine curled up on top of their hide or up on a branch if one is in the tank. They make wonderful display animals for this reason IMHO. They do have more of a tendency to tail rattle and the babies like to musk a bit more than corns, but I've never been struck at by my Bairdi...even the most defensive baby.
They make nice "garbage can" snakes, too. Mine have voracious appetites and clean up anything the corns don't eat. I love their metallic grey sheen and the color between the scales is awesome. I keep them in the same environment as my corns and they seem to do very well.
I've never tried to breed them without brumation, but I've heard that they are less likely to cycle without a brumation period, unlike corns. Guess I'll find out this year because I am unable to brumate anyone.
They have a smaller clutch size than corns (5 to 7 average) and the eggs are 2 to 3 times the size of corn eggs. The babies are large, grey with black saddles and black masks....all of which they lose with time to become anywhere from light steel grey to dark grey with varying amounts of longitudinal black striping. They gain a tremendous amount of color between their scales varying from yellows to oranges or even hot pinks - depending on the line.
My Bairdi are larger than my corns, too. My female is a solid 5 1/2 ft right now, and the male is catching up.
Hmmmm, what else. They have more of a tendency to strech their heads straight up or out to investigate things...and they're strong. My female can hold 2/3rds of her body perfectly horizontal out from my arm and hardly waver. LOL
Here's a pic of a couple of my Bairdi as hatchlings:
And here's a pic of the female now with a couple of near yearlings (one of which is in shed):
If you have any specific questions, I'll do my best to answer them, otherwise enjoy.
They make nice "garbage can" snakes, too. Mine have voracious appetites and clean up anything the corns don't eat. I love their metallic grey sheen and the color between the scales is awesome. I keep them in the same environment as my corns and they seem to do very well.
I've never tried to breed them without brumation, but I've heard that they are less likely to cycle without a brumation period, unlike corns. Guess I'll find out this year because I am unable to brumate anyone.
They have a smaller clutch size than corns (5 to 7 average) and the eggs are 2 to 3 times the size of corn eggs. The babies are large, grey with black saddles and black masks....all of which they lose with time to become anywhere from light steel grey to dark grey with varying amounts of longitudinal black striping. They gain a tremendous amount of color between their scales varying from yellows to oranges or even hot pinks - depending on the line.
My Bairdi are larger than my corns, too. My female is a solid 5 1/2 ft right now, and the male is catching up.
Hmmmm, what else. They have more of a tendency to strech their heads straight up or out to investigate things...and they're strong. My female can hold 2/3rds of her body perfectly horizontal out from my arm and hardly waver. LOL
Here's a pic of a couple of my Bairdi as hatchlings:
And here's a pic of the female now with a couple of near yearlings (one of which is in shed):
If you have any specific questions, I'll do my best to answer them, otherwise enjoy.
HURLEY....
Thanks for the info.. Purchased a pair of Bairds Yesterday.
Settling in nicely. the male has all ready eaten. Altho ive got the feeling theyve got use to feeding on rats. and female turned her nose up at the mouse i offered.
These have been kept together since hatched.
Do you have any problem keeping yours together as ive tended to always keep my corns seperate?
Brilliant pictures by the way. Mine look very similar.
Thanks for the info.. Purchased a pair of Bairds Yesterday.
Settling in nicely. the male has all ready eaten. Altho ive got the feeling theyve got use to feeding on rats. and female turned her nose up at the mouse i offered.
These have been kept together since hatched.
Do you have any problem keeping yours together as ive tended to always keep my corns seperate?
Brilliant pictures by the way. Mine look very similar.
WAS1 - I haven't housed them together much except during breeding season. I don't want to risk stressing them out with cohabitation and they do well in separate housing.
(They were just together for the picture.)
I think the risks of housing Bairdi together are the same as those for corns.
Congrats on the pair, hope you love them as much as I do!
(They were just together for the picture.)
I think the risks of housing Bairdi together are the same as those for corns.
Congrats on the pair, hope you love them as much as I do!
Marshall_P
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Baird's
To reply to an old post, I have 3 corn's and 1 Baird's ratsnake, the baird's as far as temperament goes is fine, perhaps not quite as personable as the corns, only I've ever gotten out of him was the tail rattling, my corns don't even do that, but the one thing noticeable is the feeding of the baird's, where the corns will eat every 8-11 days, the baird's will only eat about every 2 weeks or so, sometimes only once every 3 weeks, just depends on the shed cycle of course, perhaps they eat more in the wild I'm not sure, hope this info helps, Marsh..
To reply to an old post, I have 3 corn's and 1 Baird's ratsnake, the baird's as far as temperament goes is fine, perhaps not quite as personable as the corns, only I've ever gotten out of him was the tail rattling, my corns don't even do that, but the one thing noticeable is the feeding of the baird's, where the corns will eat every 8-11 days, the baird's will only eat about every 2 weeks or so, sometimes only once every 3 weeks, just depends on the shed cycle of course, perhaps they eat more in the wild I'm not sure, hope this info helps, Marsh..