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Russian Rats

Kevin S.

Kevin S.

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I just got this pair from dionythicus and figured I should get some pics up. They're so big and active, it's hard to get a decent pic of them, but I'll work on better ones soon.

Here's the female (never seen one with any head pattern before).
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The male is a real bruiser, but I'm happy to report that he's a very gentle giant. I was surprised to find that he's only around 5 feet in length-he seems larger in person and is pretty impressive to handle.
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Kathy, both have already eaten for me (big guy must have decided to take a break from his winter fast) and both were surprisingly gentle about it. No real feeding frenzy, just deliberate took a few mice each. They're really growing on me already and may end up being my favorite snakes.
 
I'm so happy! They look pretty happy, too. They did have names, too, if you want to keep them. The male was Igor and the female was Babushka. I miss them already. I'll have to get some again down the road. I know you'll enjoy many years with them. They are amazing snakes. I keep hoping to learn about an amel gene, but haven't come across anything yet.
 
dionythicus said:
I keep hoping to learn about an amel gene, but haven't come across anything yet.
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You might already be aware, but there are amel Korean rats (E. anomala). They used to be a subspecies of schrencki, but have been elevated to their own species...depending on who you ask. I know someone who lives over that way posted pics of a black one he found on one island that looks just like a Russian, but on an island nearby they looked like typical Koreans. I've never seen anyone mention breeding the two in captivity, but it ought to be easy enough to accomplish.
 
Then the offspring would be intergrades, not pure schrenki. I'd like to see if there is an amel gene in the schrenki. I've heard about the anomala amel. It seems odd that as much I love hybrids I would balk at an intergrade, but I would really like to see them kept pure as much as possible considering there aren't that many in the US as it is.
 
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