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Texas Ratsnake

tricksterpup said:
Are you being a Melan intolerant?
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Nah. I just think they're boring. Dark, dusty looking snakes...expressionless faces...stocky build and rough scales. Blah.

Hey, who said you could turn this into a watersnake thread??? Quit trying to steal the ratsnake's glory. :flames:
 
texastailfeathers said:
Hey, who said you could turn this into a watersnake thread??? Quit trying to steal the ratsnake's glory. :flames:
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:laugh: You tell him. And speaking of that TX rat, I like his look, but he's too skinny. You could have him at fighting weight in mere months! ;) There's a TX rat at my local pet store that I've handled a couple times. He's very aggressive too, and super-high-strung. Beautiful, but not a pleasant animal...
 
Roy Munson said:
:laugh: You tell him. And speaking of that TX rat, I like his look, but he's too skinny. You could have him at fighting weight in mere months! ;) There's a TX rat at my local pet store that I've handled a couple times. He's very aggressive too, and super-high-strung. Beautiful, but not a pleasant animal...
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I don't think I'll get into the ratsnakes. I've researched them a little, and it seems like rat owners all use the same words to describe their snakes..."aggressive" "demon" "wild", etc. I do admire their spunk, but I just don't see the point of keeping aggressive snakes...especially WC specimens that may have trouble adjusting. Aggression to me indicates discomfort, fear, or dominance. I don't really see the need for that. My husband doesn't either. He says being married to a red-headed Texas girl is hard enough. :grin01:

He is kinda skinny. But I would imagine most wild snakes are a bit leaner than our captive raised animals. He seems very healthy.

If I kept him, I'd name him PV (Piss & Vinegar). :D
 
texastailfeathers said:
I don't think I'll get into the ratsnakes. I've researched them a little, and it seems like rat owners all use the same words to describe their snakes..."aggressive" "demon" "wild", etc. I do admire their spunk, but I just don't see the point of keeping aggressive snakes...especially WC specimens that may have trouble adjusting. Aggression to me indicates discomfort, fear, or dominance. I don't really see the need for that. My husband doesn't either. He says being married to a red-headed Texas girl is hard enough. :grin01:

He is kinda skinny. But I would imagine most wild snakes are a bit leaner than our captive raised animals. He seems very healthy.

If I kept him, I'd name him PV (Piss & Vinegar). :D
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This is very true and like I stated earlier the reason he took the mouse offered is he was hungry. WAs it a frozen mouse?
 
texastailfeathers said:
Yup, a big wet thawed hopper.
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Well Damn thats a keeper in my book. Do you know how long it took me to convert my MBK Ebony to Frozen? It took a long time and this guy you have right off the bat. lol
 
tricksterpup said:
Well Damn thats a keeper in my book. Do you know how long it took me to convert my MBK Ebony to Frozen? It took a long time and this guy you have right off the bat. lol
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Well, he is from Texas. Ain't an underfed critter in this whole state. :rolleyes:

I'll ship him to ya. $100. PayPal accepted. :grin01:
 
texastailfeathers said:
Well, he is from Texas. Ain't an underfed critter in this whole state. :rolleyes:

I'll ship him to ya. $100. PayPal accepted. :grin01:
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LOL I will put you on the list. :grin01:
There are a few more animals I want to get. lol Thanks though.
 
Well, the ratsnake is gone. My husband took him back to the field before I got home from work.

I can't be mad though. He brought me a 650g cornsnake to replace it. :D
 
texastailfeathers said:
Well, the ratsnake is gone. My husband took him back to the field before I got home from work.

I can't be mad though. He brought me a 650g cornsnake to replace it. :D
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Well, shoot...win for you! :cheers:

There are far too many funny posts in this short(?) thread. Thanks to ALL of you for making me laugh...I needed it! :cheers:
 
texastailfeathers said:
Well, the ratsnake is gone. My husband took him back to the field before I got home from work.

I can't be mad though. He brought me a 650g cornsnake to replace it. :D
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Well gosh darn it.. I just sent you that $100 via paypal!!!!
 
tricksterpup said:
Well gosh darn it.. I just sent you that $100 via paypal!!!!
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Just send him the cornsnake, instead... :grin01:

As far as the gardening gloves go...I find it amusing that you don't sweat parrot bites, but you get worried about snake bites, because I am exactly the opposite. The shop I work at deals in reptiles and birds. We have a couple that are pretty nasty...a blue and gold macaw that can go from super sweetheart to devil-bird in a split second; an african grey that only allows men to pet her, and ONLY on the top of her head or she bites to draw blood(but she loves me ;)); a red breasted parrot that acts like the sweetest thing, talking and raising her foot to you and then lashes out when you get near the cage; and a pair of eclectus that are the sweetest birds in the world when you take them out of the cage, but will grind their beak-points into your hand when you try to put them back in the cage.

These birds...I dig them. They are super cool birds. But sometimes...they bite so dang hard...I don't know....it just makes me nervous.

On the other hand...my snakes biting me doesn't really bother me. I usually wear the gloves with my Cali simply because biting isn't a rae thing with him, it's an every-time occurence, and while it doesn't really bother me, I don't exactly like it either...but it doesn't make me nervous, or wish I didn't have him, and it doesn't stop me from occasionally handling him just to handle him. I have a couple others that will occasionally take a taste or strike, but I don't wear gloves or anything with them. It's a very rare thing, but it sometimes happens, and never bothers me, really...I do admit to still jumping when they strike, though...
 
He/she was sure a gorgeous critter - definitely looked as though it had a 'tude! lol... I'd have to agree that the exchange of the rat for the corn was a great deal. (That's a hint Tim, I wanna 'nother snake! lol... like we don't already have enough!)


Jenn
 
tyflier said:
As far as the gardening gloves go...I find it amusing that you don't sweat parrot bites, but you get worried about snake bites, because I am exactly the opposite.
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Well, I definitely don't like hookbill bites. And there was a time that I wore gloves every time I handled any kind of bird, and I would jerk my hand away when a bird lunged at me. But I just kinda had to suck it up and get used to it. I have 50+ birds in my aviary. I don't have time for gloves or crying or whatever. Now...I should clarify that I only keep SMALL hookbills...bourke parakeets, parrotlets, etc. If I had an aviary full of big birds, I'd wear a body suit made of stainless steel mesh. :grin01:

I've never been bitten by a snake, so I guess it's just a fear of the unknown. I kept telling my husband I was going to stick my hand in with the ratsnake just to see what a bite felt like, but then I realized that was kinda dumb. :rolleyes:
 
I've never been bitten by any snake in my whole life that hurt a tenth as much as what a little cockateil or budgie can do.

Nanci
 
I can tell you that it is not even in the same league as a pissed off eclectus. Cockatiel's hurt more than snakes. I've never been bit by a budgie, but love birds are definitely worse than snakes. Heck, Bailey, the blue and gold macaw, hurts more than a snake when he's just playing around...but he's huge. He could take out both my eyes in less than 20 seconds if he really wanted to...(but for the record, I don't wear gloves with the birdies, either. I just watch them closely and try to read them...)
 
I've got a lot of birds at the shop I work at too. They make me really nervous sometimes, especially the big scarlet macaw we had for a while (thank god it was finally sold. damn thing put a hole in my thumb.)

I get mugged by a group of sun conures every time I go into the bird room. Always trying to rip out my earrings and stuff. Gah.

No problems handling the "I-will-wait-until-you-sleep-then-kill-everyone-you-have-ever-loved" reticulated python, though.
 
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