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Posted by hotshot on November 14, 2002 at 11:50:00:
In Reply to: Re: Black Rat Snake Size posted by Alan Garry on November 13, 2002 at 18:25:59:
Wow, 16.5" out of the egg?? Man that is huge for a black rat!! My black rat is a W/C KY locale, and was right at 14" when I caught him. He was maybe a week old when I caught him. He is now at 39" and 16 months old. Not as big as your 48" specimen. Thats pretty impressive for a snake that is the same age as mine! My Corn snake is almost 2.5 years old and he is just at maybe 49 or 50". Would like to see some pics of those beauties!!
Brian
: I would like to add that I'm raising some black rats from a county in NY adjacent to the county where the 101" record specimen was found. The growth rate is no greater than average and as hatchlings were 12" to 13" when I got them.
: However I breed blacks doing some serious locallity mixxing, and the hatchlings have been as long as 16 1/2 inches, big enough to eat mouse fuzzies, right out of the egg. I hatched some end of July last year measuring 15" out of the egg. One male measured 48" a month ago and he hasn't even been that great of a feeder the whole time. It will be interesting to see how he turns out in 5 years.
: Now a question. I'm very well aware that a lot blackrats don't really get all that black as adults and retain a lot of their juvi pattern for life. My question is has anyone known blackrats to retain a lot of pattern at 4' to 5' plus, and then later turn solid black or close to it? Thanks in advance. Alan,
