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Posted by Lyn on July 12, 2001 at 22:41:20:

In Reply to: need info on gray rats please posted by Lyn on July 12, 2001 at 04:44:32:

Sounds like you are both happy with your snakes. I like your naturalistic set up Iwan. I'll probably pick her up Saturday morning. I stopped back in to visit her today, and she came right up to the glass and looked like she wanted to come out. Nobody was around to take her out for me. The guy from yesterday was there, but he disapeared into the back and I didn't see him come back out. I think her reddish brown color is cuz of the woodchips they have her on. I bedded my leucistic in those same chips and he got stained brown. He's fine now that he's on Aspen and has had a shed. I'll bet the gray rat will lose the brown too. I hope I'm wrong cuz I like her color now. Thanks again for your replies!

: I found a female gray ratsnake at my local shop. She's about 3 ft long. The guy I got was new, and didn't know the snake, so he picked it up by grabbing the back of it's neck so it wouldn't bite him. I held the head while he probed it. Then I decided to let go of the poor thing's head to see how her temperment was. She was sweet and calm, despite the previous minutes of being held like that and being probed. I held her for several minutes and she showed no signs of aggession. I've been trying to find out more about them and found only one picture. It was gray and white, as you'd expect a gray rat to be. But the one at the shop has tones of light brown too. Is this normal? The guy at the shop didn't know anything about her. I'm wondering, how long do they get? I don't need any husbandry info on snakes in general, but any advice/pics/links so sites with pics/stories of your gray rat experiences, etc. would be appreciated. Thanks!

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: Sounds like you are both happy with your snakes. I like your naturalistic set up Iwan. I'll probably pick her up Saturday morning. I stopped back in to visit her today, and she came right up to the glass and looked like she wanted to come out. Nobody was around to take her out for me. The guy from yesterday was there, but he disapeared into the back and I didn't see him come back out. I think her reddish brown color is cuz of the woodchips they have her on. I bedded my leucistic in those same chips and he got stained brown. He's fine now that he's on Aspen and has had a shed. I'll bet the gray rat will lose the brown too. I hope I'm wrong cuz I like her color now. Thanks again for your replies! : : : I found a female gray ratsnake at my local shop. She's about 3 ft long. The guy I got was new, and didn't know the snake, so he picked it up by grabbing the back of it's neck so it wouldn't bite him. I held the head while he probed it. Then I decided to let go of the poor thing's head to see how her temperment was. She was sweet and calm, despite the previous minutes of being held like that and being probed. I held her for several minutes and she showed no signs of aggession. I've been trying to find out more about them and found only one picture. It was gray and white, as you'd expect a gray rat to be. But the one at the shop has tones of light brown too. Is this normal? The guy at the shop didn't know anything about her. I'm wondering, how long do they get? I don't need any husbandry info on snakes in general, but any advice/pics/links so sites with pics/stories of your gray rat experiences, etc. would be appreciated. Thanks!

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