Re: "Bubblegum Rat"

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Posted by Ben on March 26, 2002 at 16:49:02:

In Reply to: Re: "Bubblegum Rat" posted by Nicole on March 26, 2002 at 16:19:47:

: for one, a corn snake is a rat snake...they're all Elaphe, just different species. Generally a Bubblegum rat is a 3 way cross between a yellow rat, black rat, and everglades rat...sometimes just a 2 way cross. Baby ratsnakes (and corns) can be a bit pissy as children. I have an extremely calm yearling and a nippish 6 month old that is getting better with handling. When you go to pick the snake up, have your hand flat and palm down, covering her head with your hand...she will realize that you aren't food and that she doesn't have an easy place to latch onto you. Just be patient and work with her a bit at a time. She doesn't require anything special other than some time to get used to you.

: check out Kathy Love's site...she has some good pics of bubblegum rats

I checked out the pics on kathy's site. The one hanging in the tree in the top right corner of the bubblegum section is exactly like the girl I got. Thanks for your help Nicole, one more question though. What would happen if I bred her next year to my male okatee corn? What kind of babies could I expect ect? Judging by her size I would say she is a yearling now, she is about 28-30" long at this time.

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: : for one, a corn snake is a rat snake...they're all Elaphe, just different species. Generally a Bubblegum rat is a 3 way cross between a yellow rat, black rat, and everglades rat...sometimes just a 2 way cross. Baby ratsnakes (and corns) can be a bit pissy as children. I have an extremely calm yearling and a nippish 6 month old that is getting better with handling. When you go to pick the snake up, have your hand flat and palm down, covering her head with your hand...she will realize that you aren't food and that she doesn't have an easy place to latch onto you. Just be patient and work with her a bit at a time. She doesn't require anything special other than some time to get used to you. : : check out Kathy Love's site...she has some good pics of bubblegum rats : I checked out the pics on kathy's site. The one hanging in the tree in the top right corner of the bubblegum section is exactly like the girl I got. Thanks for your help Nicole, one more question though. What would happen if I bred her next year to my male okatee corn? What kind of babies could I expect ect? Judging by her size I would say she is a yearling now, she is about 28-30" long at this time.

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