As some of you might know,I would like a blizzard corn,but just because of their colour(pure white).
Well,for the last three days I was thinking hard about getting a Texas rat leucistic instead,because I like the black/blue eyes better.I saw some great pics of them and I also saw some babies in a reptile store in town (from the lady who had Nikita for a while).
I read about the Texas rats and I know that they have a temper and like to bite,but most of them calm down when they reach adulthood.
So,what do you think I should do? I wouldn't mind the biting bit,as long as they do it when still babies.But the question is,will they still do it later?! Some article said that most of them lose the agressive behaviour when they reach 1-2 years of age.
Now I need your suggestions.My heart really says yes,because it would be a challenge and I REALLY love them!But,please,tell me your true opinion,thanks!

I love corns, but you're right, the leucistic Texas rats are gorgeous. I have heard they're very nippy, but I have no personal experience with them. Some people like nippy snakes and some don't. I think the key to deciding would be how much you might mind always being bitten/struck at just in case the rat snake doesn't calm down as an adult. I've heard of corns who never calm down too though, so who ever really knows how it will turn out with snakes that are bought as babies?

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Leusictics are nippy as hatchlings up to about yearling stage, but with lots of handling and great care, they will tame down and become just as docile, sometimes even more so, than corns. I currently have normal colored texas rats...both hatchlings and grown adults, and I am going to be looking at getting a pair of leucistic TX Rats on Sunday.

If you want a snake that is pure white and will not develop any other color, that is the way to go. Blizzard corns will develop yellow pigments in the neck and down the sides like Snows do, and also, some will develop a faint yellow coloration outlining where the normal saddles would be.



This picture isn't all that great, but you can faintly see the yellow saddle outlines on the main part of the body. This girl was pure white when I got her as a hatchling, and she is now close to a year old, and the yellow is getting more pronounced with each shed. A larger picture of this girl can be found here

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Paul

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Thanks my friends,this sounds great and it's what I wanted to hear,lol! I think I made up my mind
Paul,would you post us some pics of the ones you get on Sunday?Thanks.I'm very curious to see them!

My Texas rat snake is just a normal one, and he doesnt bite....but he does rattle his tail like a rattlesnake....which can scare you...but he is a big baby....Lyn

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Most Colubrids will do this tail rattling thing. it is just a way of saying that you just scared me and I am ready to defend myself if you do it again. All of my Corns do this, and so do my Texas Rat snakes.

If I find what I am looking for, I will deffinately post up some pictures.

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Paul

Everything is do-able in life, you just need to know how to do them to get them done.

PCar's Reptiles

My Nikita used to do the tail rattle a lot in the beginning,even when stepping too close to her terrarium.But now she is the one that wants to be close ,LOL.And the tail rattling stopt,even when I clean her terrarium or change the water,or even when I take her out.
I do believe that a TX rat leucistic will get used to handling and sooner or later stops biting and rattling.Well,we'll see anyway.Maybe there are some more people with an experience to tell about those snakes?

Julianne,

I wouldn't mind a bitey snake, as long as it knows when to let go! (lol)

Steve

My boa Flicka is a hissy striky girl in her cage, she will be getting bigger but not hugh, i don't like these attitudes in a snake I stop enjoying them. I would go with the corn myself.

I don't know...I find the ones that put on a show to be kind of funny. I'm always really tickled by the incredible show a big pine snake at out local museum puts on when he's taken out of his enclosure. The hissing alone is incredible! He's got an attitude like you wouldn't believe, and I love it...of course, I'm not the one trying to get him out of the enclosure either.

I'm with you, Steve...bitey isn't too bad as long as they let go!

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