Care Sheet for Rat SnakesAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 3.27 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 07/25/2004 |
Main Category: | Snakes |
Sub Category: | Rat Snakes |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Justona |
Years Experience: | 3 to 5 Years |
Species: | Tiawanese rat snake |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | none |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Go to a vet or a herp to get your snake sexed properly |
Mostly Active During: | Both |
Substrate and Water Needs: | A fresh bowl of water should always be there for yor snake |
Lighting and UVB: | I use a normal 40 watt globe in the day and a dark red 40 watt globe at night but no special uvb is needed |
Temperatures and Humidity: | During the day you temp should be 27-33degrees celsuis |
Heating and Equipment: | I use a normal under heating pad |
Caging Provided: | A hatchling should have a 60cm long 20cm wide and 20cm high tank adult should have a large large tank as this is one of the huge rat snakes |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Hatchlings can start on fuzzies slowly moving on to small mice adults can be fed rats |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | None |
Maintenance: | These snakes are low maintenance although are quite messy but its not hard to clean up the mess! |
Some Words on this Species: | This is a beautiful rat snake hatchlings can be nippy at first but quiet down after being handeld i think they are alot more placid than other rat snakes.They make great pets and grow to about 2.5m on average. |
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