Found this guy at 2:30 AM in the hallway by the doggy-door, where he'd squashed himself between my tool-tote and the wall to get away from my "panthers". Sanitized his lacerations, set him up in a 15-gal, and let him rest for a couple days. Yesterday I killed a weanling rat and dropped it in the tank thinking he wouldn't bother cause it wasn't moving... walked past 5 min. later and it was a lump in his gut. Guess he was hungry! When I first picked him up and cleaned his wounds, he was pretty docile - probably relieved that he was out of danger. When I moved his hide just now to take his pic, he rattled his tail at me... must be feeling better!
[/IMG]
Eastern Black Rat Snake
Threaded Mode