Black Rat Snake, The Best Pet Snake?

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Black rat snakes are possibly the most underrated of all pet snakes. It is so much like a corn snake, but bigger, blacker, and dare I say, better? This sounds like the perfect pet snake, but is it? Is the black rat snake a good pet? Is the black rat snake the best pet snake for you?
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@ClintsReptiles 4 месяца назад

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@HassanMohamed-rm1cb 4 месяца назад

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@RockhouseRay 4 месяца назад

Great video. Would you be able to do one for black milk snakes. I believe they are amazing yet very under appreciated pets that would benefit greatly with more exposure and a higher awareness of the species.

@i_am_bogan 4 месяца назад

They are so underrated! They have a horrible reputation for absolute non reason. My Texas rat was never handled at the breeders (He was over a year) but still was as great as a corn snake to handle off the bat.

@interstellarsurfer 4 месяца назад

My favorite snake. Had a wild 'pet' that lived in our vegetable garden for four years. Perfectly docile, and more than happy to take advantage of the prey opportunities we afforded it.

@user-xd4lw1xs8e 4 месяца назад

Could you do a video on the Brazilian black tarantula or the arizona blond tarantula please. Love ❤️ your vids very informative, keep it up 😊

@5610winston 4 месяца назад

Some years ago I found some damaged siding on my house and called in a handyman for repairs. As soon as he began demolition he started screaming "SNAKES!" Sure enough, there was an infestation of snakes in the cavities of the framing. By this time the neighbors were checking out the commotion, and one recognized the critters as rat snakes. The handyman eventually stopped hypervenilating, and asked why I wasn't screaming and jumping on a table. "Because I'd rather have rat snakes than rats." I see a nsnake or two from tim to time, but no rats.

@alanjackson1568 4 месяца назад

So lucky, I never find snakes in old damaged stuff around here. Out of curiosity, was it winter? I think I have read that most snakes only gather to mate, to share space for brumation, or to bask together in the case of aquatic snakes. Brumating together, with other species of snake, is why I have read Black, and Grey rat snakes, as well as North American Water snakes have been called Pilot snakes, for the legend that they lead other snakes to shelter when it gets cold. But you can only trust anonymous internet sources so much.

@kylepessell1350 4 месяца назад

There was a family of Eastern Black Rat Snakes living in our attic a number of years ago. Very friendly and curious. I was able to lie down next to the mama one day in the yard to help determine it's length and yeah it was roughly 6 feet long.

@willd639 4 месяца назад

You are a very smart person.

@bettymorgan4737 4 месяца назад

I had a gray rat snake, I rescued it from a car engine. Even though she had a burn from the engine, she never offered to strike at me and went right onto frozen thawed. ( I took her to the vet, got the burn treated, and she was treated for parasites) She was a great snake for years. I loat her to a tumor. The vet put her down when she couldn't poop anymore.

@madhokte 4 месяца назад

I'm sorry for your loss. You gave her a wonderful life and she gave you a gift as well it seems

@Orangutan_Stella 4 месяца назад

Aww good save and glad you helped her.

@citycritteradventures7427 4 месяца назад

Bless ya

@MotherTruckinReptiles 4 месяца назад

Why do they love engines so much lol we pulled one from a truck engine at my job. I took her home and let her heal up before I released her in my yard

@Houndw4veStudios 4 месяца назад

@@MotherTruckinReptiles it's because it's a warm hiding place, sadly.

@niveketihw1897 4 месяца назад

I'm 49. When I was 8 I went fishing with my father. We caught no fish, but we caught three snakes -- a watersnake (non-venomous), a kingsnake, and a Great Plains Rat Snake. We let the first two back into the wild, but the GPRS seemed so docile and friendly that we decided to make him a nice terrarium and keep him. He lived for 9 years in captivity! In all that time, he never bit or even threatened to strike anyone. He seemed to look forward to gentle handling. He was always a solid eater. He was my Best Pet Snake.

@xion1629 4 месяца назад

This was my first snake interaction at 5. A local wildlife preserve had a young one, and they'd let kids interact with it for educational purposes. His name was Curly. 10 years later, at a local fair, the wildlife preserve had a booth with a massive black rat snake. I stopped by and told the guy about my experience with Curly as a kid only to find out that the massive one they had WAS Curly. He was easily twice as big, but just as docile. That individual snake is solely responsible for my love of herpetology. I'm turning 34 soon. In short, black rat snakes are my favorite species period.

@gr8handsftl 4 месяца назад

When I was in college, in eastern PA, I found a black rat snake in the middle of the road during a heat wave. It was barely moving and looked like it had just lost a fight with a housewife with a broom. It was overheated, missing an eye, had a gash on the side of its neck, and bleeding in its mouth. I took it to the local pet store and they gave me some antibiotics to help keep it from getting an infection. One of their suppliers was in the store and said that it must have a broken vertebrae and told me to kill it by sticking it in the freezer. I didn't, I bought a 20 gallon aquarium with lid, took it back to my apartment and cooled the body temperature with some tepid water. I kept treating it with the antibiotics and it healed in a week or so. I started feeding it some small minnows and it eventually got to eating mice. After a few molts, you could barely even see that it had been wounded in the neck. At one point I took it back to the pet store with me after it healed and the supplier for the pet store was there and told me that I must have bought a different snake because there was no way that it could have been the same snake. lol It was very calm and easily handled. In fact, it would usually wrap itself around my wrist and I would wear it like a bracelet and carry it around with me. The snake was about 4 1/2 feet long. My guess is that it might have been someone's pet that had gotten out, but I had put announcements up at the university and the pet shop and nobody called or mentioned it to anyone at the pet store. It was a great pet while I had it. When I moved home after college my mom wouldn't let me keep it, she HATED snakes, so I ended up giving it to a friend who was a snake collector.

@glorygloryholeallelujah 4 месяца назад

I always find it weird when animals are named after a food that someone saw them eat most often. If aliens did that to us…then I’m probably either a *”Burrito Human”* or a *”Noodle People.”* 🤔🤣

@SeraphicSolicitor 4 месяца назад

There's a type of moth called a Grapeleaf Skeletonizer that makes me think of the same. Am I a Cow Skeletonizer?

@Purplesquigglystripe 4 месяца назад

I’m a cheese ape

@willd639 4 месяца назад

lol!

@jessemills8389 4 месяца назад

Pantherophis means panther snake. I vote we start calling them that.

@seansingh4421 4 месяца назад

Im Pasta Human then

@Brion57042 4 месяца назад

What kind of beef did someone have with a species to name them *obsoletus*? That's naming your kid Grandpa.

@talec_arashi 4 месяца назад

There are some birds named that too, it's really mystifying

@Kakashiownsyou 4 месяца назад

Clint's Reptiles: facilitating the posting of time-travelling RU-vid comments for a reasonable price since 2016!

@jakobdavid2102 4 месяца назад

I really like when you do these more realistic "best pet snake" videos. Yes king cobras are cool, but 99.9% of the viewers don´t want to ever get one

@ClintsReptiles 4 месяца назад

Unfortunately, I know that videos like this will only get a tiny fraction of the views. If I was a good businessman, I would cover nothing but super dangerous animals that almost nobody would even consider keeping. Fortunately, I'm not a very good businessman 😉

@ginger-ale7818 4 месяца назад

Oh hey! This is the snake that my friend picked up and held for a while on a hiking trail. It was just vibing. There were a few other hikers who passed us on the trail, then screamed and ran back down, so me and my friends went up the trail and vibed with the snake.

@nicholaspenland6394 3 месяца назад

It's amazing how docile some wild snakes can become after they figure out that defending themselves isn't worth it anymore lol. I would never dare keep a wild snake, but I make it a point to purchase one soon!

@Isaac-The-Colubrid 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much. This video was fantastic! I really appreciate everything you do. The quality of content you guys create is hard to beat. Friendly reminder to anyone who sees this comment to thank Clint for his amazing work.

@adudecalledtony3731 4 месяца назад

Happy you got your rat snake vid Isaac!! Thank you for everything Clint !!!!!

@TheMysteriousWanderer 4 месяца назад

Persistence is key! Glad you got your rat snake video, and much thanks to Clint and the team for this quality content.

@sleepej 4 месяца назад

My whole life “Why does no one keep black rat snakes as pet?”. Thank you Clint

@Ofallthings089 4 месяца назад

Answer: “They’re bigger but yeah why?”

@sauronthegreat489 4 месяца назад

Ive had one for a year easy keepers. Id definitely recommend.

@Steevee14 4 месяца назад

A lot of people keep black rat snakes.

@KraggleZord 4 месяца назад

I just wanted to pop on and say thank you so much! You helped me out hard when I was going through some rough times and I routinely deal with some mental health issues but your personality always brings a smile to my life and my day! You're a joy to life

@ClintsReptiles 4 месяца назад

I'm so glad that I could be that for you. I hope things are looking brighter now.

@samsessums2730 4 месяца назад

I've had many many snakes, and the bairds rat snake is the single most underrated snake from the US. Mine lived to be 10 years old and died from an egg leaking inside of her, egg yolk peritonitis. She was as tame as a corn snake, only she was prettier. Metallic blue/grey body with orange between every scale.

@kidblast5873 4 месяца назад

I absolutely ADORE black rat snakes. I live in east tennessee and every time one of my friends or family finds one and they don't want to mess with it, I try to go and relocate it for them. Generally mostly docile and easy going snakes.

@brianpartlow5530 4 месяца назад

So only the captive ones are mean? 😂

@kidblast5873 4 месяца назад

Lol I can't speak about the captive bread rat snakes, but from my experiences, sometimes the juveniles in the wild can be a little cranky. The adults tend to be way more calm.

@JudgmentalShoelace 4 месяца назад

Did that guy just recommend a 20g long for a Western Ratsnake ????

@walkingwolf8072 4 месяца назад

They spend most of their time in a hide, and once tamed they can be let out to roam supervised. Besides the space can be made larger by putting limbs for them to climb on, that is what they really like when not in hides. Most snakes don't like, or need HUGE enclosures. They live their lives in holes and protective spaces in the wild, they come out for three reasons, water, food, and breeding. When I raised chickens they would raid the nests of a night because the roosters would kill them, I would find them hiding under brush near the nest boxes. If you believe the larger is better than you would need a house to keep one of the large pythons. When I lived in Texas the large rattlesnakes liked living under wash machines, and dryers in the barracks.

@lorrainemunoa791 4 месяца назад

It's possible, but it's the bare minimum and a lot of us in these days like to offer as much space as we can. So when it becomes an adult, I'd go with a 2x4 foot at least. You can fill that with branches.

@sagemodead9877 Месяц назад

Yeah, I was thinking that was about 100 gallons too small tbh. I wouldn’t even keep a corn in smaller than a 129 gallon and they’re smaller.

@Echo_Isles 4 месяца назад

Their popularity is bound to climb now that they've been lauded by Clint. Clint's Rad Boost is a thing!

@zacg_ 4 месяца назад

This is definitely one a lot of us have been waiting for. They're super cool, super common in nature and super sleek. So glad to see you in your true element Clint: teaching people about pet reptiles.

@KimSpurre104 4 месяца назад

Colubrids are the BEST! Had a black rat snake back in the late 1970s; she was 4 feet long and very black in color. My then-husband rescued her from a pet shop. I’m 100% sure she was wild caught, especially because we got her in Southern California where we lived. She was a problem at first to feed… everyone pretty much thought that live rodents was the only way to go back then. My husband and I had quite extensive knowledge of snakes and already had a SDiego gopher snake and a Cali king. We had the Cal king on pre-killed and decided to try Sly on the same, as she had quite a few of what appeared to be rodent bite scars. She took to pre-killed just fine 😊. We were also delighted to find out that she ate chicken eggs like a champ. Great snake all around. It never ceases to amaze and delight me to see how far reptiles-keeping has come. If it weren’t for my age (any snake I got would outlive me😮) and poor health I’d get a snake again. The last one I had was a corn snake in the early 2000s. I had to rehome him when I moved but he is still with his new family and going strong at 5 feet long and 20+ years of age.

@OcelotSoul 4 месяца назад

I worked with a half-blind black rat snake called blindy at my college and she was so chill and sweet despite only having one eye, she was my absolute favourite in the reptile room.

@melmicsim 4 месяца назад

There's a beautiful female black rat snake wintering in my basement crawl space. I've noticed her the past 3 years, and sometimes she has friends with her. She patrols the area around my house when it warms up, keeping it rodent free. I always know she's around because the mockingbirds go bonkers. 😊

@jonathanbuyno9461 12 дней назад

I have a huge one that lives near my cabin and love watching him chill in the sun when it’s out.

@toddlytodd 4 месяца назад

In the St Louis area, these are some of the most common snakes you come across. I found on iNaturalist they recently split them into two species, one on the eastern side of the Mississippi river and one on the western, which means the ones I found in Illinois are a different species than the ones I've found in Missouri. My dad and I used to volunteer to rescue snakes from people's home through the humane society and the vast majority of them were black rat snakes. The biggest one we found was over 7 foot long! I've picked up quite a few of these guys and almost all of the bites I've taken from them was from one cantankerous baby ratsnake lol.

@TFerrazzo72 4 месяца назад

I've had my Eastern Rat Snake for over 17 years now. They are the best snakes. Great eaters, excellent temperament, and they are survivors. I didn't know much when I took mine in at the age of 16, and unfortunately made some mistakes. This snake still continued to thrive! I go herping often in the Spring, Summer, and Fall here in the Mid-Atlantic, and this is still my favorite species to find! Thank you for finally covering them on your channel, Clint! Always love your videos!

@zacg_ 4 месяца назад

By the way, I tip my hat to you for naming your FWCs Carroll and Shelby. Well done sir.

@ClintsReptiles 4 месяца назад

Very few people will understand, but they are my people.

@KisherunoShikiShini 4 месяца назад

I work regularly with black rat snakes, and I gotta say that they are one of my favourites to handle, but only the adults. The only snake bites I have received (unprovoked) were from the juveniles who still haven't quite learned that hands are not mice, despite the fact that all the snakes are tong-fed since hatching. If you get a black rat snake, I suggest keeping long hair tucked and tied away and not wear clothes with holes/many openings. They love to weave through strands and get themselves tangled in stuff.

@mwitt9897 4 месяца назад

13:47 it looks like someone is just pushing the snake across the screen 😂

@sotastatesoulja 4 месяца назад

I love the phylogeny in the introduction. Thanks for all you do Clint and team

@captainryusugi1128 3 месяца назад

Fairfax was a proper southern lady. I caught her in my Dad's driveway, and she even had table manners. Her siblings were just as well-behaved; I caught one of her older brothers, and he was chill around humans before I set him in the bushes.

@tkreitler 4 месяца назад

The very first snake that me and my wife cared for was a black rat snake. We kept it for several years while a friend of the family went off to college. It was hard to give it back at the end but it kindled a lifelong obsession with snakes. We have had several different species over the years but that first rat snake holds a special place in our hearts.

@MrsTold 4 месяца назад

one could say... black rad snake

@cheyennepepper301 4 месяца назад

Here’s a tip for snake owners!! If you don’t have a bioactive enclosure, and still want lots of flora, dollar stores have tons of fake plants! Vines, grasses, leafy plants, all for insanely cheap. Just make sure to sanitize it, and make sure none of them have flimsy parts that could come loose (I’ve only encounters one or two that look like they could come apart). Snake Discovery has some old videos about how to sanitize real leaves and branches too!

@kaylashort2780 4 месяца назад

YESSSSS I have 6 Black Ratties! Such wonderful and underrated animals. FANTASTIC as pets, and watching them grow and change over time is such a treat. I highly recommend Metazotics and Dark Horse Herpetoculture for captive bred Black Rats in lots of amazing colors and patterns.

@PhinClio 4 месяца назад

Phylogeny _and_ a pet rating in the same video? Huzzah!

@shootah800 4 месяца назад

The very first snake I ever purchased from a pet store was a black rat snake. I was probably 10 or 11 years old. I spent every penny of my birthday money on her. Esmerelda... good times.

@jdustin8 4 месяца назад

Time traveling is so fun!

@Tuck-Shop 4 месяца назад

I'm going to try it yesterday.

@tagmopruannsilver8267 4 месяца назад

I like this combo phylogeny and species highlight. This makes for a really interesting video. I worry it'll be hard to find the phylogeny bits later if you're trying to look something up, but I appreciate that you have dedicated the beginning of the video to it, not mixed it up completely

@Meckell 4 месяца назад

Eastern black rats are a big favorite. Astonishingly polite critters. Very easy to pick up: hold your hand out flat, palm-up, slowly slide under their head, and lift gently - basically pretend you're in a forklift precision competition. Their own inclination to climb does the rest.

@willd639 4 месяца назад

Being from KY I have caught so many black rats and I agree with Clint 100%. (Although I rarely find myself disagreeing with Clint, lol.) Even the wild caught ive found are typically pretty reluctant to bite if you take it slow picking them up and don’t surprise them. Some will tag you for sure and with large ones it’s not going to be your fondest memory but it’s really no big deal. Thank you Clint for bringing this crazy underrated snake to the forefront. Hopefully this makes them more popular with keepers and breeders. Cheers my friend.

@serpenticular6990 4 месяца назад

Funny how you release this on the day I’m upgrading my corn snake to a new tank! I love the genus Pantheropis, they’re all so rad

@jordanbabcock9349 4 месяца назад

This is an awesome feeling! Congrats on the new tank upgrade, always so exciting!!

@serpenticular6990 4 месяца назад

@@jordanbabcock9349 Thanks man! I agree, the feeling of giving your animal a brand new enclosure is just the best. Especially if their old home is not in the best shape lol. My giant land snail’s new tank for example is MUCH more secure than the exo Terra I had before. Far easier to keep humidity in too. But I’m sure that my 4 year old corn is going to enjoy this new enclosure immensely!

@walkingwolf8072 4 месяца назад

I love my corn, he is so friendly. I have lots of blacks in my yard, but I would really like a captive bred.

@mstieler8480 4 месяца назад

I honestly wonder what kind of spikes in pet sales your videos may do. Like how many people are going to one or more of their local shops asking if they have or how much a black rat snake may be :D ...I may or may not be one of those people haha

@samuelstrausbaugh4476 4 месяца назад

Yay I'm a time traveler

@bee_png 4 месяца назад

omg i adore black rat snakes!!! they are one of my absolute DREAM reptiles, they just have sooo much personality!!! we have them here where I live, and they re consistently one of my favorite animals to find herping!

@beclouise8686 4 месяца назад

This video was thoroughly enjoyable! Something I want to point out. I'm Australian, so the snakes I grew up seeing are very different to America's snakes. It never occurred to me until just now, seeing the Black Rat Snake, why cartoon snakes always had the stereotypical bright red tongue in my children's books growing up! Now I understand. Wow 🤩

@wildworld6264 4 месяца назад

I love how much I learn from watching your videos. Awesome channel!

@nathanrupley 4 месяца назад

Was the 20 gallon long a mistake? I can’t imagine putting a 6 or 7 foot snake in a 2 ft enclosure

@ineverrage4176 4 месяца назад

I thought that was pretty small too. My baby MBK is in a bigger enclosure than that and he uses every bit of it lol.

@snakeenvy 4 месяца назад

To start, not large enough for most adults.

@bluesnowfox361 4 месяца назад

The black rat snake was the first and only snake I ever got bitten by when I was a little kid rummaging through my grandfather's closet. It got me on the top of one of my little fingers and made me afraid of snakes until 2023, when I adopted two different snakes after several months of watching Clint's Reptiles and Snake Discovery. Much like big dogs, it was well worth giving them another chance at friendship despite getting a nasty defense bite from one years ago. (edit: apparently these snakes don't have fangs and I was actually bitten by a small bullsnake, but everything else I said still stands)

@Journeyto180 4 месяца назад

They don't have fangs but they do have small and fairly sharp teeth. I know this because I own a black rat and corn snake mix. She has bitten me one time.

@bluesnowfox361 4 месяца назад

@@Journeyto180 time bends all truths, but in my memory i saw two distinct dots about 1cm apart. still, both species are wonderful in general despite the single bite i took from one

@alanjackson1568 4 месяца назад

@@bluesnowfox361 Your memory is probably accurate, I have a black rat snake, and her bites from when I first got her never left more than two distinct, but barely noticeable, wounds (often just one). Could be because the teeth are in rows and are quite small so only the ones with really good contact can break the skin?

@bluesnowfox361 4 месяца назад

@@alanjackson1568 Probably. It was around 2 decades ago, so speculation will be the only fact. :)

@sauronthegreat489 4 месяца назад

I'm actually surprised he did this species! I have one he's mellowed out as he's grown up. Eats well easy to care for.

@randomtube8226 4 месяца назад

I had a large eastern black rat snake that was so docile that it would gently take frozen thawed adult mice from the palm of my hand. Even though it was solid black. When the sunlight shines on its scales you could see a brown coloration like the hard root beer candy. That's how it got it's name RootBeer 😂

@lukemorgan8447 4 месяца назад

Hi Clint may be a bit harsh with 4 on handlability. I'm going to meet you half way 4.5 to a 5. Ok 4.8 lol. These are awe snakes and great for ecological role in our wildlife.

@flampagan1994 4 месяца назад

Here I thought their name came from them selling information to the authorities about other snakes, you learn something new everyday.

@MikeJ4196 4 месяца назад

I had a very defensive white sided black rat snake that I got at about 4ft as her 3rd home and for the life of me I could not convince her I'm not a threat. When I asked on the internet they just said "that's how high white rat snakes usually are" or "rat snakes generally do have more of an attitude" Loved everything about her and keeping the species but she's happier in a home with someone not intimidated by her defensiveness

@evandegennaro1114 4 месяца назад

I would always find these at my childhood home in PA. I've loved them ever since.

@user-pb4hh1jk3f 4 месяца назад

I'd recommend the Hymenoptera for a phylogeny. Ants are wasps, and bees are vegetarian wasps. And they are all incredible animals, some even superorganisms, who aren't out to get you as much as you think.

@DahVoozel 2 месяца назад

Are bees the best pet arthropod?

@jackshadowbrowse 4 месяца назад

We had a big black rat snake taking a nap in one of our bookshelves. My dad said itd probably been in the house for about a week, as our dog kept staring down random corners and furniture in the house. It was about six or seven feet, and completely chilled out. It didnt really seem to care when we picked it up to move it

@nariu7times328 4 месяца назад

Phylogeny February, I LOVE IT.

@scorpioriddick 3 месяца назад

I pulled a wild one out of one of the bushes at my old house a few years ago because my dog and cat Rambo were roaming around and I knew that if one of them noticed the snake they'd attack it (my cat Rambo literally fears nothing and has actually killed a few snakes and brought them to me as a gift, and I also happen to love snakes and all reptiles.) That said I found the tail first and very gently tapped on the bush looking for the head to move or pop out, I finally got her head to pop out towards the ground but Rambo had also taken notice and was trying to pounce, got my sister-in-law to take him inside and then I slowly and gently worked her out so as to not hurt her against the sturdy twigs. Needless to say she was a little bit on edge but I told her I'm not going to hurt you you're so pretty, I still had her by the tail and was able to get my left hand around her head and just held onto her and then she started calmly slithering around my arms and eventually around my entire upper torso and even around my head. Once she understood that I wasn't a threat she let me stretch her out and she was over 4 feet. I continued to interact with her for about an hour and then released her into the woods, she actually didn't want to go and I had to gently poke at her tail to get her to slowly slither off. A moment I'll never forget, that and raising my wild green snake, R.I.P Lime.

@hillaryupperman6935 4 месяца назад

I actually always recommend corn snakes and rat snakes for first-time snake owners (who want a pet for thier kids). I like that their care isn't too intense and they normally eat well. This is only for people who don't really have an exact species they want. Honestly, any reptile can be a wonderful pet as long as there is thorough research. I always watch clints videos because you have fantastic info.

@togsweightlossvlog2719 4 месяца назад

You have no idea how much I want a snake but they eat rodents and I've always owned some type of rodent. So I don't think I could handle feeding a pet something I would also keep as a pet.

@ElleriaZer 4 месяца назад

Oh! Ive been keeping one of these for a friend who is moving for a few months as she cant keep it in her temporary apartment between homes. Hes a good boy even tho he does like to tail buzz at me. He eats great. Practically a garbage disposal. Hes been a pleasure to keep.

@Pastor.Dragon 4 месяца назад

I've had a love of Eastern Black Rat Snakes for ever!

@anthonylambert7338 4 месяца назад

Clint's back with another banger!

@rick11491 4 месяца назад

Hey Clint, Can you maby cover the Mossy frog? They are so cool and really upcoming and populair. So it won't harm to rate them as pets en give it a good dive in. There aren't many video's on them so its hard to find the right information! I hoop you cover them soon. Keep up the video's!! Your passion radiats from the screen!

@brianboland9276 4 месяца назад

I'd love to see a "best pet ____"for seahorses. They're such weird little animals

@ClintsReptiles 4 месяца назад

I'd like that too!

@TesseraCraft 4 месяца назад

Well time to update my morphmarket listings. I still have about 20 of these that need homes. They really are nice snakes, and are super underrated. The Calico morph may be one of the coolest snake morphs

@dldarby82 4 месяца назад

I love the pet ranking videos, and I REALLY love the taxonomy videos... the combination of the two: PERFECTION!

@ReptilesRule16 4 месяца назад

Can you please do a video on red foot tortoises please! Also i love your videos! I've watched almost all of them.

@user-bv5zg4wl5j 3 месяца назад

Love this channel!! Clint your awesome!! love watching!!!

@wyvern723 4 месяца назад

Knew a guy who lived in Arkansas as a kid, and he talked about catching a rat snake in his family's chicken coop. He said it was the biggest rat snake he'd ever seen. Scared him.

@RuhRoeRaggie 4 месяца назад

Spent my childhood finding black rat snakes in northern GA, much love for this snake

@BornAgainDude 4 месяца назад

just found out brian barczyk died, RIP he's in reptile heaven now...

@puddsmax863 4 месяца назад

I see at least 2-3 black rat snakes here in NC a year. There was one dangling above the door last year. They like to get themselves into precarious positions, the goofs. 😅

@honey-po9ij 4 месяца назад

i was just hoping we'd see a black rat snake video from you! perfect timing, and wonderful snakes

@RiseEngel 4 месяца назад

Well, this might've been the fastest I've clicked on one of these videos. A black rat snake is one of my top choices for a snake, if I ever get into a position where I'd feel comfortable keeping one. ...That being said, the black rat snake I was thinking of is the Eastern black rat snake (P. alleghaniensis), while the one that's the primary focus of this video is the Western black rat snake (P. obsoletus). The former is native to my area, something that appeals to me, and also happens to be the largest snake in my home state, so they have that going for them on top of being really pretty black snakes. Nevertheless, this video did a great job at making Westerns look pretty appealing, too. I was under the impression the Eastern Indigo Snake was not only the largest colubrid in North America but the largest snake in North America period, so hearing Western black rat snakes get longer was a surprise.

@ClintsReptiles 4 месяца назад

Indigos probably are longer, but that has never been officially verified. When it comes to what has been verified, this is your champion.

@thewatersop9795 4 месяца назад

Time traveler here

@kathooper21 4 месяца назад

Please do more rat snakes! We have a gray rat snake and so underrated!! They need more love and exposure so people know how great they are. Loved the taxonomic intro

@aynz1814 4 месяца назад

I’ve been looking forward to a North American Ratsnake video from Clint! I love Pantherophis❤🐍

@ThePhantomofFilm 4 месяца назад

I love rat snakes so much! I love going over the naming confusion between between the black rat snakes with my programs.

@Alicia.Marie.13 4 месяца назад

We have them here in Missouri and I LOVE THEM. They climb and are so fun to watch!

@watkinry 4 месяца назад

Hey Clint! I hear there is a black rat snake that is even bigger and tamer than our American black rat snakes. I'm talking about the Russian rat snake, Elaphe schrenckii. I hear they require brumation so maybe not for everyone but they sound like they would make outstanding pets. I hope you get around to them someday.😀

@bruhman571 4 месяца назад

At the Missouri nature center, we have 2 western rat snakes. A 7 foot male and our famous 2 headed female. They are one of the most chill snakes we have. We have a large native collection, so if you ever visit southeast Missouri you might wanna check us out.

@user-yx2cb9yo9u 4 месяца назад

Good to see you doing reptile videos again! 😀

@ClintsReptiles 4 месяца назад

Again? We never stopped. They are some of the least popular videos that we do, but I don't intend to stop anytime soon.

@Greg41982 4 месяца назад

I'm a time traveler! 🐍 🕒 ♥

@nephatrine 4 месяца назад

I'm in NC and we have lots of "black rat snakes" (Eastern Rat Snakes). They're pretty much the most common snakes I actually see. They're often pretty solidly black. I didn't realize actual "black rat snakes" had a lot more of a pattern going on. That's pretty neat. I think that the fox snakes are very neat looking though - probably the prettiest of those you showed today.

@fredgilbert2032 4 месяца назад

Same here in SC all the adults I have seen are pretty much solid black

@walkingwolf8072 4 месяца назад

All the ones I have caught, except for corns, have been black. Surprisingly I have caught two wild corns over the years, but dozens of blacks. Was not able to catch the one garter I saw, he was too fast. Encountered a copperhead that bit my shoe but that was the only one I have ever seen. I have been told that the large black rat snakes will eat the copperheads.

@Ksane 4 месяца назад

I absolutely adore my Black Rat snakes ❤❤❤❤

@aspen_dragon 2 месяца назад

Great video, thank you!!!! I've always been really fond of black rat snakes as they're among the most common wild snakes where I used to live, but have honestly never considered what they would be like as pets, so this was really cool and informative :)

@emersonb5764 4 месяца назад

Can’t wait for more snake phylogeny vids. I wanna see them all! But especially colubrids and pythons and boas in general, old world and new world rat snakes and tree pythons and tree boas more specifically. Love this stuff way more than I ever thought I would.

@darkeather2 4 месяца назад

I have a Black Rat Snake that I got from my local pet store. I always liked looking at the pets while waiting for my food for my other snake, and I saw he was SUPER interested in whatever was going on outside or passing his enclosure. A switch just sort of flipped in my head and I thought "I want him." Asked what he was, asked them to hold onto him for me while I go do research, and then came back a couple days later to buy him. They later told me that he was a wild rescue from a construction site. I moved away for a couple years and recently moved back, and the store employees still remember me for buying him, which I thought was neat. He's always been a cantankerous little bastard. Doesn't like being picked up or moved, but has become very comfortable with me just reaching into his enclosure and petting or booping him. Never had a tall enough enclosure for him until recently to add climbing stuff, but he LOVES burrowing in aspen. He's a quirky little guy with attitude, but I love him to death.

@GOJIEDITZZ555 4 месяца назад

I love Black rat snakes we have them here in maryland

@seedystudios 4 месяца назад

I've never seen them as pets, but they are my favorite snake to find in the wild. Even in the wild, they seem to sense when you're not a threat and take to handling well (which I do not recommend for wild animals, but sometimes they need to be relocated out of the chicken coop). Love you and your videos, Clint!

@Invictus96vid 3 месяца назад

I'm old enough to remember when the Black Rat Snake was called Elaphe obsoleta. They make very good pets, and are excellent climbers. People who aren't aware of how they use the angled sides of their belly scutes for climbing are surprised at their ability to effortlessly ascend vertical surfaces like brick walls and rough tree trunks.

@dudeplayer7510 4 месяца назад

I got some of your merch for my birthday and I love it

@ClintsReptiles 4 месяца назад

Happy birthday! What did you get??

@dudeplayer7510 4 месяца назад

I got the spino shirt

@dickthebutcher8997 4 месяца назад

That guy called the chameleon a gecko...

@RenGin510 4 месяца назад

I volunteer at a wildlife center and get these guys in all the time - a couple of times for eating objects they thought were eggs (a stick shift handle and a golfball). They are so sweet and goofy. I absolutely love them and sometimes secretly wish they can't return to the wild so I can take them home with me. haha. We had one that loved those dog toy balls with the holes in them and constantly was wrapping it self in it. So much so it was in his official documentation. I felt a little bad he won't be able to enjoy it after he was released. 😅

@gryaznygreeb 3 месяца назад

One of my first times seeing a snake was a black rat snack at a skating rink. It was in the bushes outside and caused a commotion by slithering across the steps in front of everyone. It was easily at least 5 feet long. While everyone else freaked out my dad and I moved in for a closer look. My dad also used to find them under our porch and let me look at them before he released them in the field behind our house.

@felixgearheart6579 4 месяца назад

Would love to see a video about Red Eyed Tree Frogs! Love this channel!!! Clint is the best!

@FataliiTea 4 месяца назад

I can't believe someone else's snake was trying to give kisses and gave a hug at the end (yes I know snakes don't actually display these types of behaviours but it was still cute to see it actively exploring Clint by the end)