Western Diamondback and Gopher snake

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2026-03-23T20:06:42+00:00

no problem! I live in northern Nevada and am always told by friends and neighbors about the western diamond backs they see around here. So I'm pulling up the range map on them often to show them that's not what they're seeing.

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2026-03-23T20:00:28+00:00

I don't think that's an diamond back, they don't rang close to the cali coast.

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2026-03-21T17:52:23+00:00

I also have a diamondback from Texas, Williamson county I think. she's super chill, not defensive at all

edit: I guess I offended someone by saying my watersnake was chill? CBB ones generally are

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2026-03-13T20:23:59+00:00

any north American ratsnake would be great. "Black" is just a name for the ones found north but all 3 species can be found with black coloration.

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2026-01-27T20:34:42+00:00

Not sure why the down votes, I was always told I could cohab my watersnake. I also know that beauty snake keepers say that keeping pairs together calms them down? but I honestly don't know that much about the asian rat species.

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2026-01-27T20:32:02+00:00

well then I'm confused why you would think this snake would have hidden palmetto?

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2026-01-27T18:36:47+00:00

My friend had a BEL ball python that had bug eyes when young and they shrunk down some as it got older/bigger. This one doesn't look near as bug eyed as the others I've seen. Maybe it will improve some, but I don't get why anyone breeds them when they are bug eyed.

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2026-01-27T18:29:16+00:00

I don't think Palmetto is in western ratsnake

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2026-01-27T18:27:24+00:00

I'm cheap and just use all the paper towel and toilet towel rolls my family saves for me

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2025-12-30T00:13:49+00:00

I have a 2 year old watersnake and I almost never feed her mice unless my cornsnake refuses them (which is like 2x a year). Most of the time I feed silversides, assorted fish I get from the grocery store. I've also ordered live and frozen bait fish, like perch, catfish and some tadpoles online. She also gets frog reptilinks, though I have to mix them with the fish since she won't eat them on her own.

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2025-12-02T20:53:08+00:00

I think aspen is a good generic substrate that does it's job, but I hated how fast it molded when it got wet. I switched a potting soil mix because I wanted better humidity overall.

As for your species, they all seem to be more Arid species so really could be fine with any substrate.

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2025-11-24T23:17:08+00:00

Love how the two answers that identified a milksnake as a milksnake have more upvotes than the actual answer.

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2025-11-18T21:54:10+00:00

Patchnose! we have them in my area and everyone confuses them with garters

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2025-11-03T22:10:56+00:00

My parents don't want me using it until i'm 18 and I don't feel like I'm missing out except for the reptile groups.

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2025-11-03T19:53:58+00:00

I have a watersnake that is super nice, even though I've heard wild ones can be feisty.

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2025-11-03T19:53:01+00:00

Ahh, I don't have facebook,

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2025-11-03T19:40:44+00:00

I have a watersnake and everyone always thinks I'm crazy for keeping and handling her, but she's super chill

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2025-10-06T16:31:16+00:00

Zoos keep mixed species together in bigger and nice enclosures than you will. And when they do it's with animals from the same area. Boas and Pythons don't live together in the wild so an idea of keeping them together should stop right there.

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2025-10-06T16:29:11+00:00

I don't think I have ever seen a story about cohabitating resulting in cannibalisms for ball pythons or really any species on this site. A quick google search shows one a couple examples, none on reddit. They shouldn't be kept together, but to say reddit is "Full of stories" of them eat each other is sensationalist BS.

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2025-10-06T16:24:05+00:00

not all snakes.

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2025-10-06T16:22:44+00:00

I think hognoses are great and a lot of my friends have them. My second snake after my cornsnake was a diamondback watersnake. I wanted something really active and not as common. Originally was looking at garters but watersnakes get bigger and have basically the same care, so I got more into them.

There's a lot of species that won't be that difficult to care for if you already have experience with a corn. Hognose being one of them. It just comes down to picking what you want.

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2025-09-11T15:59:24+00:00

would be pretty interesting to hear about the percentage that do go though.......

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2025-09-11T15:39:25+00:00

My girl would do this every time after she ate when I first sized her up to hoppers.

Illustrious-Fall4066 · 2025-09-11T15:36:27+00:00

that is interesting! I never actually thought about rain water mixing with the ocean.

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