How To Befriend A Black Rat Snake! (3 Easy Steps)
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- What's the best way to handle a wild snake to minimize risk of injury and maximize friendship? In this video, we learn how to properly handle a black rat snake and quickly make a new friend!
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I've always noticed that snakes I pick up eventually just accept they've been yoinked. When I look at the reptile trade, people always say snakes don't need enrichment in their enclosures, but I've always felt that was wrong. These animals are curious and have enough sense to know what is going on around them.
Yeah this does seem to happen often, depending on the species and individual I'm working with. I also think captive snakes deserve more complex environments than they are often given. They navigate complex three dimensional spaces in nature, so why not in captivity?
Had my first hands on encounter with an adult rat snake yesterday. 4' at least. Such a wonderful experience and a great, docile animal
That's awesome, they are such wonderful snakes to work with!
My dog alerted me to a big fella in the yard earlier. He coiled up on me but a few minutes of me standing there he seemed to relax enough for me to pick him up. Was able to relocate him back to the woods and into a tree where he went on about his business. They are great to have around.
Ben my Uncle had Cabin on Mobile River and he had a Huge Black Snake that lived under the pilings and he kept the mice and rats out of the Cabin My Uncle Toby loved that Snake he was like a pet and gave me apperaction for the Black Rat Snake ❤. But my favorite is Green Snake. Thanks for another Great Video Ben 😉👍❤️
They do love to live in/around/under structures that mice frequent. I think it's such convenient free pest control! Green snakes are absolutely adorable, I can see why they are your favorites. Thanks for watching, Walter!
One of my favorite snakes to find when I'm in their range. Common, but still an iconic snake.
For sure, I'm lucky to have always lived within their range!
Just moved a black rat snake off my deck yesterday with confidence and without harming or scaring the snake. Thanks for all the informative videos Ben!!
Bravo 👍
So glad to hear that. Thanks for the support!
Absolutely lovely Ben to see these beautiful & gentle creatures & your loving interaction with them. Hopefully we'll get to see Big Bertha - the Queen of black rat snakes, this summer! Blessings to you.
Thanks so much for the kind words, they are such sweet snakes! I'd also love to find Bertha again, we shall see.
I'm that guy from the coffee shop! Awesome video, man. I love learning about animals.
Thanks for the feedback, it was great to meet you!
Great video! I absolutely love rat snakes! I always appreciate how chill they are. These guys are truly a special gift!
Thank you! Yeah these are by far the chillest 'big snake' in NC that I've worked with.
I love adult black rat snakes. Now, baby black rat snakes are a bit less friendly and tend to freak out when encountered. At least in my experience.
Agreed, I think by the time they get big they are better at knowing what is a threat and what might not be.
Great video, Ben! It's so interesting when a wild animal that surely had to dodge a lot of predators in its life to get that big, will respond calmly to gentle handling. Remarkable!
Thanks Joy! It is amazing that they are able to stay alive and reach such impressive sizes, it's a harsh world out there for a snake.
Ring necks are so cute!!!!!
My family hasn’t stopped fearing snakes unfortunately. But she also grew up in Taiwan where 90 percent of the snakes were not only venomous but highly dangerous. That’s Taiwan. My mom just doesn’t like snakes unfortunately and also sides with their prey. There was one time when I was a kid and there was a baby rabbit in our garden. The black rat was prowling around and my mom insisted on killing the snake.
Ringnecks really are adorable. That's unfortunate, but hopefully she can overcome her fear by becoming more familiar with nonvenomous snakes!
The black rat snake is my personal favorite snake here in Pennsylvania as well 😊
The rough green and smooth green 🐍 are tied for second!
Followed ever so closely by the Eastern Milk Snake 😊
Thanks for sharing this Ben
That's a very solid tier list, hard to argue with such a stellar lineup! The top of my list is some combination of copperhead, mud, rat snake, and eastern king, but I can never decide on the exact order.
@@TheWildReportOfficial love king snakes.. always wanted one ever since I was a child!
Closest thing we have to them in Pennsylvania is the milk snake.
The California King Snake is my favorite of all snakes!
I'm not a fan of venomous snakes.. but boy boy are they beautiful ❤️
Love your videos and all the local nc knowledge. Really helped me with my snake encounters
I'm so glad to hear that, NC is an amazing snake for herpetology!
Thank you for this! I just found my first black rat snake the other week and honestly had no idea how to handle so as soon as I touched it, it slithered off quickly😂 (it was my first attempt ever picking up a snake). Would love to see a video in general on herping tips sometime🙏🏻 love your content man
Glad it provided some timely help! I'll have to work on a general herping video, that would be a good episode I think. Thanks for the support!
I live in SW Ohio and invariably get black rat snakes from time to time in the summer. Down the hill from my townhouse is a small creek where they probably come from. The ones I’ve seen are easily 5 feet long. I like to see snakes (behind glass!) so they startle me and my heebie jeebies kick in. lol!!
Neat, rat snakes definitely seem to appreciate proximity to a water source. It's amazing how such a large snake can appear so unexpectedly!
Not Big Bertha but a fantastic snake nonetheless. I enjoy the "What's That Species?" challenge. To me, the next one looks like a Cottonmouth or a well fed Nerodia.
It really was an amazing snake to work with! Oh great guesses, we'll find out soon!
Your Awesome Dog! Ihave a BRS that comes & goes from my basement through the Cat door & Its Welcome to do so! Thanks for Your Knowledge🤪
Thank you! Sounds like you've made a good friend.
I was raised around snakes and in an early part of my life worked in surveying which I was knees deep in snakes. I came to see each breed
has a main character trait. As some of the most poison were very docile and far from aggressive. Such as the very intelligent Cotton Mouth.
And many snakes like the Corn Snake were just so easy to handle. But I found that the grumpy Black Snake, racer or rat..will not stop Biting!!!
I love how different species have different personalities...yep, when they are grumpy they are sometimes extremely difficult to calm down and I often just let them go.
Cool video! Keep it up!
Thank you!
I wanna touch a rosey boa snake!!!! 😮 just learned about em 🐍 🐍 🐍
Those are so cool, I'd love to see one in the wild some day!
How large would you say that the rat snakes home range would be?
It depends on the snake, the average seems to be around 10ha based on movement ecology studies like this one:
www.jstor.org/stable/3809084
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i live in Salisbury (Rowan county) North Carolina... found a snake skin that has to be 6 feet long unfer my house... i feel like it's a black rat snake... I'm going to leave it alone and let it do it's job even though my family wanted me to find it and get rid of it
I'm from Salisbury! Sounds likely to be a rat snake.
@TheWildReportOfficial no way you're from salisbury? i live by the flea market on Webb road and study animals just like you
I had a rat snake come in and kill my bird now the snake is my new pet
Oof, sorry about your bird but I guess congrats on the new pet?
@@TheWildReportOfficial thanks. And your video has helped me with my snake
I need this channel. I have tried to have a healthy attitude and not overreact to snakes.
Mixed bag though
I held a baby cooper in my hand and everyone was screaming at me to put it down 😂 (I’m originally from the uk where we NEVER see any). Then I was trying to escort a northern racer out of a swimming area and ended up killing it because it kept leaping at me and I wasn’t confident enough to think of something else.
I’m a teacher, and I’d like to work with knowledge and not ignorance 😂
I discovered a black rat well over 6 ft-happy to send you the vid. Pretty exciting, and I’d like to make friends with it if I can just get calmer.
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Well I'm happy to be helping with that process! Hmm that video share link didn't work right, can you try sending it again>
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@@TheWildReportOfficial if none of the links work, just look at my old man not that exciting channels, and it s one of the more recent vids …’well fed black rat snake’ is the title ☮️