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| SteGore |
Posted - 06/08/2014 : 19:21:47
Does anybody have experience with keeping Rats and Snakes as pets? The Mrs wants them for her birthday, but in not sure with having snakes.Problems with the rat smell in the air etc. |
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| Moppet |
Posted - 07/08/2014 : 16:40:02
I kept rats at the same time as having snakes. I kept them in separate rooms but the rat smell does travel a lot (especially if you get slobby boys like my trio were).
To begin with, all my corns went a bit nuts (roaming the viv all the time, tongues going like mad) but they got used to it and as long as I didn't handle a rat then handle a snake, it had no noticeable effects once they got used to it. Apparently washing hands with soap isn't enough to get the smell off, my snakes would still strike if I had handled a rat within an hour or so of handling them (even though my corns get mice not rats).
It's the same with my geckos. When I first got them, the snakes were a bit interested for a bit, smelling food I guess. Now as long as I don't handle a gecko before I handle a snake, they don't seem to even notice anymore 
Rats are totally awesome pets and it didn't cause a problem for me  |
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