Pet Snake For Attic Rats

Feed your rat snake on frozen thawed mice or rats that are as wide as the broadest part of your snake s body.

Pet snake for attic rats.

Lampart said he believes the snake a female about 10 to 15 years old was someone s pet before it got out. The most popular species include corn snakes texas rat snakes gray rat snakes and black rat snakes. In every case i ve ever seen involving snakes in an attic there were also rodents in the attic usually rats. Snake will have good climate plenty of space and food.

Find the perfect companion from desert dwelling dragons and sun loving snakes to nocturnal geckos and invertebrates. The most common way rats get into attics are through damaged eaves and vent. These are quite inexpensive and handy for rats in house home remedies. So i though about this.

Since they are natural predators of rats and mice the strategic placement of snake toys and mobile owl toys deters the frequency of rodents in the household. If it was a captive snake that had just gotten out it would be very tame he said. In fact placement of a bunch of owl feathers sometimes proves enough to drive the rats away. As long as there s food the snakes live up there.

No need to pick up dead rats or have bad smells no need for poison. Rat snake laying under the insulation in an attic in silver fox neighborhood. Rats can climb on any surface and fit in most spaces and tend to breed very quickly meaning that your handful of rats in the attic problem could soon become a widespread infestation. Our complete rat snake care guide is applicable to most north american rat snakes in the genus pantherophis.

Ringneck snakes diadophis punctatus are very small snakes who are generally brown to black with a yellow to red belly and matching ring around their neck. Or if you want to make a splash with aquatic turtles frogs or toads we have what you re looking for in local stores near you. Snakes followed the rats into the attic duration. Get a pet corn snake very tame guys non poisonous eat rats and leave it in the attic.

Rats leave a very distinct odor and snakes simply follow the rat trails up into the attic in order to catch prey. Seal holes myself or with handyman if roof needs it. Elimination of food sources for snakes is one of the first steps you can take to starve the reptiles and force them to abandon the attic. They typically feed on elongate ectotherms which means keepers can usually feed them an earthworm based diet.

He believes it was feeding on rats and had been wild for a while since it kept trying to bite them.