Black Racer arrived!!!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

My black racer arrived today. He/she was described as being 3 feet, lol, it's closer to four and if any of you are familiar racers then you know how they are... they're FEISTY! And this snake lives up to the racer standard 100%. I've been doing a lot of research about keeping coluber and as long as all goes well with this guy I actually plan to start keeping mainly snakes such as these... thamnophis, pituophis, coluber and heterodon. I like my snakes to look like they've got something going on upstairs

I am leaning towards female, and possibly, very possibly gravid. i say that because for a racer, it's chunky! haha... I didn't get time to take pictures today, but I will post a pic of an identical one for now! a beautiful, shiny black snake...

[adamanteus]

I'll look forward to seeing the pictures of your snake, Shannon. It's been a really long time since I had a Black Racer, in fact it's been a really long time since I even saw one!

[drache]

congrats
racers are beautiful
can't wait to see yours

[Sid]

Congrats, Shannon. You are right on the Racers they are definately fiesty. I find them here often and when you corner them, they always show their spunk and attitude.

[GarterGirl]

Can't wait to see the pictures!

[anji1971]

Congrats!! All black snakes are so beautiful..........can't wait to see pics!

[GarterGuy]

Very cool Shannon. I've always loved racers, but you really don't see too many of them out there. I love their attitude and like you said, there seems to be something going on upstairs with them. What type of racer did you get? Norther black (C.c.constrictor) or a Southern black (C.c.priapus)? I've always really liked the southerns, love the amount of white on their chins and their pretty red eyes. Here's a pic of a female I found in Tampa last year.

[iwantacornsnake]

wow that snake looks cool wish i had one

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

yes they are cool, but it takes a lot of experience to successfully keep racers simply because most of them are still WC (no market for them yet) and they are extremely nervous snakes. I've got quite a few fresh bite marks on my hands today because of her :P

[Loren]

yes they are cool, but it takes a lot of experience to successfully keep racers simply because most of them are still WC (no market for them yet) and they are extremely nervous snakes. I've got quite a few fresh bite marks on my hands today because of her :P

Yes they do like to bite sometimes. I have had my Western Yellowbellied Racer for about 4.5 years now, and he is one of my favorite snakes, but I pretty much just treat him as a display snake, rarely handling him. He's about 3 feet long now.
I brought him, and 20 or so other snakes, to a presentation I did at the local Church last week, and he bit and chewed the daylights out of me in front a of a large crowd, and drew quite a few drops of blood out of the 45-50 holes in my hand(dont worry, I didnt cry). Helped add some excitement to the show!
I would love to get a black racer someday too.