Spatial Ecology of Black Rat Snakes on Remington Farms, Maryland

1993 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 812 ◽  
Author(s):  
George M. Durner ◽  
J. Edward Gates
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Ecology ◽  
Black Rat ◽  
Black Rat Snakes

Post-prandial chemosensory searching in black rat snakes

1996 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 775-781 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAMES H. WITHGOTT
Keyword(s):  
Black Rat ◽  
Black Rat Snakes

Habitat Use by Black Rat Snakes (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta) in Fragmented Forests

Ecology ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 82 (10) ◽  
pp. 2882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Blouin-Demers ◽  
Patrick J. Weatherhead
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Elaphe Obsoleta ◽  
Black Rat ◽  
Black Rat Snakes ◽  
Fragmented Forests

Ecology of a Maryland Population of Black Rat Snakes (Elaphe o. obsoleta)

1980 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucille F. Stickel ◽  
William H. Stickel ◽  
Frederick C. Schmid
Keyword(s):  
Black Rat ◽  
Black Rat Snakes

Homing to Food by Black Rat Snakes (Elaphe obsoleta)

Copeia ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 1990 (4) ◽  
pp. 1164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick J. Weatherhead ◽  
Ian C. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Elaphe Obsoleta ◽  
Black Rat ◽  
Black Rat Snakes

Predation by Black Rat Snakes in Bank Swallow Colonies

1977 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael V. Plummer
Keyword(s):  
Black Rat ◽  
Black Rat Snakes ◽  
Bank Swallow

scholarly journals USE OF INHALANT ANESTHETICS IN THREE SNAKE SPECIES

2000 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Blouin-Demers ◽  
Patrick J. Weatherhead ◽  
Catherine M. Shilton ◽  
Christopher E. Parent ◽  
Gregory P. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Female Rat ◽  
Snake Species ◽  
Open Method ◽  
Anesthetic Agents ◽  
Black Rat ◽  
Black Rat Snakes ◽  
Recovery Times ◽  
Northern Water Snakes ◽  
Induction Times ◽  
Water Snakes

Different snake species respond differently to various anesthetic agents. Hence, an anesthetic procedure developed for one species cannot necessarily be safely transferred to another species. The goal of this paper is to summarize our experience using inhalant anesthetics on three snake species, including both procedures that were successful and those we found to be less satisfactory. We found isoflurane delivered with a precision vaporizer to be the best agent to anesthetize black rat snakes (Elaphe o. obsoleta). Sex and mass did not seem to affect induction times in black rat snakes, but larger female rat snakes recovered faster from anesthesia than smaller females. Halothane delivered in the open method provided consistent anesthesia in northern water snakes (Nerodia s. sipedon), although it caused some mortality and should not be used on debilitated patients. Halothane delivered with a precision vaporizer may be used to anesthetize eastern massasauga rattlesnakes (Sistrurus c. catenatus). However, care must be taken to prevent mortality resulting from anesthetic overdose. Sex and mass had no effect on induction and recovery times in the rattlesnakes, but stressed animals require longer induction and recovery times.

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