It can take a good 6 months before the snakes are comfortable strike feeding. Initially babies may be nervous and flee from food offered on tongs. This may give them a slightly more delicate feel but in reality they are just as robust as the other subspecies listed on this website. Girth and weight are modest and would be easily outweighed by Pueblan and Mexican Milk Snakes of the same length. This is an average size Milk Snake at around 3.5ft in length. Over subsequent generations this snake has proven itself to be of comparable hardiness to any of the other Milk Snakes discussed on this website.
Care in captivity is pretty much universal for most Milk Snakes but with this subspecies the presence of a moss box or damp hide is a strong suggestion to aid with shedding. This snake is more subtropical than many of the other Milk Snakes although it can occur at altitude inland.
This usually ends up covering the head (on purpose), if this fails a Milk snake may dart away trying to escape the human that disturbed it. If startled snakes may rattle their tail and throw coils of their body in an agitated manner. Territory issues are nearly always more prevalent than true temperament issues. With patience and time the snake will usually readily calm down and by the time the animal is a year of age it will be fully compliant. Biting is incredibly rare, the preoccupation with nervous Milk Snakes is to escape. If defensive behaviours occur, this will include tail rattling and vacating the contents of the cloaca. They can be nervous or flighty snakes like some of the other Milk Snakes listed here as youngsters. Score analysis: When considering temperament, Nelson’s Milk Snakes are generally very well behaved. This is a real shame as this snake has a lot to offer as a beginner species. As other morphs and cultivars came to the fore from other subspecies of Milk Snake Nelson’s Milk Snakes popularity began to wane. At the time this was pretty much unique amongst the Milk Snakes and much clamour ensued. What helped create the popularity around the Nelson’s Milk Snake was the albino variant that was available. This was the height of Tri-colour King snake and Milk Snake breeding. Nelson’s Milk Snakes were incredibly popular in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. We could have mixed species that in time may well be separated again. Why on earth would we want to mix them? Bear in mind taxonomic decisions are based upon shifting sands, and what is de rigour one minute is old news the next. We have bred for ‘Pueblan’ standards for 30 years and’Sinaloan’ Standards for 30 years.
Look through the images and decide for yourself but I believe this to be folly. This snake has now been rolled into the Polyzona Milk snake (Lampropeltis polyzona) along with three other subspecies listed individually on this site. All the Milk Snakes listing on this site will generally feed unassisted on rodent prey from birth. Some species have been excluded from consideration because of their much smaller than average size such as the Red Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum syspila) which may require lizards as first prey to establish in captivity. Save for adult size, the amount of black pigment present and overall build of the snake Milk Snakes are generally very similar snakes to consider as pets regardless of subspecies. This is in reference the way the annulations or rings of the milks snake’s pattern are arranged. The old saying Red next to Yellow…kill a fellow, Red next to Black….venom lack or friend of jack. Milk Snakes have evolved to impersonate the deadly Coral Snake (Micrurus). Species Notes based on experiences: Milk Snakes are examples of batesian mimicry.
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