That's the main reason I keep mine long. Easy-peasy to take care of. Once a month, I grab a handful and whack the bottom three or four inches off. It's long enough that nobody notices. Think Oakridge Boys/ZZ Top long.
I've had pretty much all of the rat and milk snakes except for a Scarlet King, but the red rats were my favorite. I had one that went everywhere with me during the winter. He'd wrap himself around my neck for warmth and looked like a choker for most folks that noticed. I took him to a union meeting several times but quit. The last meeting got a little windy, he got warm, and unbeknownst to me, decided to crawl down my back. I was unaware 'til I heard folding chairs sliding and falling with a bunch of tough full grown men departing the area in a panicked haste. The president of the local yelled out, "You bring that thing up here and I'll jerk ya baldheaded!"
Never figured men being such sissies over a harmless little snake.
crazy bastard.
