This stunning Red Ratsnake was given to me,as a B-day gift,Oct. 06,measuring in at a pencil thick length of 12"our oldest boy knew I'd been looking for a nice clean,non-designer Red Rat,and came across this beautie at a near-by rep show,starting out on pinkies,didn't take long to go to fuzzies ,and now adult mice,she's real close to the 28" mark now.