Treat them like a corn snake or a kingsnake. I've had a few WCs over the years and with regular handling they can be as tame as either and feed just as well. I think that one of the reasons they are not more popular is that very few people are breeding them. People over here just don't seem to have the interest in the native snakes without all the morphs. They are one of my favorites however and I would take one of them over a corn snake or a kingsnake any (unless its a mt. king of course)