Quote Originally Posted by Stefan-A View Post
You can also add Heterodon and Nerodia. Diadophis and Storeria don't seem to be too rare within the hobby, either.

If there are exceptions, it's not a standard at all. It is misleading to talk about standard colubrid care, if it only applies to a certain segment of the family.
Well, Heterodon could be kept following the "standard" guidelines with little issue, IF it is eating pinkies. As a matter of fact, so could most Thamnophis IF they accept pinkies and mice.

Haven't you ever heard the phrase, "There's an exception to every rule"? You have 3 genera of snakes that combined make up less than 3% of the total colubrid species available widely distributed in the pet trade. Than you have 3 or 4 genera that make up about 93%. And you still don't agree it's "standard" or "general"?

The reality is, Pantherophis, Lampropeltis, and Pituophis make up an insurmountable majority of the colubrid snakes available in the pet trade. We're not talking about 51% here...we're talking about 90% or better. Certainly there are other colubrid species available. Those species are not nearly as wide spread in captivity as the "Big Three". And usually, people keeping those species have more than an elementary experience.