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Kat91
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 06/10/2010 : 00:05:52
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Hello all, I'm new in here and first-time kingsnake owner :) I just got a hatchling MBK yesterday but a lot of people are telling me it looks just like a desert king, which it does, but the breeder (a very reputable one) was sure it's an MBK and bred from an MBK X MBK pairing with both parents being jet black.
Now, I know some MBK hatchlings aren't pure black and will have some speckling that fades away as they grow older, but my little king seems to have a LOT of colouration for it to be an MBK? I thought I'd ask in here to see if anyone who now owns an adult MBK has had a colourful hatchling.
Here's a picture of my baby:
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headlow
Hatchling
United Kingdom
233 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 18:00:26
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Hello there :)
Did you happen to post on another UK based forum too?
I do think that it looks like a Desert King, though I also know that some hatchling MBK's can have some colour on them.
Here's my 09 for comparison...this was taken on the day I got him/her
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1.0.0 Mexican Milk
0.0.1 Mexi Black
0.0.3 Corns
0.1.0 Western Hognose |
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bluerain
Hatchling
United Kingdom
270 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2010 : 13:09:30
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Ohhhh..I saw the post too!!!
Does look like a Dessert to me, but i have seen a good few Mex Black hatchlings that are speckled when young..Time will tell i guess?? |
Lots of Milks!! Few Royals, corns, Rosie Boas and Childrens Pythons. One Bci, and one Irian Jaya Carpet! |
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headlow
Hatchling
United Kingdom
233 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2010 : 16:46:08
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| Plus MBK's and Deserts do interbreed in the wild, so as posted on the other forum it could be in the gene pool |
1.0.0 Mexican Milk
0.0.1 Mexi Black
0.0.3 Corns
0.1.0 Western Hognose |
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Gingerpony
SerpentSeven's Evil Twin
United Kingdom
726 Posts |
Posted - 15/10/2010 : 10:39:38
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heya and welcome 
i'd go for definitely not purebred MBK.............where did it come from? |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, Dumerils boas, BCO hybrids, Sinder Hypo boas, Day Geckos
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cornaking
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
11 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2010 : 20:03:03
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| maybe it's just me but it looks like a Florida king? |
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lee2308
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/11/2010 : 21:25:39
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| hi and welcome to the forum,i did see a thread somewhere ages ago with a simualer mbk and the specks did go over time,you will just have to wait and see. |
1.0 dumeril boa,0.1 bci boa,1.0 royal python,1.0 mbk kingsnake,1.0corn,1.2 chinese water dragon,0.0.1 bearded dragon
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First King, new here and confused!
