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Greg
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
12 Posts |
 Posted - 11/06/2009 : 15:11:05
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Hi everyone
New to King Snakes and find your site full of good info
I have a new Black mex at about one meterlong (please could any one tell me if they have experiance of a snake thats allways looking for food ? as cant they get overweight?)
I also have a baby Mex Mex |
1.0.0 MEX BLACK KING
0.1.0 MEX MEX KING SNAKE
1.1.0 ROYAL PYTHON
1.0.0 JUNGLE CARPET
1.0.0 BOA
0.0.1 CORN
0.1.0 FLORIDA KING
1.0.0 Brazilian Rainbow
0.0.1 Rough Green Snake
0.1.0 Taiwanese Beauty Snake
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lewy
King Snake Admin
United Kingdom
25000023 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2009 : 15:43:10
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Mexi blacks (and kings in particular really) all are very food orientated (even if it's your fingers) Just stick to the appropriate feeding for the size of snake, and you should be okay. Just watch your fingers 
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Lewy
THE KING SNAKE.co.uk Team
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Kazerella
King Snake Admin
United Kingdom
1512 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2009 : 16:33:25
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Hello Greg - I agree with Lewy. They are always after food (except in winter when males can go off it a bit), but it's easy enough to control if you stick to decent size meals at the right times  |
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Greg
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
12 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2009 : 16:59:47
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Thanks for your comments do you think two mice would be better than the small rat that he normally has each week he always strikes first timed . As kings have smallish heads what do you think about smaller items say 2 or 3 mice at meal time? |
1.0.0 MEX BLACK KING
0.1.0 MEX MEX KING SNAKE
1.1.0 ROYAL PYTHON
1.0.0 JUNGLE CARPET
1.0.0 BOA
0.0.1 CORN
0.1.0 FLORIDA KING
1.0.0 Brazilian Rainbow
0.0.1 Rough Green Snake
0.1.0 Taiwanese Beauty Snake
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magneticblue
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1511 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2009 : 17:25:54
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| Hi and welcome to the forum |
1.1.0 Arizona mountain king (Sylar and Claire)
0.1.0 Blotched king ( Jasmin)
1.1.0 Guyana red-tail boa (Hercules and Athena)
1.0.1 children (Alfie and BUMP)
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lee2308
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1609 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2009 : 18:53:58
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| hi and welcome,i would stick to rats than going for multple itmes |
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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Gingerpony
SerpentSeven's Evil Twin
United Kingdom
726 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2009 : 18:54:21
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| heya and welcome |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, Dumerils boas, BCO hybrids, Sinder Hypo boas, Day Geckos
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Greg
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
12 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2009 : 22:49:17
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| Thanks Lees,So one Rat what weekly?And Will they just keep feeding if the food is there? |
1.0.0 MEX BLACK KING
0.1.0 MEX MEX KING SNAKE
1.1.0 ROYAL PYTHON
1.0.0 JUNGLE CARPET
1.0.0 BOA
0.0.1 CORN
0.1.0 FLORIDA KING
1.0.0 Brazilian Rainbow
0.0.1 Rough Green Snake
0.1.0 Taiwanese Beauty Snake
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lee2308
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1609 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2009 : 12:07:56
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| i give my adult king 1 small rat weaner every 7-10 days,depends on the size of yours though.Try and get rats the same thickness of your kings body or a bit larger but no more than 1.5x the size and yes they will take what ever you offer them,there so greedy lol |
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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Carl
Hatchling
United Kingdom
498 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2009 : 13:30:59
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Hi welcome to the sight m8. I have a mexi black I feed him one medium mouse a week except when he's shedding then I dont feed him till he's finished, hes not far off three foot and that seems to do him fine, good choice of snake though |
1.0.0 Mexi Black (Snoop)
1.0.0 Milk Pueb (Lestat)
0.2.0 Mexi Black (no name) |
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Greg
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
12 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2009 : 19:08:35
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| thanks Carl and Lee for your help i will have to try and dowload some pics of the Black mex (who my partner has names Dexter) and the smaller MEX MEX King Snake yet to be named. |
1.0.0 MEX BLACK KING
0.1.0 MEX MEX KING SNAKE
1.1.0 ROYAL PYTHON
1.0.0 JUNGLE CARPET
1.0.0 BOA
0.0.1 CORN
0.1.0 FLORIDA KING
1.0.0 Brazilian Rainbow
0.0.1 Rough Green Snake
0.1.0 Taiwanese Beauty Snake
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TheKenLaw
Snake Mite
14 Posts |
Posted - 22/07/2009 : 11:11:43
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Hi there I have an albino banded cali king snake just need a bit of advice
the pet store and a lot of places i have looked say it will grow to about 4ft max length and a 3ft viv will be ok for it
but went to another local pet store and the guy in there said his grew to 6ft and i would require a 4ft viv.
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Beowulf1976
Hatchling
United Kingdom
199 Posts |
Posted - 22/07/2009 : 11:29:52
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quote:
Originally posted by Greg
thanks Carl and Lee for your help i will have to try and dowload some pics of the Black mex (who my partner has names Dexter) and the smaller MEX MEX King Snake yet to be named.
Welcome Greg :) I'm a newbie too :) heheh (to the site and to kings) |
1.0.0 Turkish Van - Oscar, 0.1.0 Avicularia Metallica - Penelope, 0.1.0 Arizona Mountain King - Tehya.
1.0.0 Black Labrador - Sam |
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lee2308
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1609 Posts |
Posted - 22/07/2009 : 18:13:18
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quote:
Originally posted by TheKenLaw
Hi there I have an albino banded cali king snake just need a bit of advice
the pet store and a lot of places i have looked say it will grow to about 4ft max length and a 3ft viv will be ok for it
but went to another local pet store and the guy in there said his grew to 6ft and i would require a 4ft viv.
what do you guys reckon?
hi,a 3x2 viv would be fine,very unlikly that you would get a 6' cali,but if you wanted to get a 4' it's up to you.How old is it at the moment? |
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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TheKenLaw
Snake Mite
14 Posts |
Posted - 26/07/2009 : 09:11:36
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its about 5-6 mnths old well thats what they told me in the shop i got it from anyway!!!
its about 18inches long at the moment think it might need a new viv soon |
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TheKenLaw
Snake Mite
14 Posts |
Posted - 26/07/2009 : 09:16:12
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heres a few pics
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