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snakelady
Snake Mite
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 Posted - 10/07/2009 : 13:46:35
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Originally posted by kazerella
She was probably trying to size you up so she can eat you 
NO- I wouldn't say she'd have internal parasites unless it's only a mild invasion. Snakes usually lose weight and go off food if they have them, but it's better to make sure mi'thinks.
Hahaha, have heard a kingsnake bite is worse than a corn so lets hope not!!!  |
1 royal, cleo
3 corns, ruby percy and daphne, and a rescue king, lucy |
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Kazerella
King Snake Admin
United Kingdom
1512 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2009 : 17:14:29
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| Corn bite? aren't they mythical? |
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snakelady
Snake Mite
47 Posts |
Posted - 17/07/2009 : 08:10:25
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note to self, do not take kingsnake from husband cos he needs the loo, when I have just fed another snake and my hands smell of mice. OW!!! OW!!! She got me! Simple strike and release but still. OW!
Lovely little girl, least she has a good feeding response!
I rewarded the little angel with a rat pup! |
1 royal, cleo
3 corns, ruby percy and daphne, and a rescue king, lucy |
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Kazerella
King Snake Admin
United Kingdom
1512 Posts |
Posted - 17/07/2009 : 10:24:57
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Bless her. Never get in the way of a Mexi and their food  |
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lee2308
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1609 Posts |
Posted - 17/07/2009 : 10:51:48
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| was it as bad as you thought? |
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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jono2411
Yearling
United Kingdom
655 Posts |
Posted - 17/07/2009 : 11:41:30
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| woohoo your first kingsnake tag... i got mine within a minute of opening the box with Baby Baron inside... |
1.0.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake : Baron Samedi
0.0.1 Apricot Pueblan Milksnake : (Hercule) Poirot
0.1.0 Striped Splotched Sinaloan Milksnake : Arminia
0.1.0 Pueblacorn - Cleopatra
0.0.3 Fire-Bellied Toads: Ghengis Khan, Bruce Lee & Chairman Mao
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snakelady
Snake Mite
47 Posts |
Posted - 17/07/2009 : 12:21:56
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it wasn't as bad as I had been led to believe but she shocked me as I couldn't see her head at the time, it was hidden from view by my arm, little scamp!
She seems to be taking offence at the smaller food items being offered, going to move her up to proper size now! |
1 royal, cleo
3 corns, ruby percy and daphne, and a rescue king, lucy |
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jono2411
Yearling
United Kingdom
655 Posts |
Posted - 17/07/2009 : 15:30:19
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| haha, MBKs have no time for small meals! |
1.0.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake : Baron Samedi
0.0.1 Apricot Pueblan Milksnake : (Hercule) Poirot
0.1.0 Striped Splotched Sinaloan Milksnake : Arminia
0.1.0 Pueblacorn - Cleopatra
0.0.3 Fire-Bellied Toads: Ghengis Khan, Bruce Lee & Chairman Mao
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snakelady
Snake Mite
47 Posts |
Posted - 17/07/2009 : 16:00:21
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Hiya
I have totally fell for this little angel, and I considering getting a male for eventual breeding.
So I have a question, which might seem Doh! to you lot, but I just don't know.
What I want to know is, should I only breed her with another mexi black or is any kingsnake ok?
I ask because OH convinced that they are a sub species and should only be bred with other mexi's. Is this true?
I was hoping to get an albino cali king but if he is right then obv that is out.
I haven't done a lot of reading on taxonomy side yet, but I will.
Also, as she is about 3 ft long and inch and half or more in width,how old do you reckon she is? They reckoned she was 6 - 8 weeks old when she escaped and she'd been gone a year, which by their reckoning makes her 14 months old, but it just doesn't ring right to me.
Also I would be wanting to get a male as a hatchling so what age would he be ready to breed at?
Thanks, I know it's a lot of questions!! |
1 royal, cleo
3 corns, ruby percy and daphne, and a rescue king, lucy |
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jono2411
Yearling
United Kingdom
655 Posts |
Posted - 17/07/2009 : 17:03:49
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i think they probably could breed with other kingsnakes (i'm also no expert) but it would probably produce little snakies with a broken black pattern at least rather than the deep unbroken black of the MBK and people probably wouldn't want the hybrids...
Ive used a lot of probablys in there because i have no definitive answers...
Also you would probably need a snake that is about 2-3 years old minimum... |
1.0.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake : Baron Samedi
0.0.1 Apricot Pueblan Milksnake : (Hercule) Poirot
0.1.0 Striped Splotched Sinaloan Milksnake : Arminia
0.1.0 Pueblacorn - Cleopatra
0.0.3 Fire-Bellied Toads: Ghengis Khan, Bruce Lee & Chairman Mao
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magneticblue
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1511 Posts |
Posted - 17/07/2009 : 17:36:13
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| You can breed just about any kings together as far as I understand (or kings with corns) but the offspring will be a hybrid and there is no way of knowing what they will look like. You could end up with some really stunning looking snakes that you can sell easily, or you could end up with snakes that nobody wants to buy and you will be stuck with and you have to consider what you woould do if this turned out to be the case. In my opinion you would be better off getting another mexi black and breeding them together. As for age, kings need to be 3 years old as a minimum. |
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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snakelady
Snake Mite
47 Posts |
Posted - 20/07/2009 : 08:08:00
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thanks for the answeers to my breeding questions guys!
OH was right then, grrr, he'll nver let me forget that he (the non snake person) knew something I didn't!  LOL
If we do decide to go ahead and breed her in time, I will definitly get another mexi black.
Little sausage bit me again on saturday!, Ah, the life of a snake keeper eh? |
1 royal, cleo
3 corns, ruby percy and daphne, and a rescue king, lucy |
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snakelady
Snake Mite
47 Posts |
Posted - 20/07/2009 : 11:39:55
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picture of Lucy at last!
hope you can see it, am crap at this suff!
edit...picture link |
1 royal, cleo
3 corns, ruby percy and daphne, and a rescue king, lucy |
Edited by - lee2308 on 20/07/2009 13:03:47 |
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lee2308
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1609 Posts |
Posted - 20/07/2009 : 13:05:36
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| very nice,i edited the link for you,if you use the link starting with [img] it will come up |
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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snakelady
Snake Mite
47 Posts |
Posted - 20/07/2009 : 13:28:43
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Originally posted by lee2308
very nice,i edited the link for you,if you use the link starting with [img] it will come up
Cheers, still getting the hang of it! Went back and edited the photos on the two other sites with the image thingy and they have red crosse next to them now, but if the link is clicked on they do work, am really naff at this stuff!!! |
1 royal, cleo
3 corns, ruby percy and daphne, and a rescue king, lucy |
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New Mexican Black - Lucy... and a few questions
