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PyMama



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:19 pm    Post subject: My new baby Reply with quote


This is my new baby..he is a little over a year old. Blair Grey Banded Kingsnake.
I need to name him...







Thanks for looking!



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NickMyers03
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

beautiful king!!! hold him often py so he gets use to it...what do you plan on feeding him? kingsnakes often eat other snakes in the wild along with the average mouse/rat prey?
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PyMama



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes ...he has been handled a lot and tamed down.
He is eating mice pups....I will feed him this week end.

He doesnt have a roommate... I think he is cool with that. He loves his skull. Smile

Thanks Nick.
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deborahbroadus
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He is beautiful. Very Happy

Nick, this couldn't kill a BP could it? (just asking, not inferring Wink ).
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PyMama



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Im not Nick obvisouly but I dont think it would...even at adult size the python is stronger.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PyMama wrote:
Im not Nick obvisouly but I dont think it would...even at adult size the python is stronger.


Most snakes are larger than a King, so I was kind of wondering how do they kill other snakes?
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PyMama



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Im thinking more that they kill eachother... Shocked canibalistic creatures..or anythign smaller than them.

Thanks Deb...he is beautiful...now he needs a new name...dont like his old one for him.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

deborahbroadus wrote:
PyMama wrote:
Im not Nick obvisouly but I dont think it would...even at adult size the python is stronger.


Most snakes are larger than a King, so I was kind of wondering how do they kill other snakes?


Deb, kingsnakes can get to 8' here in Virginia (that's at the top end...6' is more typical), so I reckon the captive ones can get that big too. My understanding is that they're not too particular when it comes to eating other snakes. They can withstand most pit viper venom and will even eat rattlesnakes, which can get fairly large. I don't know how their constriction would fare against another constrictor, though.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Buck_99 wrote:
deborahbroadus wrote:
PyMama wrote:
Im not Nick obvisouly but I dont think it would...even at adult size the python is stronger.


Most snakes are larger than a King, so I was kind of wondering how do they kill other snakes?


Deb, kingsnakes can get to 8' here in Virginia (that's at the top end...6' is more typical), so I reckon the captive ones can get that big too. My understanding is that they're not too particular when it comes to eating other snakes. They can withstand most pit viper venom and will even eat rattlesnakes, which can get fairly large. I don't know how their constriction would fare against another constrictor, though.


I am researching and trying to find out how they work..a vid would be great. (the kingsnake I found in my basement wasn't "small" but he wasn't as thick around as my BPs..so knowing that BPs are typically meek..., it's possible that the KS would bite...but I was just wondering how it goes about the constricting part (both would be twisting like mad, I assume.
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Herphero



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ive seen some youtube videos of owners throwing a rattlesnake in with the kingsnake. Of coarse the KS kills it, but its just sad to watch.

Anyways, GL with your new KS, they are very beautiful animals, I had a tangerine KS for about 2 weeks, and it bit me every chance it got (same outcome as taking a razor blade and dropping it on your hand a few times). GL GL GL , lol mean lil bugger. I hope yours is gentle.
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