I keep having problems with king snakes that I NEVER have with corn snakes. I call it the king snake syndrome. This time it’s a hatchling eastern king. He is growing pretty well, he’s bigger than his female sibling and she has had no problems. He eats well and defecates but after he’s done digesting the mouse he always has a lump in his middle like he just ate a fuzzy mouse? I thought about putting a couple of drops of cooking oil on the mouse and see if it helps pass whatever it is that’s in there. All my snakes are kept under the same conditions. The temps right now are about 80 and I have been feeding these guys all winter long. None of them have puked up any mice. I have a speckled king baby and have had no problems with her. Other symptoms I've had with other kings is that they had developed a lump that was maybe 4 to 5 inches from their head. Most of the time these kings have died. Has anyone out there seen anything like this?

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• Kingsnake syndrome - rick d, Sun Feb 22 21:34:50 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - indictment, Sun Feb 22 21:53:47 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - rick d, Sun Feb 22 22:21:00 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - indictment, Sun Feb 22 23:13:49 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - MikeRusso, Sun Feb 22 22:07:49 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - rick d, Sun Feb 22 22:22:10 2009
• YES - foxturtle, Mon Feb 23 00:16:49 2009
• RE: YES - MikeRusso, Mon Feb 23 05:48:41 2009
• BTW - foxturtle, Mon Feb 23 00:20:16 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - tspuckler, Mon Feb 23 08:29:12 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - Tony D, Mon Feb 23 09:33:49 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - MikeRusso, Mon Feb 23 10:00:05 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - rick d, Mon Feb 23 22:15:32 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - joecop, Mon Feb 23 10:13:18 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - joecop, Mon Feb 23 10:17:46 2009
• Not crypto... - foxturtle, Mon Feb 23 10:46:22 2009
• RE: Not crypto... - joecop, Mon Feb 23 11:01:12 2009
• RE: Not crypto... - foxturtle, Mon Feb 23 11:29:13 2009
• RE: Not crypto... - rick d, Mon Feb 23 22:20:59 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - joecop, Mon Feb 23 10:51:59 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - Cheesemonkey, Mon Feb 23 10:46:57 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - foxturtle, Mon Feb 23 10:54:03 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - joecop, Mon Feb 23 10:54:05 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - markg, Mon Feb 23 14:39:58 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - joecop, Mon Feb 23 15:08:43 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - markg, Mon Feb 23 16:40:41 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - Bluerosy, Mon Feb 23 15:09:06 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - foxturtle, Mon Feb 23 15:25:06 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - Bluerosy, Mon Feb 23 15:53:56 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - joecop, Mon Feb 23 16:20:25 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - zach_whitman, Mon Feb 23 16:45:44 2009
• Also - zach_whitman, Mon Feb 23 16:56:34 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - Bluerosy, Mon Feb 23 17:17:29 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - markg, Mon Feb 23 16:46:11 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - rick d, Mon Feb 23 22:26:56 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - snakeball, Tue Feb 24 09:16:39 2009
• RE: Kingsnake syndrome - Rick D, Tue Feb 24 22:01:26 2009