I had a big male holbrooki from Calcasieu Parish south of Lake Charles for a few months and NEVER had any issues with him when I had him. I caught him trailing a smaller female at a job site I was working on. I caught the female first, but she escaped the makeshift capture bag I had to use at the time The male fed readily on f/t and was maintained in a plastic 28 quart rack system box with the rest of my collection. I had him for a few months and never had any health issues with him. I have kept several holbrooki on and off for many years that were captured in St. Bernard Parish, Orleans Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, and even Pearl River County, Mississippi. Never had a problem with any of them other than some had bad attitudes LOL!! I kept them pretty spartan with aspen or pine bedding substrate, medium to small water bowls, and cardboard box hides. I guess you can say I kept them pretty dry for "swampland" kings and never misted them or kept moist hides in their cages. Pretty much all of them I offered f/t took it with no problems as well. I kept them at room temps with the usual heat tape/heat pad hot spot on one portion of the cages. It is amusing to me to see the interest on the forum regarding holbrooki. They are a sentimental species for me and were the only real "keeper" snakes I found as a kid growing up in the New Orleans area way back before internet, etc. and the availability of so many different snake species.

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