Please do not take offense, but you folks should really read your own posts and act like somebody else wrote them.



Pyros, grow as fast and as consistant as any other kingsnake. Why would they be different? Except if you put them in conditions that are stressful to them. Then of course they can have problems.



What it sounds like from reading your posts is, many of you have marginal conditions. So your pyros perform marginally.



It appears that some here hope the snakes fit their cages, and if not, they say the snake is this or that way. The reality is, pyros are kingsnakes, just like anyother kingsnake.



Of course they behave a little different because they come from a little different habitat, so they do the same things other kings do, just ever so slightly different.



The actual performance is the same as anyother king, they can and do mature in under two years if conditions are supportive, they can and do multiclutch and will for a very long time(plus 14 years in my experience) And eat like pigs, from day one.



Please think about this, why would any snake not feed well or grow well when young?????



Then why would a snake not feed well, then feed when it is given water? Also why would a snake need a bowl of water to help take a crap?



All of those things are a direct link to your problems, its not the snake thats the problem its the way they are being kept, not the way they are designed to be. Cheers

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