I believe folks that say they successfully keep their kings together. Bottom line. Believe you are telling the truth.



Not attacking anyone and I have seen this is taken personal too often in the past.





Truth can stand being challenged. Theories are put forth and duplicated by others to confirm their findings. It's how it's done.



I have noticed on here even keepers that strongly advocate keeping kings together seem to hedge their bets.



Isn't the basic premise "If they ate each other in the wild there wouldn't be any Kings" There are Kings, so they must not.



No one here seems to have tested it to the point of a large terrarium housing generations of Kings where eggs are laid and males not removed and babies hatch without being eaten in the egg or as hatchlings. Viewing large and small males and females through out the enclosure/room? That would carry serious weight!



YOUR DUMB TO NOT "KNOW" YOU CAN KEEP KINGS TOGETHER seems to be what I hear.



"I don't put them together till they are so many inches..."



"I remove the males during egglaying...."



" I remove females to seperate containers so they won't eat another females eggs"



"I acclimate them during hibernation....(even though they don't need it?)"



"Babies will strike at anything that moves..." How is that different than what happens in a rotten log when a skink goes by?



Then a guy with awesome snakes he raised carefully for years posts he does't want to take a chance and he gets blasted for hedging his bets and being "safe" and is consider a loser as a keeper. Am I the only one who sees how weird that seems?



This is not an attack but relevant place to think these things through together. Please don't take it personal.



No Bluerosy and Thomas I'm not trying to be a jerk to you. I respect your experiences. You've raise/bred far more snakes than I ever will.

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