Well you opened up an old subject and one that has been discussed here too mmany times.





Kingsnakes do and can be bonded at a young age. Tehy will not eat each other.



Maybe that is what the seller meant?



To give you an idea. I have had hundreds of pairs kept togther year round for over 10 years with zero intaces of cannibalism. They even share their food.



Though many here who have no experience with bonding will tell you to never take the chance. I'M SURE THEY WILL CHIME IN. They are giving opinions with no experience with bonding or bonded pairs, trios ect. THEY will tell you that if something is not broken, don't fix it. Or that they are called "KINGsnakes" for a reason (LOL!). Also they will tell you that why take a chance and so on..but none of what they tell you comes from any experince with BONDED kingsnakes. ZERO nda, zilch. They just don't want to try something new. And some have been doing it one way for decades. So why should they change the way they keep thir snakes?



Bonding starts at a yound age (NOT ADULTS) and should start during the brumation period. Once kingsnakes are bonded they share their food and even if one hastlity latches onto another by mistake during feeding, they let go.



Anyway, there is lots to say about bonding and it has been covered here with sevral poster with strong opinions against it. But they are giving advice from something ethey know nothing about ecept maybe they had a king canniblize another once and draw from that and not from teh bonding process.



Bonded kingsnakes make things a lot easier when it comes to breeding season . No worries about a mate eating another when you introduce them in the spring for breeding. wWhich happens often with people who don't bond their naimals and follow the old recipe for disaster...also with bonded pairs you can do take the guesswork out of when a female is ovulating and thus not missing the window to get her eggs properly fertilized (less duds or infertile eggs) also , this is the best part,.. You can get as many as 3 clucthes per year because the snakes know when to breed. No missing that ovulation window by moving the male back and forth from the famales cage and back again.





Think of this. If Kingsnakes eat each other they would not be found together in the wild and there would be extinct.



So if your pair has been together for while. Keep them well fed (offer food at least twice a week) because even humans cannibalize when fed a starvation diet. You have to keep the snakes well fed and not one mouse once per week like the pet shops will tell you.



As far as what type of king. You need to post a picture.
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