>>Couple of questions. Will kingsnakes generally refuse food during gestation? Does it normally take about 4 weeks between a hookup to when the eggs are laid and will they usually shed right before laying?


WHAT KIND OF KINGS???

And there is a common misconception that females will refuse food....but if the keeper keeps offering them normal sized prey they will typically refuse that size. It is best to offer them smaller prey items. If a female is not intaking food from the time they become gravid, throughout gestation and a pre egg laying shed cycle, then 10 days after the shed (nesting is another topic) she will go around 2 months with no food. That's why folks see skinny, triangular shaped females lay eggs. I know I've seen it before myself, in my snake room years back.
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John Lassiter
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