he's about a foot long


Okay thanks for the info. I am glad you mentioned he is a foot long because the fact you said he was eating pinkies I imagined a neonate.

First thing you need to know is your snake is probably starved a bit.. You need to bump up the food size. I would suggest hoppers for a foot long king. Or feed sevral (3 or 4) fuzzies.

You did not mention how often you will feed but I can tell you this.. If he is a foot long and was last years hatch, you need to start feeding him more. He will be healthier and less finsicky if you do and a much better long term captive.

A problem with some breeders/brokers/sellers is that they feed snakes sparingly. What we refer to as "maintenance diets", which is usually just enough to keep them alive while they sit for a new owner who will purchase feed them properly.

I am sure you king will feed more regulary and calm down a bit once you get him started on some large meals.

Snakes that are fed sparingly sometimes succumb to improper development and have issues being finicky..I have a picture in mind of starving children is Africa also have problems after they have been barely fed improper diets lacking calcium and protien and weigh 30lbs and are 12 years of age.

A pinky is mostly made up of water.. if you ever seen one dry out you know what I mean.


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Another oddity, snakes have scent glands, hmmmmmmmmmm what are they for?
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