Hi. My name is Joe, and I'm a snakeaholic...Seriously though, I've been keeping and breeding various colubrids and pythons for about the last ten years. Lately I've been focused on pythons, but I bought this little guy as an easter gift for my wife. She fell in love with it last time we were in the pet store. This will be just a pet for us, not a breeding project. I'm including some pictures for your enjoyment, and I have a question or two. First off, it was sold to me as a "black and white california kingsnake". Is that an accurate common name for this one? Also, I want to sex it just so we know what to call it. Can I pop it just like I do with my baby pythons? Anything special I need to know about it? Lastly, as far as care goes, we've got it in a standard baby colubrid set up. Its in a 10 gal aquarium, paper substrate, hide on each end, with a thermal gradient of about 72-85. Sound about right? Thanks for any info you can give us as new king owners. Feel free to shoot me a link you have found helpful. Thanks again and enjoy the photos.



P.S. Let me know what you think about this little one. We LOVE it!










Joe Pociask Pythons

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• Hello! An introduction, some pictures, and a couple of questions about my new kingsnake... - JP, Sat Apr 10 20:08:36 2004
• It's a desert phase cal king and a good one at that - chicagopsych, Sat Apr 10 20:32:56 2004
• ooooh yea! that's a classic desert phase cal king - DJW, Sat Apr 10 22:44:10 2004
• RE: Hello! An introduction, some pictures, and a couple of questions about my new kingsnake... - DJW, Sat Apr 10 22:50:36 2004
• RE: Hello! An introduction, some pictures, and a couple of questions about my new kingsnake... - JP, Sat Apr 10 22:57:58 2004
• Thanks for the info guys, and one more question... - JP, Sat Apr 10 23:05:03 2004
• RE: Thanks for the info guys, and one more question... - lassiter, Sat Apr 10 23:19:12 2004
• i second john's response! -np sorry i forgot to answer that up there, eek - DJW, Sat Apr 10 23:23:29 2004