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Nokturnel Tom
at Thu Apr 15 10:40:10 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Nokturnel Tom ]
My Kings will use the hot spot in thier cages, moreso the female. My Milks are at room temp and do fine. The feeding response is stronger from the Kings, most of the time the Milks will let me pic them up without using a hook to initially lift them while the Kings will want to bite once in a while. Once they know they're not being fed they are mellow as can be though. Both are nice and glossy and look very similar but the scales on the Milk are much larger. My female King is gravid now and she is huge. She is a very muscular snake, very firm and strong. My Milks are young but are destined to outgrow the Kings and a nice 5-6 foot Milk is just really cool to hold. Both types grow fast and are very easy to work with. I found breeding the Kings almost effortless, including incubation of the eggs. It is a great beginner snake. This year when putting the female in with the male for the first time he gave her a love bite on the neck before her body even hit the ground and mounted her within the first minute of introduction. I think the Milks are better if you want a snake that requires little effort to care for. They just thrive at room temperature. The price for the Milks has come down a lot over the past few years too, so more people can enjoy owning them. However I feel the Kings are very underated. We all bow to the mighty Indigo as the King of Black snakes but a nice shiny King or Milk is really a cool pet to have.
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RE: great post............. - Nokturnel Tom, Thu Apr 15 10:40:10 2004