Here's an eastern King - he's 77" long and very healthy (raised his whole entire life on frozen/thawed)!

Any questions???

Not to start trouble, but as you can see it doesn't really matter wether you feed live or not - As long as you do it responsibly! Even I feed some of my WC eastern kings an occasional live copperhead or watersnake or two . . . Or some live rodents (that were just bonked in the head)



Here's something to consider:

If you're going to stick to the "done it for millions of years" philosophy than you should do it like it has been done that way: Simulate EVERYTHING that happens in the wild, ie: Give the snake and rodent a burrow to crawl into. Killing a snake in a burrow is a LOT different than killing it in a 10 gallon aquarium or sweater box in the open! MOST snakes kill rodent prey inside dark burrows/tunnels that have walls that the snake uses to its' advantage to further subdue it's prey. It is extremely rare for a kingsnake in the wild to kill it's rodent prey in the open. They just don't feel comfortable doing it either - there's a chance for other predators to sneak up to the kingsnake and kill IT while it's eating. Remember, that Kingsnakes DO spend MOST of their lives underground - unless searching for a female or an occasinal basking to help digest a large meal! Why else do you think that Kingsnakes can be raised their entire lives without any light source or heat lamp).

My 1.5 cents!

Auf wiedersehn,



Zee

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