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After having corns for several years, I now have a Cal King.

While living in IL I owned and bred corns and really enjoyed them. Unfortunately, they are illegal in my new state plus it's hard to move snakes so I found good homes for them.

I think I'll like the Cal Kings but there seems to be some things to get used to. Most of the corns I produced were pretty relaxed out of the egg.

This little gal is a pooper and doesn't much seem to care for being taken out of the cage. She eventually settles but it takes a while.

Assume with time and patience that will take care of itself.

Yeah - they musk a lot - but they do eventually learn not to.
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3.0 WC; 0.2 CB L. getula californiae
0.1 WC; 10 eggs (7/11) Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata

they are a pain in the butt!!! thats why i have 14 of them

IMHO Garter Snakes get the award for pain in the butt.
They musk just as bad as kingsnakes do, and are far more squirrely.
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3.0 WC; 0.2 CB L. getula californiae
0.1 WC; 10 eggs (7/11) Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata

one of my snakes

You know - I use to detest albino cal kings. I thought they were just ugly. But when they get older/bigger - they really do become exceptionally beautiful, far prettier than the pictures can adequately capture.

My big albino girl is the prettiest snake I currently have - they really are gorgeous as adults.
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3.0 WC; 0.2 CB L. getula californiae
0.1 WC; 10 eggs (7/11) Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata

I used to detest all cali, i think it was because i grew up in Calif and i got burned out on em because they like to musk too much and they're more jittery than the other getula, Good thing now i like them again, and i'll always have some cals in my collection.

I was going to get a normal but while shopping on-line my daughter saw some and said she wanted to have a "pink" one. Thus the albino.

Next one will be a normal.

It won't stay pink.
Here's an adult albino with an adult normal -

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3.0 WC; 0.2 CB L. getula californiae
0.1 WC; 10 eggs (7/11) Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata

Interesting. In all honesty I didn't know the pink washes out as they grow.

Still good looking animals.