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Damien seems to be having a growth EXPLOSION so I thought that I would post a recent pic of him. I swear that this snake is a bottomless pit when it comes to eating. I am feeding him small adult mice and he seems to be hungry again in just a few days. Looks like it may be time to up his mice again(atleast feed him two instead of just one). I think he's trying to eat me out of house and home. Typical teenager!!!LOL

Manda in Seattle
Damien- Black Mexican Kingsnake
Nibbles- Normal Motley Cornsnake
Gratch- Okeetee Cornsnake

I do not dare ask what you are doing, it matters not. That snake is perfect! Great job, he looks freakin awesome. Tom Stevens
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No secret to it. I feed him when he's hungry, handle him a couple times a week and keep his cage and water clean. It helps that I got a good snake from a good breeder!

Do you think that a 30 gallon tank will do him for the rest of his life or should I move him up to something bigger in the near future? I got some ShowCase cages for the cornsnakes and really like them so far. I was thinking about getting one for him but I just can't afford it right now.

Thanks for the compliment! It makes me feel good to know that I am doing something right.

Manda in Seattle
Damien- Black Mexican Kingsnake
Nibbles- Normal Motley Cornsnake
Gratch- Okeetee Cornsnake

He's really cool looking!
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0.1 Lampropeltis Getula Floridana
1.0 Elaphe Guttata Slowinskii

Very nice, Manda!

I have a pair of his clutch-mates here, and they're looking right on par with your guy!

Will attempt to take a pic of him in between feedings and him trying to eat my fingers! (very short window right now!)

//Todd

I used to feed Damien out of my hand. But he got to where he would bite me thinking that my fingers were another mouse. I don't think I'll ever have to worry about getting him to eat!!! So now I feed him in a tub like I feed the cornsnakes. Him biting me didn't bother me much at first because he would let go as soon as he realized that I wasn't a mouse. But now that he's getting bigger, he's starting to draw a little bit of blood. Not to mention that I personally don't think that my fingers look remotely like a mouse! LOL

Manda in Seattle
Damien- Black Mexican Kingsnake
Nibbles- Normal Motley Cornsnake
Gratch- Okeetee Cornsnake

"Not to mention that I personally don't think that my fingers look remotely like a mouse!"

Maybe not, but one of them IS called a Pinky!
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0.1 Lampropeltis Getula Floridana
1.0 Elaphe Guttata Slowinskii

Yeah- you're lucky.

Took me 10 minutes to get this guy off my finger- locked on HARD!

//Todd

Sounds like you are having slightly better luck than with my '06 MBK. She was a feeding machine ... and then switched off.

I moved her to hoppers and she was eating 2 a feeding - and suddenly stopped taking them. It's been two sheds since she has taken a hopper. She is taking fuzzies but now she wants nothing to do with hoppers, even when I withold food for 10 days.

She's around 30 inches or so.
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11.14 L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
2.3 L. getula nigrita (MBK)
1.0 L. getula floridana (Brooksi)
1.1 Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
0.1 Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Pacific gopher)
0.1 Heterodon nasicus nasicus (W Hognose)
4.2.14 Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata - (Cal. Alligator Lizard)

My cal king is like that... I had him up to adult mice and all of a sudden, nothing... today is only the second time he's ate since March because he won't eat anything f/t anymore and won't eat anything fresh killed or live bigger then a fuzzy... So as my mice breed, I've been feeding him fuzzies... I'm hoping since I got a large litter this time I can try to get him on hoppers again soon...
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"Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious."
1.1 Cal Kings
1.0 Mali Uromastyx