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After trying for well over a year, I have finally got good pictures of my albino Cal king... She's a feisty little one, always tryin to musk and bite me, but I think these were well worth the risks to my fingers...
She was sold as a lavendar albino, and as she ages, she is turning more of a lavendar color, but I'm still positive... either way, I think she's awesome, so I don't really care...

This little guy, a sulfur lavendar brooksi, I got from Zenny refused to sit still, so these aren't so great...

and of course, I couldn't get new pics of Spot cause he's in blue, but these older pics are so great I can't help but share them over and over...

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~Maggie~

"Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious."
1.1 Cal Kings
1.0 Brooksi
0.1 Red Belly Piranha
1.0 Australian Shepherd

Nice Amel Cali king Maggie... my guy (Amel cali king) passed a few years ago... he was the 2nd kingsnake i owned... and very cool snake he was!

Your female looks like he did, in that she looks more like a T-negative Amel rather than a T-positive (Lavender)... as far as her aggression, I suggest you try to handle her more, because having an aggressive adult snake is not fun!

here's what you do...

-pick her up with a hook (as not to spook her with your hand/arm)

-grab her (loosely) mid-body and allow her to move freely through your fingers, hand, arm, etc...

-if she's tries to flee, use your other hand to keep a grasp on her
--- To do this (keep a grasp on her that is)
-------approach from the bottom with your free hand, almost giving her a ladder from one hand to the next, once in the new hand, raise that hand well above floor level so the snake will have less confidence in the pursuit of fleeing (if higher off the ground)

-avoid sudden frontal (in her face) movements with your hands or even trying to stare her in the face while she's roaming through your fingers... may spook her and cause her to strike/bite

-the key is to make her comfortable while being held, it's easier to do with hatchlings soo it may take longer with this girl, but repeated handling will do the trick

-seeing as she's aggressive you may not want to handle your other snakes before handling her, she may see(smell) it as a threat or food and flee qucikly or bite almost instantly.

-when placing her back into her enclosure, allow her to leave your hand freely (at her own will).

-lastly... if you feed her in her enclosure, try avoiding that for a while... take her out, place her in a shoe box and feed there, this will disassociate the "I'm in my 'space' something is approaching... must be food" attack response while she's in her enclosure

Also looks like the Lavender male is coming into his orange coloration (is he? hard to tell from the pic)

~Z
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Thanks for the compliments and the advice, I don't get much of a chance to handle her cause we just moved in with my mom again and mom is terrified of snakes, so I'm not allowed to get them out when she's home...

Once I get her picked up, she's fine, its just getting her out of the cage thats the hard part... Fortunatly, she doesn't try to bite, she just acts mean...

The little guy I got from you is growin like a weed and he's still really mellow... I love watchin his colors change every time he sheds...
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~Maggie~

"Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious."
1.1 Cal Kings
1.0 Brooksi
0.1 Red Belly Piranha
1.0 Australian Shepherd

I've got a "boot pull" that my mother had laying around the house. It's a smooth hook with a wooden handle on one end. It's not very long, but if I use it when picking up Eddie, he doesn't musk. It's also handy for pulling the cornsnakes out of tight places. You could try something like that. I think they have them at shoe stores or a place like wally world.

Next time I post pics of my boys, I'll get a picture of it.
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Holly

0.1 Lavender California Kingsnake (Lizzie Borden) (missing )
1.0 Florida Kingsnake (Eddie Gein)
0.0.2 Cornsnakes (Lyle & Erik Menendez)
1.0 Bearded Dragon (Charley Manson)
1.0 Orange Marmalade Cat (Oliver)
1.0 Black Cat (Shadowfax)
1.0 Egyptian Arabian (Bagan) (Deceased )
1.0 Tennessee Walking Horse (Durango)

2.0 Toddlers (Justice & Trevor)

I know what your talking about, in fact I think there might be one layin around here somewere... Don't know why I didn't think of that myself, Thanks...
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~Maggie~

"Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious."
1.1 Cal Kings
1.0 Brooksi
0.1 Red Belly Piranha
1.0 Australian Shepherd