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OK. so i went to Petco to get some rat water bottles a few days ago and as usual i have to look at the reptiles and fish. Well, after walking through the fish i went to the reptiles and saw a Lavender kingsnake who had about 1/5th of its body in another tank!! they use little slide in dividers to divide the tanks and the king pushed its way through to the other tank which held a water dragon. The poor thing probably smelled a lizard and was hungry. so i ran around to the other side of the store where i found a girl with a Sonic cup in her hand. I asked if she was clocked in from break and she said not yet... and asked why? I told her the baby king snake is about to kill himself!!! So she ran to the snakes and screamed for help. Her and another girl had to poke and prod and pull him out of the other tank!!! All the while the water dragon is just sitting on a branch watching all the commotion(he just had a small water bowl for the water). Anyways when they finally got the snake loose the first girl told me the snake probably has a death wish b/c earlier it had gotten into a milksnakes cage and the Milk was eating the king!!! So the king had to go into the back room to heal and was just recently put back out for sale. I didnt have any money on me b/c none of my hatchlings have eaten 3 times and i wont sell them until they do. So i blogged about it and a VERY good friend Mike H. who is now into amazons (used to be in corns) helped pay for him just to get him a good home!! So a few days later i picked him up. the retail was $164.99, but i got it for $82.50. Isnt it great that reptile people look out for one another!?!?!?
And what do ya'll think of my new little munchkin!?!?! It's actually a lot darker lavender color than my picture shows, but isnt it cute!?!? Ya'll think its just an albino or a lavender???

thanks for looking!~
~kin
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Definitely looks lavender to me - what an awesome story!
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thanks!! it definitely is a happy ending... its nice to know there are caring people in our hobby!!

~kin
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Looks like he was worth the trouble. He looks identical to a blue eyed blond. Nice snake.

thanks!!! i just couldnt let them kill the thing... it has red pupils and they just stare right through you... my heart wouldnt allow them to put the poor thing in the freezer!!!

~kin
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that does not look like an ordinary lavender. At first, while reading your post, i thought you got ripped off from petCo. But after seeing the snake I think it is worth every penny.
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well, no matter how much money it was, Petco wanted to freeze it and put it out of its misery b/c it was a "trouble" snake. And mike H. actually paid for most of it.... what a sweet guy!!!! But i liked how he helped a reptile friend in need i call it "our snake" even though he lives in a different state So far i popped it and it looks to be a female... if so, its an even better deal in my opinion!!! Just glad i saved it from certain death...
~kin
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>> "Ya'll think its just an albino or a lavender???"

Misty,....Your question is sort of funny,....because it could be a "Lavender" albino(tyrosinase positive), or possibly a "Blue eyed Blonde", which is thought to be a form of hypomelanism, and NOT amelanism. One thing is for sure,....it AIN'T a t- albino..LOL!

It's virtually impossible to tell from the pics, as they are somewhat washed-out by the flash, but since you mentioned that the snake was actually much darker than the pic shows,....another strong possibility is that is a "Blue eyed Blond". It's one of the two here for sure.

Take a very close look at the eyes, and see if the iris surrounding the pupil is red or a dark midnight blue, as the Blonde's irises get more blue as they age. If it's a uniform red, then it is likely a t-positive albino.

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Here's a lavender that is not a BEB nor pink/ruby eyed:

I have no idea what line she is - she was bred by Brian Stockmeyer who seems to have dissappeared - website still exists but hasn't been updated, and he wasn't at last show.
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I forgot to also mention the possibility of it being a normal hypo Lavender in the post(D'oh!),....thanks for pointing that out.

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

That since she said it had ruby eyes, that excluded that form of Lavender. I've got to start paying better attention to what I type in my own posts!..LOL!

BTW,....nice animal!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

well the pupils look JUST like a "Ruby" pupil in corns. the iris surrounding it looks almost like a black green color.... maybe i can get pics outside.... Its definitely a female.... no hemis popped out when popping!!!

~kin
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It sounds like a "Blue-eyed Blonde" in that case. The irises should start developing a midnight blue coloration as it gets older.

Lucky little snake as well,....what a bunch of "Jer#-off's" that work at that store!...Geeesh!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Looks like our blue-eyed blonds. Nice job on the rescue.

Take Care,
Jeff Port

thanks!!! its surprisingly sweet!!!
~kin
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Wow! Cool looking little King w/ a great story to go w/ it. I love snakes w/ stories. Sometimes it's the stories that bond them to us and make them forever endearing.

reako45

i thought it was a cute story worth sharing
thanks for reading!!!
~kin
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Great looking Cal king and worth every penny.