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I got a baby Brooks Kingsnake from Petland a few weeks ago. About a foot or so long. It is a beautiful snake and very active. At the pet store it was nippy and bit the lady that picked it up. Since I got it home though it hasn't bit me. It was pretty skinny, I got it the day before they feed them so I wanted to get it full. I bought 3 pinkies and it ate them all willingly. The third died in the bag so I used some tweezers. After it ate the third it was still prowlying the cage. Like it was looking for more food. Way it carries it's head kinda reminds me of a Cobra.
Is this too much or should I just let the snake get its fill?

The cage is at about 85 F on the hot side. There is a ceramic light and a heat pad under the half log. At first, right after it ate, it crawled under the water bowl and I thought it wasn't getting enough heat so I put the bowl right on the glass. It still goes on that side and digs under the wood to lay there during the day, at night it goes under the log.
Is this too hot or does it just prefer cooler temperatures?

Brooks are my favorite Kingsnakes, big eaters. I will put up some pictures when I get a USB for my camera.

Thanks for the help

yes the the little Brooks (aka Florida king) get its fill in food. A pinky is hardly any nutrition being made up mostly of water. Pinkies have pratically no calcium or protien or much of anything. In the wild these snakes eat whole snakes of other species. You cannot over feed a brooks king as a baby or as long as it is growing to maturity. If the snake is hungry it is telling you something and you should listen to what the snake wants. That is proper husbandry.

also next time feed as large a possible rodent to your snake. This will help it grow and get the proper nutrition. Growth spurts from larger meals are very healthy for the florida king and help boost immune system. Feeding your snake properly will also keep it from eating its cage mates (I keep all my florida kings in pairs)and being cannibalistic...just like humans that are starving have been known to eat other humans. It is a gross fallicay out in the herp world that a Florida king (or any snake) should get 1 or two meals per week and that those meals should be small. FEED LARGE and FEED OFTEN!

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