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Remember how nippy King used to be? I'm proud to say he didn't bite me in 2 weeks! At least until the other day....I got Queenie, my Cali King out first, spent some time with her. Put her back, took out King, and a few seconds into handling, he chomped me pretty good. The next day I did another experiment...I held him first, then her...no biting. Day before yesterday, I held Queenie first, waited a few hours, took a shower, took King out and no biting.
He basically went from biting me numerous times, peeing, pooping and scenting me, to not biting at all, literally overnight.
I'm so happy now that he's calmed down.

We've had them for about 2 months now, and King's about to start shedding for the second time. Will he shed once a month?

give or take, depending on the amount of feeding, he should do this for about 2 1/2 more years, then the sheds will slowly begin decreasing. Yep, he don't like the smell of big bad Cally!
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Todd Hughes

you should also wash your hands betweeen holding each one and when your done. if ever one was sick and you didnt know it you could inadvertantly transfer something to the other snake. but they should shed roughly about once a month for the first year.