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I just got a pair of scarlet kings. They are cool but nervous snakles. One ate a pinkie. The other I was told eats anoles. So I have a few frozen ones. Hopefully scenting will work??? Anyway they are beautiful snakes.

Awesome man!.....

Those are definitely some of the coolest little snakes there are. The secret is letting them have nice tight, secretive hiding quarters, and leave them undisturbed as much as possible. At least until they get accustomed to things and feed for a good while.

Glad the one ate a pink for you already, and hopefully you can get the other one to feed too.

Look forward to pics!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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Yes the other one ate a f/t anole.

That is great man!

In that case, it should be smooooth sailing with those guys

good luck with them!

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

That's great news that it is eating f/t anoles. I've had good luck with that, as well.

Next time, after you thaw the anole, rub it all over a thawed pink mouse, then immediately after it eats the anole, put the pinky in. That worked great for my scarlet. Two times like that and it went straigt to pinks. Mine now eats two fuzzy mice a week.

I also feed mine in its hide (a paper towel tube). It is accustomed to going in there at feeding time.

Beautiful little guys aren't they?
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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

"Next time, after you thaw the anole, rub it all over a thawed pink mouse, then immediately after it eats the anole, put the pinky in"

Exactly!,.......that really works unbelievably well, and gets them to associate more of the pinkie scent afterwards as being something very desirable..LOL!

I really miss a few that I used to have that would actually come up to the cage lid to grab pinks from my hand..

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Thanks guys