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a pic of my 2 year old l.t. campbelli beside my newest addition, a 1 year old hypo brooks king.

Yes, great looking little hypo brooks there!.

I saw your post on the "kingsnake" forum. That little mouse muncher can easily scarf down two VERY chubby fuzzies at a sitting, or even small "hoppers". As you mentioned, a pinkie every week and a half wasn't cutting it at all for their ravaging, growing appetite..LOL!

As long as they can thermoregulate their own body temp to aid their natural digestion process, they will grow like weeds. Just make sure you can see a substantial lump in it's mid-section afterwards, or the meal really isn't quite enough for it.

good luck with that beauty!

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

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

exactly. the family had fed him the night before, and there was /no/ lump at all. they had a beautiful banana desert king as well that was older and smaller than this one. plus they are going next week to the repticon expo to pick up a new snake. hopefully, through this contact, and by continuing to update them with pics, etc., i can educate them enough about keeping the snakes they have well fed..

Yes, that would be great if you could get through to them about a better feeding regimen for their snakes. Unfortunately, this is a fairly common thing, and some only keep the snake(s) alive, rather than actually thriving..

good luck with your nice brooks, and other's too, as well as getting those folks to think about better maintaning their snakes.

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

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com