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Anyone else working with Blotched Kings? What has been your experiance with them and could you post some pics? Thank You

No pics, but plenty of pics on the forums and classifieds. They are typical eastern complex kings. Eat well, calm well enough if handled regularly, but can be food aggressive. Mine are juvies from last year and only on hoppers now. They are one of the larger eastern complex kings getting to solid four to six feet long and thick. All in all one of my fav eastern type kings for sure!!!

I second what Kevin said. I have an adult female and I just can't part with her because she is so cool looking. She's almost four feet long and is VERY tame as long as you wash your hands well before handling her -- if she smells even one molecule of mouse or other snake, she chomps away on my hand or forearm.

Tom

>>I second what Kevin said. I have an adult female and I just can't part with her because she is so cool looking. She's almost four feet long and is VERY tame as long as you wash your hands well before handling her -- if she smells even one molecule of mouse or other snake, she chomps away on my hand or forearm.
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>>Tom

So far these 2 have been easy to handle and very alert at feeding time. They loved the quail egg treats. I'm planning on picking up "Common Kingsnakes a natural history" at Tinley Park in Chicago--does anyone have this book and does it have a detailed feature on "Blotched kings"?

Yes, Hubbs' getula book features incredible fully-detailed chapters on ALL subspecies of the getula complex, and THEN some!. Including the Apalachicola Lowland kings(goini/meansi).

There is not a book on the entire planet that even comes close to this book.

You will learn more than you ever thought possible, this I can guarantee!

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

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

>>Yes, Hubbs' getula book features incredible fully-detailed chapters on ALL subspecies of the getula complex, and THEN some!. Including the Apalachicola Lowland kings(goini/meansi).
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>> There is not a book on the entire planet that even comes close to this book.
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>> You will learn more than you ever thought possible, this I can guarantee!
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>> ~Doug
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>>"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
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>>my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Good.

My experience is that they can be great snakes..
Here's a wc

:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!

crimsonking.piczo.com/

>>My experience is that they can be great snakes..
>>Here's a wc
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>>:Mark
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>>Surrender Dorothy!
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>>crimsonking.piczo.com/

Beautiful -by any chance can you post some head shots. Both side and from the top view-Im working on some art designs using their color/scale patterns. Any and all kings--including this fine specimen.

Here are a couple that might be useful to you

High-yellow brooksi....

another as a hatchling....

hatchling Outer Banks king(L.g.sticticeps)....

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

>>Here are a couple that might be useful to you
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>>High-yellow brooksi....
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>>another as a hatchling....
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>>hatchling Outer Banks king(L.g.sticticeps)....
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>>"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
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>>my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Veryyyyyy Nice.

love the pattern on the OB it looks like it has white eyebrows and little horns, lol. Gotta go....late for work...again...!
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
J Sierra

LOL!!,....yeah, it does look like white eyebrows and little horns.

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

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

one of the NASTIEST bites I have ever seen happened to my buddy when he was showing me his large female blotched king. She was every bit five foot long and thick!! He opened the top and was approaching her from the side and she got his hand and CHOMPED!!! She was very reluctant to let go and it took holding his hand and her head under his bathroom sink faucet before she released. Even though he is quite used to getting bit, he had to admit it was not pleasant LOL!!! I have a four plus foot eastern male in my collection that is not trustworthy and food aggressive. You can open the box and pick him up. But if he smells anything that reminds him of food, LOOK OUT LOL!!! Bottom line, keep em fed well, handle regularly, and absolutely wash your hands well before handling them, or handle them first in your routine. ALL kings are like that. I even had alternas that would chomp down if they smelled other snake on me.