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Hey- I'm a Tortoise guy, so please ignore my lack of knowledge of Kingsnakes. I've had a Scarlet Kingsnake for quite a while now, and I'd like to breed him. I've checked the classifieds, and there are a million different varities of King and Milk snakes. Which can mine mate with? Why do Gray- Banded Kingsnakes have their own section? Can he mate with those? Can he only go with another Scarlet? Thanks. Brooks

HMMMMMMMM......... oh yea that sweet smell , the sweet smell
of a HUGE fight! brewing amongst the ks forum. HA HA HA!!!
many many many... folks will say something different, but you
can mate them with any other king , the question is this>
will the babies be a funky butt monkey nutt ugly mutt?
ehhhh? a scarlett and a grey banded?
i'll now pass the mic , what up D? come and get some!

but yeah just about any other king.

"but yeah just about any other king."

Um, yea....good advice.
Put your scarlet king in with an eastern king. The only thing that pairing will produce is a eastern kingsnake turd
with elapsoides scales in it
Chris

n/p

Kings you sure dole out some "expert" advice. Dont answer questions here if you dont know what you are talking about. You may end up costing somebody there snake etc... Unless of course Websters Dictionary said that its okay to breed a 24" Scarlett King with a 4-5 Common Kingsnake ? LOL

Keith

feel fortunate! You have a relatively rare, beautiful and desirable snake. If you're interested in breeding, the opportunity to produce more of that same kind should be very appealing, though the babies will be hard to feed (this offered in the name of "full disclosure"!) as is the case for all the small milksnakes.

I'd encourage you to put in the effort and see if you can produce more. Some of us--not all--object to crossing to a different subspecies or species because you can't then revert to a truly pure animal. Having said that, if you want to try to cross it to a kingsnake, as you asked about, put it in a cage with almost any of the getula kings and that will "eliminate" the objections about crossing (I'm kidding here--the king will eat your animal, in all likelihood).

Keep in mind your scarlet "king" is actually classified one of the many milksnakes, not a kingsnake.

peace
terry

As most of the others have told you (without spelling it out to finely) most of the Kings and Milks are capable of producing offspring when crossed with any other King or Milk.

I'm in the camp that says "Don't cross breed". Some crossbred snakes look really cool, but many don't.

That being said, I know a number of people with Scarlet Kings (in many parts of the country) and could try to hook you up with someone who might be willing to put your male with a female they have.

You could in theory breed it with any constricting coluibrid of similar size,though if you just drop it in with a snake eater it will be eaten.The trick is to make it believe its breeding with another scarlet(VERY DIFFICULT!!!)I recomend breeding it to another scarlet but if you feel compelled to hybridize youre best bet is another type of small milk.Mabe a greyband or thayeri.

Jeremiah Ronsonet
Diablo Snake Farm