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I'm always impressed by Huge Kingsnakes. Everyone knows Eastern and Floridana Kings get pretty large and on average larger than all the other subs. Although Ive seen a couple near 6' Cal Kings. Im curious as to see who here have any 5.5' or larger Kings? Pics if you have them! also how old is your oldest King?
Lu
>>I'm always impressed by Huge Kingsnakes. Everyone knows Eastern and Floridana Kings get pretty large and on average larger than all the other subs. Although Ive seen a couple near 6' Cal Kings. Im curious as to see who here have any 5.5' or larger Kings? Pics if you have them! also how old is your oldest King?
I have had Shannon Brown's male Amealco ruthveni over here for almost 3 years now.......He has cataracts in both eyes and dimples on every scale......He needs some help shedding from time to time, but he still knows how to devour mice......
He was collected as an adult in 1983 by Lloyd Lemke.....that was nearly 29 years ago.......this male is at least 32 years old but could be older......
He is the parent ruthveni to nearly all of aberrants in the hobby.......
I will get a picture up tomorrow......
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
He was collected as an adult in 1983 by Lloyd Lemke.....that was nearly 29 years ago.......this male is at least 32 years old but could be older......
He is the parent ruthveni to nearly all of aberrants in the hobby.......
I will get a picture up tomorrow......
Can't wait to see this one.
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www.Bluerosy.com
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WOW thats amazing! Look forward to a pic of the old boy.
Lu
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
Great shots of the old dude. You should photoshop some glasses on him!
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Kent
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>>Great shots of the old dude. You should photoshop some glasses on him!
LOL....Wish I knew how to use Photoshop......hahahaha
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
...since you like the old ones, you should take my old thayeri from Sipperly.......
:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!
>>...since you like the old ones, you should take my old thayeri from Sipperly.......
Email me pics.....how old are they?
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
The last time I measured this 4 year old male, which was many months ago, he was 68" (5'8" long) and just over 3.75 lbs. I am pretty sure he will be pushing 6 feet as an old adult.
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
Geez what a Hog! Great looking King Doug.
Lu
Thanks Lu!. I really like the big guy..
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
Jeez Doug he's that big at 4 years old?! He's purdy though.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles
www.kingpinreptiles.com
Yeah, had him since he was a tiny 2007 hatchling of only about 10 grams or so.
..........thanks man!
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
Wow, not only is it huge, but its gorgeous too. Does it eat rats?
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Thanks Ross,.....
Yeah, he eats small rats. If I happen to be out, I give him a few huge jumbo retired breeder mice. Same with the female, as she is quite large too for a female.
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
Doug, that is a real "rat wrecker". Beautiful animal.
Thanks Tim!
Yeah, he is quite a brute for sure. He is very easy-going too, except for feeding time of course..
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
That snake is so awesome!
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Genesis 1:1
From a few years back when he was around 54" long.
Closer to 60 now
Got him from lloyd Lemke in 1997.
Kerby...
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Life is like a bunch of fish in an aquarium....we all get along (bonding) until I want to eat you....and I do.
I've seen some big pyros but that's the biggest.
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>>From a few years back when he was around 54" long.
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>>Closer to 60 now
spectacular snake. I'd like to see a pic of it in hand.
I no longer have this guy since he passed in 2006, but he was the largest King I've owned....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
For some reason I always imagined u were older, John. lol That is a monster.
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>>For some reason I always imagined u were older, John. lol That is a monster.
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LOL....That's my boy, Jakob 8 or so years ago....Now he's 12......
I bet he won't hold a 6 foot kingsnake now....He was so brave back then......hehehe
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
Here's a couple of an old unsexed Cal King I raised from a hatchling to a 5'+ beast a while back. He/she was 13 years old in these pics (taken early '02)
That one takes the cake since Cal kings are not known to get that big.
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Yeah I've yet to see a bigger one in person to this day. I never properly measured it but it was legitimately somewhere over 5' as it would stretch out along the 4' length of it's cage with more than a foot to spare (probably just a few inches over 5'). I've heard lots of people claim to have 5' ers but same old story of when seen in person they are usually nowhere close.
This one I really regret selling off. I was just collecting then & had no interest in breeding at the time so I sold it to a breeder a few months after those last pics, I wanted to make sure someone would keep those big ol' genetics going but never kept in touch.
Here's my 2003 female MBK that is over 5 ft and weighs over 1400 grams.
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Dang, that looks like an indigo. Sweet!
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This Honduran hatched in 1988 and I've had her since 1989. She's of average size - about 4-1/2 feet.
Tim
Third Eye
Tim, is that from Gebhard's old line by any chance?
You have obviously done real well with that animal over the course of all these years!..
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
I know I have posted this pic before but, I thought you might like to see it. I took it probably over 20 years ago When the breeders Expo was at the Twin Towers, in Orlando. I don't know who the young man is, I just saw the snake and had to take a picture of it. I heard many people commenting on how unhealthy that was for a snake, others were impressed, lol.
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra
My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com
Yeah, what a huge monster that thing is!. No doubt a male that seems to have never missed the dinner bell.
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
If my memory is correct, I think he said he fed it 8 small rats per week! I couldn't believe it, but I guess it depends on the size of the rats?
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra
My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com
.........I think I have heard that feeding regimen somewhere else too........hmmm???, now where could that have been??
..LOL!!..
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
I have a female patternless blotched king. She is about 3 feet long, really stocky and 12 years old.
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