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My group of 2010 cali kings all had incredible appetites since I got them back in April. They all were fed as much as they could eat, and I pretty much fed them whenever they looked hungry so they all grew a good bit. Then they all went off feed in September. So I quit thawing mice out for them for September and October. Tonight I offered the male Ghost a fuzzy, he ended up taking 3. The others from the group all ate 2 or 3 fuzzies as well. I was planning on brumating them all soon because I didn't think they'd eat, and then they throw me through this loop.

I got this sweet 2010 pair of eastern kings from Keith Hillson a little while back, haven't gotten around to getting any good pictures of them yet. The female will eat 7 fuzzies no problem.
Here's the male, he's South GA locale, Enge/Still stock.

The female is Chesapeake Bay, VA locale, she's for sure going to be a favorite of mine.... Once she calms down.

I'm aiming for 2013 with that pair.

But I got this nice adult female reverse striped cali king to breed with my 04 male albino, he hasn't produced fertile eggs since 2008 but I'm gonna give him another shot...

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Mike
KingPin Reptiles
www.kingpinreptiles.com

Nice snakes! Some interesting aberrations!

I used to have a wc Cali king, who was a sporadic eater, and always went off feed in late summer. He escaped back into the wild last year. I don't think he appreciated captivity. All my other escapees have been easy to recover, but he was out the front door never to be seen again.

I now have a tiny baby pyro from a clutch I hatched this July who is still feeding although all her siblings are in brumation, having stopped eating a couple of months ago. Come spring she is going to be a lot bigger than them! LOL!
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

Nice looking animals. Hope your male cal. king comes through for you.

--Dennis

Nice Kings, Mike. I've always liked those wide banded Easterns.
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