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My second snake ever, as a kid

My very first snake. I guess that's why I love Kings?

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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra

see how white they are...

That's why the locals there call them salt and pepper kings....
In East Texas they are so yellow they are orange.......and at birth they have red on them...........

In my area they are yellow at birth and they lighten to straw yellow or cream colored with age.....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Yeah that's why I posted them, lol. Hey I think I remember someone with some yellow ones from Louisiana? Maybe it was Jeff Cochran?
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra

>>Yeah that's why I posted them, lol. Hey I think I remember someone with some yellow ones from Louisiana? Maybe it was Jeff Cochran?

Yep....western LA animals have lots of yellow......close to Eastern Texas.....lol
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Here in deep SE Texas they start off orange/yellow and like John said, go to a yellow/cream. The one you show has considerable "banding" like there is splendida influence, or more likely Eastern influence?
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Greg Jackson

Are they going to go this year?
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Gerard

"The only difference between myself and a madman is that I am not mad."

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GONE FISHING!!!

>>Are they going to go this year?
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>>Gerard
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I hope so Bro! I'll have to keep a close eye on them though. The male is much larger than the female, and they are notorious snake eaters. No Bonding these guys!
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra

Awesome animal Jorge! Looks like speks have always been your thing huh? That animal has dots on about every scale. Sweet.

Joe

>>Awesome animal Jorge! Looks like speks have always been your thing huh? That animal has dots on about every scale. Sweet.
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>>Joe

They are definately what got me into this hobby, Joe. I used to hang out for hours down the street at a guys house who had a small snake collection, and whose Mother used to work with my Mom. He was much older, and I think he just wanted to get rid of me, so he gave me that little Speckled King with cage. I was hooked for life!
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra

Pretty cool story Jorge. Makes me want to go hang out at Dmong's place and pester him until he gives me a high yellow brooks to get rid of me!! LOL.

Joe

Lovin it bro!!!!
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Genesis 1:1

>>Lovin it bro!!!!
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>>Genesis 1:1

Thanks Billy!
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra

......great lookin' speck!

Love the ancient archive king photos..HAHA!!

Gosh, I wish I had more old pics than just the old 1971 Indigo photo. My old man has stuff buried in his photo boxes though I'm sure, but they haven't seen the light of day in several decades since they were first taken..

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

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Thanks Doug. I have a few more but I had braces, and a goofy 70's haircut. I'm not posting those, ha ha.
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra

HAHAHAA!!,....I wasn't really prepaired for the hilarious comment. That had me immediately crackin' the hell up out loud just thinking about it dude!.......man, that was funny!..

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

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Sweet Jorge, you going to have eggs this year?
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