Just wanted to pass this along. I have a 4.5 ft female Desert King. She is a doll. Never gets excited, never bites. You can touch her head, do almost anything. When I go to pick her up, she acts like I'm not even there. I am about a week behind in feeding her. I waited for her to come out today and then went in to get her for feeding. I touched her like I always do with my finger. She turned, looked at my finger and bit! She latched on pretty good. She tried to coil on me but I kept her from doing that. Took maybe 10 min. to get her to release. I let her calm down for half hour and was able to pick her up. Put her in the feeding box, offered the mouse and she hit it so hard, she moved the box. Fed her another one, and let her go back to sleep. So, DO NOT forget to do your feedings on time.
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They Will Bite
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I've had similar experiences, but only w/ my captive bred Kings, never w/ a WC animal. I've had my albino Cal King actually try to swallow my finger. Had to run him under the fawcet to get him to release. Wonder if anyone else has observed similar differences between cb and wc Kings when hungry.
reako45
You know that is pretty strange. Mine is a CB too. I've been bitten by my python (700g)and it didn't hurt as much as this did!!!
That is an interesting thought. All of my kings that chewed on me were CB. I have not had many wild-caught Cals, but those I have had did not do that. Even coastals.
Wow, this is getting interesting. I have no idea why this would be.
I'm relatively new to the world of Kings (only been keeping them for 8 years), but my extemely uneducated guess would be that WC Kings are just smarter. I've never caught and kept a WC adult. I've kept a few yearlings and raidsed them to adults. I'm guessing a small King would have to be pretty "street smart" (and downright lucky) to survive a year in some of the predator-filled and perilous places I've found them in; which would probably mean that it didn't go around trying to bite warm things that weren't food (= death in the wild). Just my uneducated guess.
reako45
