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And I was wondering what kind of Kingsnake I have. They didn't tell me anything about what kind of Kingsnake she was and I'm really new to the whole thing. I've seen there's a lot of different kingsnake patterns and was wondering what type mine was exactly.

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She has the brown markings with a yellowish brown(?)in between and at each of the yellowish brown areas there's a little pink spot on her sides.

I'm also curious as to feeding her. I was told she eats 1 little frozen mouse every sunday. Should I give her 2 mice at a time? She ate the one hungrily and it was excreted within a day or two, which I've already cleaned out of her cage.

And a question about her activity. At night, she'll often slither around her cage constantly poking her head against the glass of her (20 gallon) tank. Is this normal? Is she just exploring or looking for a way out? I've read that they're extremely curious and good escape artists and so I wonder if that's just it? Or is this a bad sign? I just want to make sure she's okay and that I'm feeding her properly. This is my first time owning a snake.

trying this with the picture..

This is a pretty little snake; looks like a Florida king.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

Okay, going by her photo I would say she is a year old. Feed her a rodent as big around as her biggest around circumference. A growing youngster will eat at least every ten days, maybe more often. If she seems still hungry feed her two mice.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

This is my bad for not asking them again, all I remember them telling me was that she was a juvenile snake, but round abouts what's her age if you had to guess. The man I talked to said he's had her since she was much much tinier. At this size, about how old would she be? A few months? Looking at the pictures of some snakes they seem just a tiny bit smaller than her having just been born, where as some are the length of my hand.
She's a little over the length of my forearm (closer to 3/4 of my arms total length) (which I know is a relative measurement, but still). Her thickest part is about as thick as my thumb (for average sized hands).

Okay, going by her photo I would say she is a year old. Feed her a rodent as big around as her biggest around circumference. A growing youngster will eat at least every ten days, maybe more often. If she seems still hungry feed her two mice.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

What size mice are you feeding it?

Should I give her 2 mice at a time? She ate the one hungrily and it was excreted within a day or two, which I've already cleaned out of her cage.

If that was fed only every Sunday that is a at LEAST a 2 year old...which means it is undersized and starved over a long period.

which is another way of saying it is malnutritioned.

Feed it as often as it likes. Experiment and feed 2 mice or every 4th day. Gets some health back into her as holding back on feeding not only effects the long-term health of the snake but also its ability to eat normal the way it should. Some make for very finicky feeders after a long period of malnutrition.
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