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Hey guys, whats up. I sometimes post on this forum, but I mostly read. Any way, I have 1 male and 1 female cal. king. They will be ready to breed in the 04' and 05' season. What is the average clutch size for a first time breeder cal king and for the people who are not large beeders, what do you do with your offspring. There a couple good reptile stores that would buy some kings off me for cheap, i think. Any other ideas on how to sell them, or who to sell them to? Because my parents said that there not goiungto let me keep 10 little baby snakes in thehouse, so if i breed them I have to sell the offspring. thanks for the help

CHRIS

In my experience, cal kings will average 4-6 eggs for the first clutch. I'm sure others may have more depending on size, but their eggs are so large that it seems to limit the number of eggs produced.

Most Mom and Pop petstores will pay the average wholesale price for cal kings.....$15-25 ea. depending on how nice they look. Unless you are producing a large number of hatchlings, it's probably going to be more efficient for you to sell locally rather than pay to advertise on the net.

Good luck with the future breedings.

Brandon Osborne

Hi Chris,

First clutches on cal kings are usually pretty small, expect anywhere between 5-10 depending on her size, but probably 6 or 7

Put your feelers out among your friends who may want one, and that way you may have some sold right away.

If you go to a show...you may want to consider going to one of the vendors and just asking if they are willing to buy you out.

I would find out what the average breeder is asking for snakes that look like yours...then offer to sell them yours at 50% of that price, if they take them all. But don't let them cherry pick you. If you are going to sell them for a good price like that, insist they take ALL of them.

You'll get less money them selling them outright, but the dealer really desrves the markup for sitting there all day with them and feeding and caring for them if they don't sell.

and you get off without feeding them...and your parents are happy.

Show your mom and dad your profit and the snakes will look a little better to them!

Oh, PS if you can't get to a show, you may want to find a good pet store that deals reptiles and make the same offer.

Cal kings are easy to care for and pretty so they are perfect pet-store snakes

My cal king gives me a clutch of 7 and usually a second clutch of 6. I breed the cal kings for fun, not profit, so I blow them out real cheap. Usually $15 each if they buy the clutch. That's a great deal for albinos and 100% hets.

Cal Kings are pretty heavily regulated if you live in the west. Make sure it's ok to sell them before you start to advertise.
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Is it ok to sell cals. in Missouri? Thanks for all the advice guys. This realy helped.

Thanks,
Chris