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My kingsnake sheds i can see very clearly in what stage he is but with my little boas i did notice a bit darker colors but i never saw them get milky eyes, do they get them and did i just miss it or is it diff with boas?

Michiel,
. Little Boas go through shed cycles quicker than most colubrids. Little Boas do have milky opaque eyes before they shed but have them for a much shorter time.
Jeff

>>My kingsnake sheds i can see very clearly in what stage he is but with my little boas i did notice a bit darker colors but i never saw them get milky eyes, do they get them and did i just miss it or is it diff with boas?

ah ok jeff
thanks

btw my big kingsnake finally ate after rejecting food for 2-3 months hehe on christmas first day woohoo. I put a big fat mice in his tank and man he went totally insane, he flew true the cage with wide open mouth hahaha.... i had never seen anything like that.. the mice his blud splashed on the glas of my terrarium, but my king is 4 years old and i bought him 3 month ago and in those 4 years he only has been given living prey. Can i still get my king to change to frozen mice after having eaten live for such a long time?

Greets

Michiel

Michiel,
. The Kingsnake should be real easy to switch to prekilled prey. The next time he is so motivated to eat let him see and smell a live mouse and then kill it and offer it to him. You may have to use tongs or extra long hemostats to wiggle the mouse a little to get him to eat it. Each time he eats you can try less of the teasing with a live mouse and he should eventually take dead ones without having to be teased with a live one. I used to keep Cal Kings, Eastern Kings and Fla Kings. They were all chow hounds. I hatched Eastern King eggs several times. I currently have Black Milksnakes and they go bonkers at feeding time. I could probably tease them with a dead mouse and then get them to eat a hotdog.
Jeff

>>ah ok jeff
>>thanks
>>
>>btw my big kingsnake finally ate after rejecting food for 2-3 months hehe on christmas first day woohoo. I put a big fat mice in his tank and man he went totally insane, he flew true the cage with wide open mouth hahaha.... i had never seen anything like that.. the mice his blud splashed on the glas of my terrarium, but my king is 4 years old and i bought him 3 month ago and in those 4 years he only has been given living prey. Can i still get my king to change to frozen mice after having eaten live for such a long time?
>>
>>Greets
>>
>>Michiel
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haha nice.
After seeying how agressive he killed the mouse i sure not going to jingle it in front of him with my bare hands =p
Ill try it next week =)