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I never thought this musk crazy so & so would ever co-operate,wonders never cease.

When you say cooperate, what do you mean? Do you mean stop flinging poo on you?
The reason I ask is that I have a chocolate banded kingsnake we call "Hershey Squirt" because he flings poo every time I try to handle him. I have had him since he was a baby and now he is about 4 or 5 years old. I have given up on handling him. So do you mean you have solved this problem with yours?

New to the forum,
Janel

Kerby...

thanks
I just learned how to post messages and pictures yesterday, so there is still a lot of novelty to it for me. I have enjoyed putting my snake pictures up. Most everybody I know thinks I'm a freak for keeping snakes, so it is nice to finally find a place to communicate with people who get how cool it is. I have really been enjoying the forums and pics.

Janel

P.S. so any hope for Hershey Squirt, or do I just keep feeding him and admiring his beauty (without the poo flinging )

Thanks Kerby, I also have A 1.2 trio that I bought from you a year ago, I had absolutly no problem switching them over to FT's They arn't growing as fast as my blotches or floridanas but they eat well and are very plump,lol. OH, what's going on with your site? everytime I check you have the same 4 snakes for sale? You used to have 10-15.Thanks again-John

do you remember this guy? 03'# m10-8

John, I believe you might be looking at my old site.

Here is my new site although it isn't up-to-date either LOL

http://www.lonesomevalleyreptiles.com

I should make progress this upcoming week as I have a week off before I start my new job.

Also another site of mine (that's not up-to-date either LOL)
http://www.snakesofarizona.com

Kerby...
Lonesome Valley Reptiles

I got confused somehow, oh-well i guess i'll post a pic of one of the females from that trio i bought from Kerby, please excuse the mouse poop.

#f 22-3 or #f 22-4, i don't know i got em mixed up

Always nice to see pics of offspring a year or 2 later.

Kerby...

co-operate- meaning eating in my hand w/o having a musk-fit. And I doubt if the problem is solved yet. More likely i'll get it again,lol. gorgeous cali btw

I have seen a lot of your pictures and your snakes are awesome. So I the compliment measn a lot. Hershey is pretty, but he is a real "stinker"!

Later,
Janel

Cali's are the most stinkiest of the getula genus, of the nine in my collection only three co-operate. Snakes can change though, just like people,lol.

Hey I have a question. I was looking again at your picture and notice how deep brown your kingsnake is. My snake was actually a gift from a well meaning friend (who knew I liked snakes-not realizing he was giving me a poo flinging S.O.B.).
Anyway he bought it and it was called a "chocolate banded" kingsnake. Is that just a nickname for a cali king or does that actually mean something about the color? Mine has a more sort of milk-chocolate color, but yours is a more dark chocolate color. I notice you called yours a cali king, so is there anything in the name? I don't usually see the name chocolate banded anywhere.
Always wondered about his since I got the little guy as a Christmas present several years ago.
Appreciate the info.
Janel

mine is a dark choc. and yours is a milk choc. i guess? Kerby's the undisputed cali expert maybe he'll let us know.

Since California Kingsnakes are variable in shades of color (black to brown) and (white to yellow), we try to label them. The term "cali king" is just short for California Kingsnake and does not represent any particular morph of cal king. Anything closer to brown are known as chocolates.

Kerby...

Thank you for the clarification!