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came from a junk yard,pregnate

You sure have me confused now. The baby seems to have bands. I don't actually see bands on the mom. Is it normal to have disappearing bands on a Speckled Kingsnake? That would decrease my desire for one, actually. I thought they were speckled from birth so I wouldn't have to look at any bands. Are any of the babies speckled without bands?

If thats the mom and you caught her gravid then for sure the baby you have is a speckled King. Baby Specks are hatched with crossbars that break into speckling as they get older. Where was the locale of the female i.e. State and county ?

Keith
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beautiful pic. Good luck!

I've thought about that issue, what I would do if I got a wild-caught and then bred it. I've only had one wild-caught snake, a Gopher, which was returned to ideal habitat. Probably still crawling today...

Seems like the ideal situation would be to enjoy the WC parent for awhile, breed it, then return it to the wild. (Better it than an offspring; it's had experience.) Or, return 1 or more offspring to the wild later, to give back to native stock. (To survive, they would need to be fairly large, and placed in terrain with much cover.)

What are your thoughts? Ever thought of partnering with nature in that way?

Portland/Vancouver

That sounds great the only problem is a dozer is just going to come after you and smash everything including the snake. That's the way it is in Louisiana. It is hard to hurt the population from collecting. The problem is land development.
Jeff

ps: That is a speckled king for sure. Some hatchlings have less banding then that baby, but they all have banding.