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Just curious.

How come you don't see more scarlet kings for sale? Am I just overlooking them because they go by another name or is no one working with them.

Thanks for any help.

Gene

There are only a handful of people working with scarlet kings for a few reasons. First, many scarlet kings do not readily take rodents. Next, the babies are so small (broom straw) at birth that getting them feeding at birth is painstaking, to say the least. You have to do things like lizard scenting pinky arms. Any scarlet king you see on a pricelist is almost certainly a wild-caught animal. And finally, due to these reasons and the fact that there are several larger, easier to work with tricolor milks / kings, scarlet kings aren’t in great demand.

If you are the type that enjoys the challenge of successfully keeping a secretive, beautiful snake of the southeastern woodlands, there is no substitute.

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They can be a challenge. You will not see many (any) adult c.b. scarlet kings that's for sure. If you reared a c.b. to adulthood you'd know why. They are great little snakes. I usually have some later in the year too. Here's a recent hatch. Maybe 5"!
:Mark