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Kingsnake (banana king) feeding

mlacombe Jun 15, 2005 10:25 PM

I have a banana king that is about 22 inches long and about 1 year old. The problem I have is that after I feed him he is very aggressive and tries to bite me by striking at me when I try to pick him up to put him in his aquarium. I feed him in a seperate smaller aquarium. I usually wait about 15 minutes after he ate his last meal before I attempt to pick him up. Sometimes that works sometimes it doesn't. If he keeps striking I put on a glove and pick him up then he is fine. My question, is this normal behavior? Should I feed him more? Right now I feed him three 3gram pinkies every four days. Also I have 2 corn snakes that I can pick up right after they eat. Any suggestions would be helpful.

Thanks
Matt

Replies (1)

daerious Jun 15, 2005 11:13 PM

Make sure you wash your hands after feeding, especially if you touch the mice. If you forget, your fingers are just more mice.

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