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in stockton california i have a spot where i catch and release cal kings banded and its a small spot like fifty yards by fifty yards and it has an old house and barn that are all beat up and abbandoned and the wood and doors are all over tha place.. well there is a lot of skinks and kingsnakes and blubellies....but the last few ive caught were all scummy lookin..do they breed with there sibblings and or mothers and fathers......is this a dumb question?? if so im sorry but the area they are in they cant really go anywhere its like a neighborhood and a freeway surrounding them......thanks here is a random pic(rubber boa)

It is probably related to the environemnt like desease and/or food items, hydration ect. Could be several factors or it could be the wildcaughts just look like wildcaughts.

Either way inbreeding depression has not been proven in several generations of the morphed cal kings so why would it effect isolated wild pops?

This is a goog question for realherper who has seen more cal kings in commercial areas than anyone alive.....

....hubbsie are you out there?

Is that Cedar in the Boa cage? Tom Stevens

2 Rubber Boas in 1 enclosure and 1 is eating a lizard? Is that what I am seeing?
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
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Looks like some sort of bark....Rubber boa eating a lizard.... And 2 in a cage....Interesting.

Posted by: HerperHelmz at Wed Nov 23 16:18:56 2005 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ]

Looks like some sort of bark....Rubber boa eating a lizard.... And 2 in a cage....Interesting.

I don't get it. There is nothing wrong for two rubbers to be housed together(?)

It actually looks like one was just born from the thin adult that may just be taking its first meal in a long time.

yes the boa just had babies and no its not cedar and yes i know how to car for them and yes she is thin cause of the birth and its a blue bellie and bla bla blah....thanks for the pics or your rubbers i like em alot