Hi.

I have a lot of questions, but not sure of the exact species, so I'll just include them here. :D

I've recently come into possession of what I was told (by prev. owner) is a California Kingsnake. By "come into possession" I mean "take care of it, or watch it starve to death due to owner neglect."

Bro (The name of said snake given by prev. owner) strongly resembles the pictures I've seen of "coastal phase" California Kingsnakes. (Yellowish and brown striped) But he has a yellowish Y band right in-between his lower head and neck. Which, I've read (online), is a trademark of the Milksnake. I've included a linked photo below. Bros . . . bottom . . . underneath . . . belly? is the same striped yellow and brown, and at some areas Bro has splotches instead of stripes.

And if anyone is feeling generous, I have some (Tons) of bonus questions:

Prev. owner said Bro is 3 ft. long. I don't plan on stretching Bro out to measure, but after handling Bro a lot, he seems more around 2'6" or 2'5" if I had to guess (hope) for an exact. So the smaller side of 3' ft.
Prev. owner had Bro in a (estimated) 20 Gallon tank . . . box. That IS the generous estimation. 24"x14"x12" if I had to guess.
I felt this was too small, so I ordered a 36"x18"x18". I have a lot of time to change the order . . . and now I'm thinking it might be too big. I could really use input on that. I was told length of the cage should be 6" more length than the snake? But a 36"x18"x18" would be like . . . 50 Gallons. So double the size of his current cage, which . . . is a lot. But he seems to be trying to get out a lot. So maybe it is waay too small. D:

My post is already too long. D: But I still have like 5 more questions. I will wait till this is answered. (Hopefully soon)
And I've had to retype this twice now. Once due to log-in and second time due to Bro climbing . . . crawling . . . slithering over my F5 key. xD

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