> "He is approx 5 1/2 feet long now"

> "He eats once a month, 3 small/medium mice and 4 rat pups".





*** Okay,...this is as I first suspected,....it CANNOT be a California Mountain Kingsnake and be 5 1/2 ft. long. A 40" long zonata would be considered extremely large, so forget about it being the species on the Kingsnake.com logo. For it to be that big, it can only be one of several forms from Latin/South America. If your size estimation is off quite a bit, it could also be one or two native to Mexico. But in any case, some good pics is all that's needed.



It would be great if you could post some good quality pics this weekend as you mentioned. I'm assuming now you have a milksnake(triangulum) of some kind. If you can post some decent photos, I can tell you exactly what subspecies it is, as I've raised and bred many different types of milksnake and kingsnake over the years.



One other major thing I would suggest, and that is that kingsnakes and milksnakes do best if they eat more frequently, one or two small rats once a week for a 5 1/2 footer would be much healthier for the snake. They do best in temps ranging from 79 to 83 degrees F.



best regards, ~Doug





































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• Kingsnake.com Logo - lensman2k, Wed Jul 2 13:16:41 2008
• RE: Kingsnake.com Logo - DMong, Wed Jul 2 14:48:38 2008
• Could also be..... - DMong, Wed Jul 2 16:07:44 2008
• RE: Could also be..... - lensman2k, Thu Jul 3 06:02:42 2008
• 5 1/2 feet ??? - DMong, Thu Jul 3 09:49:26 2008
• RE: 5 1/2 feet ??? - Greg Longhurst, Thu Jul 3 18:19:48 2008
• RE: 5 1/2 feet ??? - lensman2k, Sat Jul 12 17:31:32 2008
• Ah!,..okay! - DMong, Mon Jul 14 13:14:30 2008