I kept a pair of really nice cal kings this year. I keep them together and throw in handfuls of fuzzies. They are growing like weeds, long and slender and really pretty, did I say pretty. I will see if they will allow some pics today.

ALso my son acquired some sand boas at a recent herp show in Oct. They were newborns, maybe 5 to 6 inches(aprox guess, as in tiny) hes feeds them daily. The female is now approaching twenty inches. The male a little smaller. That's less then four months.

Bluerosy is right, these animals do not crawl around in nature and eat a pinkie. If they find a mouse nest with pinkies, they eat them all. When they do that, they then seek conditions that support digestion. Warmer, when digestion is on the way, they move to cooler temps. When those warner temps are available, they will feed as often as they can. There task is to grow as fast as they can. The reason is simple, as neonates, they are also food for lots of other animals.
The reality is, with proper conditions, your kings will eat daily(not giant meals) or several times a week(large meals) if they are supported with realistic temps. I have taken field temps for decades and digestion temps in nature are high 80's to low 90's to high ninties rarely for extremely large meals. They generally do with with basking areas around 100F. Kings use these hotspots while under the substrate. Some snakes and many lizards use open basking areas. Which means, under tank heating is good, and boards or something under a small heat lamp. We use both. Anyway, show some pics please

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• New king snake owner could use some help - Amandalizz, Sat Jan 25 20:52:59 2014
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