What you said about time(how fast they outgrow a cage) also goes for neonates in larger cages, they still growth extremely fast. Those pics are three month old snakes. By a year, they will be 3 1/2 to four feet. Plenty good or Cal kings.
last year, we raised a pair the L.thayeri, from 9 inches hatchlings, the female reached 37 inches, which is large for thayeri, in one year. Got her at a herp show, was 37 inches by the same show the following year. The male 33 inches, which is great for a male.



You have an unfiar home field advantage.. Ha ha ha ha!


Could a be your geographical location for those species makes them easier for you to manage in a large container.

I moved from the west coast to the east coast back in 1992 . I brought 300 rosy boas with me. After 2 years they were not doing well. They just languished slowly to the humidity and cold. So I got rid of them. Then throughout the last 20 years I tried a couple rosys from time to time. They would do fine for a while but then had problems. I hear the same for others who have tried keeping them here. Does not matter if they have screen tops and plenty of indoor ventilation or what was in their cage unit or size. They still languish.


Could it be that some species just do better in other parts of the country? Some eat better if you have your house right in the middle of their habitat? I mean it sure doesn't hurt, right?

You live in what I would consider a prime area to keep black and white Cal kings and other snakes that love those conditions.


If your animals escaped here in GA they would be dead in no time. Not so where you live.

Therefore you have an unfair home field advantage.
HA HA HA HA!
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