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Two....wait...FOUR new Kings!!

MysticExotics

MysticExotics

(formerly NWHeather)
I've always loved this pattern type in the California Kingsnakes, & when one popped up on CL recently, I caved.
She's small for her age (going on 4 years old & only about 120 grams), she's very pretty.


I also found this male (second photo) & he will be here next week.

**I deleted the pic of the male I'm not getting.
I'm holding off on having him shipped until the first week of Oct, with my plans to move this coming weekend. I didn't want him to be stressed from being shipped out, & then get moved again.
 

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nwheather said:
She's small for her age (going on 4 years old & only about 120 grams), she's very pretty.
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Yikes!!! She is very pretty, congrats on the pickup, though I hope the underfeeding has no adverse effects on her health. Did they never move her up from pinkies?
 
spyderk said:
Awesome! She looks similar to my Sherlock. Do you have other Cal kings too?
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I saw your Sherlock & was thinking the same thing!!
These two are my first/only Cali Kings.

Chip said:
Yikes!!! She is very pretty, congrats on the pickup, though I hope the underfeeding has no adverse effects on her health. Did they never move her up from pinkies?
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Thanks! Well, the girl I got her from claimed she said she was feeding her adult mice, once a week or every two weeks. The thing is, as small as she is, I wouldn't be feeding her anything above a weanling.

There was a change. I saw another male that I liked better, & the breeder is sending me this male, instead of the one I pictured above.

I like the higher black.
 

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They are both so pretty! The male looks like a coastal- I can't tell with the female. I think a different locality.
 
I like the new male too. I *might* be adding another Cal king this week. It'll be a male, though ... but I would love to know if you bred a female like yours to mine, would all the babies turn out that way? Sherlock's dad is a banded king and mom is an aberrant stripe with some banding.
 

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rich333 said:
Congrats on the kings!!! Might have to get myself a Cali one of these days.
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Thanks! I've always loved these guys, I finally gave in & got them.
Nanci said:
They are both so pretty! The male looks like a coastal- I can't tell with the female. I think a different locality.
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Thank you Nanci! I don't know anything about the localities. The male I'm buying was just listed as a designer Cali King. The female was just listed as "kingsnake" LOL


spyderk said:
I like the new male too. I *might* be adding another Cal king this week. It'll be a male, though ... but I would love to know if you bred a female like yours to mine, would all the babies turn out that way? Sherlock's dad is a banded king and mom is an aberrant stripe with some banding.
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I'm not sure, I am not familiar with the genetics on these guys.

Buzzard said:
Very nice Heather

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Additional info on the female (also might explain why she's smaller): The girl I got her from got her from Petco, where she worked. Apparently, this little girl got out of her enclosure as a hatchling, & lived for about a year by stealing finch eggs & eating small fish at the pet store. She said there were periodic sightings of her in the store & it was a year before they caught her, then the girl took her home.
 
Well then..... She's a fighter! And her resolve to live has been rewarded....with you becoming her new mum! ; )
 
spyderk said:
I like the new male too. I *might* be adding another Cal king this week. It'll be a male, though ... but I would love to know if you bred a female like yours to mine, would all the babies turn out that way? Sherlock's dad is a banded king and mom is an aberrant stripe with some banding.
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That snake looks like a kid colored him in with one of those paint markers!
 
I'm really happy to have found the female (I wasn't specifically looking though) & I am looking forward to getting the male. I'm thinking of "Luna" & "Eclipse" for names.
 
She's going to love getting slugs next year. The girl I got her from said she *loves* Finch eggs, & suggested I go to Petco with a paper cup & napkin, & ask for Finch eggs to feed to her. I guess they just dispose of the eggs anyways.

Does anyone know if there's any problems with feeding them Finch eggs?
 
Well, delaying in shipping out animals can be dangerous. I was looking at the other babies he had available & I ended up asking about another two babies that I liked, & he gave me a pretty good deal to add them to the box that will be shipped out next week.

The female is from a het ghost mosaic clutch, & the male is from a ghost to hypo pairing.

I think future pairings are going to be a lot of fun with these snakes!!
 

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Wow, you're really stocking up on the Cal kings! Mice will never go to waste in your animal room again!
 
Nothing will go to waste in my snake room! LOL
They'll get all of my slugs from my Cresties as well as my Cornsnakes. If they get big enough, they can even eat the slugs from my Carpet Python clutches, in a few years.

Cali Kings can get pretty big (for Kingsnakes) right?
 
That is what happened to me last year with SMR. Had 2 snakes ordered but waiting for my caging to arrive, and then ... wait, I like this RO too, why not add it. I asked Don how often that happens and he said quite a bit!!

Congrats on the FOUR!
 
LOL! I bet it happens a lot. Plus, when they give you a discount for multiple animals.
I think these will be fun projects to work with down the road!
 
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