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Breeding weight for kings?

Hypancistrus

Hypancistrus

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I am having a tough time finding information on breeding weights for kingsnakes, especially California kings and Mexican Black kings. Anyone have knowlege of this, or a link I can get the info from? Many thanks!
 
Lauren, I did a little search on Google... the most I could pull up was a partial article saying minimum weight of 200 grams... BUT, I couldn't open the whole article.

I know this is almost like having no information at all... but I tried. :)
 
200 grams seems so darn small... my Cali King was 186 today, so theoretically she'd be ready by spring, but.... she seems to small to carry. I think we're gonna hold off a year.
 
Yeah, I didn't like that answer either... which is why I wanted to pull the whole article open... but it wouldn't open. I'd rather be safe than sorry too.
 
I was going throught the same thing at the begining of the season. I Bred my florida kings at the same weight as my corns. Both my kings were about 300g and the female gave me 10 large eggs. Hope the info helped.

Rick
 
If you don't brummate & feed her well all winter, she'd probably be fine. My Cali was already an adult when I got her, so I didn't have the same issue. They do lay larger eggs than corns, though.
 
You can breed kings at the same weight/age you do corns. As long as they are healthy and tone they shouldn't have any problems. Just remember they can try to eat each other, found out first hand on that one, and once they lock up they will be there for hours. So start them in the morning or you'll be there all night, found that out the hard way too. LOL
 
Yeah, I was going to say 200 for males, but I would wait until 300 grams for a female. Don't mistake their breeding ritual for attacking though, as the male will bite the female on the neck while mating.
 
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