I got a California Kingsnake female a few weeks ago at the Daytona expo. She was an adult female and laid 13 eggs. She acted normal for the few weeks I had her. Just now, I looked in her cage, and she was dead, laying across the bottom with her mouth open. I called the breeder and he said that he didn't know what could have happened. I checked the temperature, and its around 75, with a hot spot of 88-90, depending on the depth of the bedding. How could she have died? The breeder said he had her for 3 years before selling her to me, and he hatched her.