my new snake

just picked this guy up yesterday from a friend that didn't want him any more. not sure on the species tho, so if anyone wants to help me out that would be great!

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just to give an idea of what i started with, when we picked him up he was in this tank with NO heat source, repti-bark and several old meals littering the tank. i cleaned and sanitized everything, threw an extra CHE on him and just put a new hide in there. picked up an acurite and am just waiting or everything to settle in. dispite the conditions, i was told he just ate a couple days ago and had a great feeding response. i'm waiting to confirm this under my keeping next week.

Looks like a Brooks Kingsnake to me. We had one at the store where I work for a while, he was a little nippy but not too bad, great feeding response. They're pretty hardy guys, hopefully his ordeal didn't hurt him too much!

so, a Brooks Kingsnake... well he seems to be in good health- no symptoms of an RI that i can tell, no mites or parasites that i can see. hopfully over the next few days i'll get his tank finished up and get some more pics

Also known as a Florida Kingsnake! :)

Nice looking snake you have there.

yea, i did a little more research earlier. i'm really happy with this guy.:banana:

Get ready for a big arsed King snake :gj:

well, today we had the first successful feeding under my care. :D

Nice looking snake!!:D