King Snake Unknowns

So it looks like I'll be getting an albino king later on in the week and I have done my research. I wanted to get advice on what, if there are any differences between King snakes and ball pythons with regards to tank care.

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Originally Posted by Basketball303

So it looks like I'll be getting an albino king later on in the week and I have done my research. I wanted to get advice on what, if there are any differences between King snakes and ball pythons with regards to tank care.

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You don't need as much heat, less humidity, aspen or cypress substrate, general stuff.
Kingsnakes and cornsnakes are generally pretty simple, with a little heat ranging the warm side in the mid 80's, you will have a thriving snake with regular household humidity.

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Easier in husbandry than a ball definitely. A bit more difficult to handle. ;]

I dont heat my kings/milks tubs at all past room temp....and I use newspaper for them.

That's pretty awesome stuff lol....I put quite a bit of money in to my Ball's viv, and I am quite relieved that I won't have to do nearly as much. The owner now said he hadn't shed in like two months, is that normal?

If its an adult then I wouldnt worry much about the shed....if its a young one, sounds like possible lack of food.

Kings are just an awesome snake to own. I have 2 albinos right now and IMO they are a couple of the most beautiful snakes I own :). Call me fruity but I love a purple snake lol. They are extremely easy to care for. I just set up a display viv for my biggest one last night, it's great because since they have little to no humidity requirements and heat requirement is so low I was able to set it up in about half an hour. Most of that time was just getting some aluminum foil on the bottom and setting up the t-stat but if you get it set up ahead of time and you don't have more than a 5 degree +/- temperature in your room a rheostat would work just as well as a thermostat I just happened to have an extra one around.

Good luck! Feel free to PM me if you have more questions, if I don't know the answer I know quite a few kingsnake people that would lol.

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Originally Posted by Nightmare Creatures

If its an adult then I wouldnt worry much about the shed....if its a young one, sounds like possible lack of food.

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Well the current owner said it's around 21 inches. So I'm guessing it's still fairly young.