My new arrival

I was finally able to talk my wife into letting me get a 2nd snake and he arrived today. He is Pyro, my new flame brooks king. He is a 2013 hatchling.
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I am waiting on the Fed-Ex fairy to deliver my black and white banded Cal-King. Tis the season? (Pretty, pretty little guy you've got there).

Awww look at him 😊 just too cute! Look at that little face. He's a handsome fella.


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Sweet little guy! Congrats!

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Wow, Dude more pics of that guy. He is freaking cool :gj:

Sunday is feeding day and Pyro took a pinkie with no trouble. Should i offer him a second one? He seemed to be loonking around for another. He weighs around 28 grams and he is about 15-17 inches long.
I will try and get better pics on wed. when i get home from work.

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Very nice-looking snake! :)

First time eating since he arrived. I think he was hungry! Love the colubrid freeding response.
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Pretty!


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Fresh shed a few days ago and look'n good.
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Awesome lookin' snake! :)

He's gorgeous. Thanks for sharing

Fireman+ flame brooks=
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Feeding day and someone would not let go to eat. After the 3rd, he was still searching my hand for more while i was trying to get him to let go and go into a hide.
Pinkie 1
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Pinkie 2
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Pinkie 3
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Love that king!

Sweet looking floridana

Regards Darryl
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First feeding of a fuzzy and he "lost it". He bit himself once trying to find it.
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So he finally found it.
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Got the fuzzy down and still wanting more!
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Oh my goodness, what a FIRECRACKER *badumtssss* :cool:

Yep, when you bite yourself,,, that is the ultimate feeding response LOL!!

Here is a video of pyro eating his 2nd ever fuzzy. He checks to see if I have anymore at the end.
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Pyro shed yesterday and is growing like a weed!
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What a cutie! Love his colors/pattern [emoji4] thanks for sharing.

i cleaned pyro's tank today and added some fake plants that i picked up on clearance so he would have alittle more than a plastic fire helmet, paper towl tube, and hot side hide. He loves his paper towel tubes.

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New skin and growing like an out of control fire.( and being a pain to be weighed and take a pic)
He was out this morning roaming his tank. He will come to the front and track my finger if i trace it around on the glass
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What a beautiful king snake. Makes me want to add one. You got to live a snake that eats like that. Thanks for sharing all the pics


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"If i hold still, they won't see me in the tree."
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Pyro has cleared up and is about to shed so he was weighed. He is growing! I dont really bother with length but he seems to gaining size over length atm.

He got a 2 fuzzy mice meal today for breaking 100g's.
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Freshly shed and now weighing 143g. Pyro has started sitting like this when it gets closer to feeding day! He also thinks he is a cobra and periscopes when I take him out to feed him. Will try to get a pic of that.
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Here is a video of pyro eating his 2nd ever fuzzy. He checks to see if I have anymore at the end.
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That's great! Love how he looks back up at you at the end. [emoji106]


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Pyro is growing well. Very nice looking King.

Pyro shed today so he was weighed and he has broke 200g!

I am waiting on a new rodent shipment to arrive this week. It has the rats that Pyro will be switched to from mice.

He never skips a meal, is really easy going, and curious.

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Gorgeous king! He's growing very nicely Fire.

Awesome!

I still love the Kings!!

You have a nice trio there!

What a cutie :) thanks for sharing.

Well I thought I was going to have trouble because I have switched Pyro over to rats. At first he was not having anything to do with the rat. I got him to strike the rat and that changed his mind.
Even with a big meal he wandered around his enclosure for a while. I also had just cleaned it so I guess he had to inspect things. http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...bbcd1523de.jpg
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Looking nice man :gj:

Pyro is a very nice King. You'll probably see a nice growth spurt now that he's on rats. My Kings really bulked up when I had them on rats but then they both took long food breaks so I switched them back to mice.

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Pyro is a very nice King. You'll probably see a nice growth spurt now that he's on rats. My Kings really bulked up when I had them on rats but then they both took long food breaks so I switched them back to mice.

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So yours went off feed for a bit, how long? Any idea why they did this?

With my work schedule, I feed him the day before I go to work and that works out to him being feed every 5 days. The rats are the right size to make a small lump and I only have to feed him one. I was feeding him 4 pinkie mice to use up the mice so I could order the rats.

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So yours went off feed for a bit, how long? Any idea why they did this?

With my work schedule, I feed him the day before I go to work and that works out to him being feed every 5 days. The rats are the right size to make a small lump and I only have to feed him one. I was feeding him 4 pinkie mice to use up the mice so I could order the rats.

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I'm not sure what made them shut down on rats. Looking back in my records they started eating rat weaners in mid June and ate them through mid July then they both started refusing rats for (3-5) consecutive feedings. I offered mice again and they both switched back on. I probably could have waited them out and not offered mice anymore but I figured I'll just give them what they prefer to eat. My kings are a little larger than Pyro, (450g & 550g each) so now I feed them (2) large mice or (1) jumbo mouse every 7 days. Both of my bulls will still eat rats with no hesitation. Hopefully you won't have any issues :).

Still growing. Pyro will eat rats but I am thinking he prefers the
mice. I am also trying my skills at building the foam fixtures and I am going to try and turn this into an oak tree stump hide. We shall see.
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I am learning to do the foam background and I made this to be a tree stump hide. I want to use quikcrete to coat it. I just don't know which quikcrete to get. I have asked other places and everyone want to help with what they use but I want to use quikcrete because I have a large build that this tree stump my test/learn how to do it piece. So if anyone happens to know which bag or quikcrete to use,pleade let me know.

Pyro she'd again and is almost about to break the 300 mark. I held a white sided Brooks the other day at the local pet store and that Brooks was about as carefree as Pyro and the white sided was probably only about a month old. Brooks kings so far see to be an awesome snake, I know mine is.

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Use the Quikcrete mortar mix. Just try to find the one that does to have sand or little sand. It works best!![emoji106]


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Use the Quikcrete mortar mix. Just try to find the one that does to have sand or little sand. It works best!![emoji106]


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Thanks

That was suppose to say doesn't have sand. I was standing in line at Subway and this lady wouldn't stop talking to me. Lol


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Is this the quikcrete mortar mix you speak of? Gonna put it in the empty cat litter pale cuz the bag sucks. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04...be641c45c8.jpg

Yeah that's the good stuff. Should work good for ya! Just do 3-4 thin layers and let the set up real good before applying more.


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You probably know this, but just in case, keep in mind that concrete/mortar has to wet cure for about a month before it stops leaching chemicals. Should be easy with the log though, just submerge it in a bucket of water for a while and forget about it.

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You probably know this, but just in case, keep in mind that concrete/mortar has to wet cure for about a month before it stops leaching chemicals. Should be easy with the log though, just submerge it in a bucket of water for a while and forget about it.

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I did not know that. I have seen some talk about this but it was never in much detail and most was for fish tanks and getting the water back to normal before adding fish. So what should I use on a foam background fixed in the enclosure that can not be submerged? It seems that some just cover a foam background in quikcrete, seal it and that's it.

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I did not know that. I have seen some talk about this but it was never in much detail and most was for fish tanks and getting the water back to normal before adding fish. So what should I use on a foam background fixed in the enclosure that can not be submerged? It seems that some just cover a foam background in quikcrete, seal it and that's it.

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It's true that it's most important in aquariums and humid, planted tanks because it affects the pH of the water/soil. If your set-up is going to be very dry maybe it's not as much of an issue? It put me off taking the grout/cement route on an enclosure I'm working on, but mine is going to be planted. I'm no expert, but it might be worth a little extra research if you're worried about it. I know you can cure stuff in an enclosure by keeping a wet towel or whatever over the feature and spraying it down once in a while.

Howdy Fireman- How's Pyro doing with those rats? Does he eat them exclusively now? Neither of my two kings will eat them consistently but will take them intermittently. They definitely prefer mice and they'll chicks as well. Has he broken the 300g mark?