And then there were two....

I've been wanting me a Speckled King for as long as I knew about them (and that's a very long time). I also wanted a Ball Python for just as long, but that's been a reality for more than a year now. Here's my new baby girl :

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...pshp3pnabs.jpg

:O:clap: omg loving that combo so much.... We have a banded Cali king and there personalities are something else... Ohh and there poo smells extra bad and they sometimes love to share it with you

I have a cal king and he is my favorite out of my BP and Kingsnake. Altho he decided to play prison break and is still MIA

Looks like feeding won't be a problem :chew:

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psshkfbqse.jpg

Now is the camera throwing off the color or are her markings really that neon yellow/geen looking color

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Looks like feeding won't be a problem :chew:

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psshkfbqse.jpg

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Well, she's definitely not green. I think it's sort of an optical illusion...the markings are black and yellowish white (and she has a little bit of orange on her ventral side). I read somewhere that Speckled Kings sometimes appear "greenish."

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...shkfbqse_1.jpg

Thought some of you might like this photo of Olympias ....

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...pssx9hc50w.jpg

Wow that last picture is gorgeous! I love that sculpture :)

Yes thats a great picture

Beautiful king and great picture.

A few more pics...She's now at around the one year mark, and doing very nicely...

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psmlavgnfl.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps6hpnwpbh.jpg

Looking good! Keep those pictures coming. ;)

A couple of days after shed and feeding ......

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psn2g2aoem.jpghttp://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psltzxc4j8.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psrzjwcnzt.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...pstvjbfy3f.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psdud9bigf.jpg

Your king looks great SC!

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Now is the camera throwing off the color or are her markings really that neon yellow/geen looking color

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My two kings are L. getula splendida, and both have a decided green cast to the yellow speckling. This is especially noticeable in sunlight. The black on mine is also the blackest shiney jet black I have ever seen.

Here's another pic I took the other day, this time in the sunlight ...

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psilcfk0iz.jpg

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...pszy4tr4u3.jpg

She's beautiful! She was about the same size as Tsoss at a year old - he's cranky and self-brumating at the moment, apparently. The speckled kings were what originally made me really want a snake. I want to get some more Cal Kings... but after my experience with Ssa, my female, I'm pretty skittish about it now. I know what I want, I just haven't committed to getting them.

Is that a brooks? I love brooks I have 2 and hoping to get a flame hypo soon if they reply lol

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It's a Desert/Speckled Intergrade...

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps5mrvdrni.jpg

Okay, you got me. I didn't think I really liked the speckled... This girl took that and threw it in the garbage, haha. Gorgeous!! [emoji3]


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Love that photo!!! Need to get one of those statues for my boy!!

Olympias now over 400 grams and moving to adult mice ...

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...pshh4bjyis.jpghttp://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psvaufswg6.jpg

May 2015 (51g) :

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psg5vblqhc.jpg

May 2016 (501g):

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psx4mo0glc.jpg

Looking good. Great looking snake.


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http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psjgousnxg.jpg

She's looking great scalrtn and that's some very impressive growth.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psqnfv60t6.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psskb5sm4h.jpg

Your king looks awesome sc!

Olympias went off feed last October, so I brumated her until Feb. 9. She didn't lose much weight - she's fed twice since then, and is now at 908g clean.

I think her cross-banding is now much less distinct, and it appears her speckling is growing more uniform. (She's now about 2 years and 8 months). I plan to feed her two jumbo mice every 10 days, and see how it goes. I think she might be a tad heavy. She's a little over 4 feet..what do you think ? Here are some pics from today:


https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...pshi0wqwm6.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...psniehbvey.jpg

She's very pretty sc. She does look just a little chunky in the 2nd pic but at her age 900g seems about right and your feeding schedule seems on point too. My MBK was a tad over 900g at 3.5 y/o. She would eat 1-2 jumbo mice every 10-14 days.

I absolutely love my Cali King. Your girl is a beauty

What happened to your Kings Ziggy?

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What happened to your Kings Ziggy?

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I rehomed them to make room for an albino carpet and an olive python. It was tough but I realized that I prefer working with larger animals. I still love and miss them :(. They went to a really great home though. :)

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...psvw8ui8jt.jpg

Took two jumbo mice after shed about a week ago..This is a clean weight.

I was wondering if I should try a small F/T rat out on her. Anyone else have kings that take rats regularly ? As I recall, Firemanv and El-Ziggy said their kings didn't much care for them....

I just picked up a lav striped cal king that was eating rats at the shop I got him/her (not sure yet) from. I would imagine it's like any other snake they just kind of have their preference and a don't fix what aint broke kind of thing. One of my corn snakes has eaten a rat pup here and there, she's my biggest female as well. It never hurts to try though so why not give it a try

I did ! She took a small 53g rat last Friday, which my finicky Ball Python refused. I'm not going to force the issue, since I still have a good supply of jumbo mice in the freezer. It's still good to know that I have a "go-to girl" when the bp decides to be snooty at feeding time...

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...psbigayrm6.png

Awesome she took it, I've never known kings to be picky.

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It's been awhile since I supplied an update to this "progression thread..."

Olympias is now a little over 4 years, and is at about 55 inches, 1183 grams - prior to her last meal, which was last night.

She had just completed a shed, and was customarily hungry, having not been fed for two weeks.

It was her first time taking 3 Jumbo Adult Mice, which she successively dispatched in fairly short order. Afterward, she curled up in her water bowl to get a little buoyancy relief, and was courteous enough not to spill water over the edges into her freshly laid bedding. I took the below photo a few weeks ago, after she had crawled into a hide I have out on the screened porch..

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...psdzyjiqhl.jpg

I love me some Kings! And that's a big, beautiful girl. Thanks for sharing! :gj:

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Great looking kings!

Olympias has finally reached 5 feet ! At a little over four years, I think she still has some growing to do.