My progression thread on Miz Khalifa my female MBK

Hello everyone just wanted to share my new mexican black kingsnake. She arrived to me at around 10am on Tuesday, April 28th. Got her from bhb-reptiles. This is my third MBK and the youngest I have own. The previous two I got were about 7 months old and a little near a year old when I got them. I kept my first one a little over a year so my oldest MBK is a little over 2 years old now. I really enjoy having these. My oldest mbk is completely jet black and never had any yellows in him when I first got him. My 2nd one I got a few months ago he is almost black but have little shades. This one has more of a yellow to her. She will be completely black as she aged. Reason why I want to do a progression thread and see the changes.
She is 17 grams so I'm guessing around 3 months old? If someone has a better perspective please let me know! Well here she is.
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Thanks for reading and feel free to share pics of your mbk on here if you like!

Congrats on the new addition JB. I see you're a big fan of MBK's. I think they're pretty sweet too :cool:. Here's my girl Sasha Fierce. She turned two in April. Best wishes!!

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Thanks Ziggy!
Sasha Fierce is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

Here is my 2 yr old male.
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I got him over a year ago! Traded a female ball python for him.


Chow time.
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Your MBK's look awesome Jb. How much does your 2 year old weigh? He and SF look to be about the same size.

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Sorry took a picture of him yesterday and forgot to upload it!

Also weigh the other two moments ago while I prep their food.
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And MIZ K.
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In case you guys were wondering why the paper towels were so bloody. It's because I just finish feeding my gartersnake in that tub.

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Finish it pretty fast and looking for a second meal. Sorry you only get 1 for now.
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I gave this one a more challenging meal
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Your critters are looking good JB. What's your feeding regiment like?

What about SF? What's she's weighing in right now? Before I usually try and feed my picky eaters first (ball pythons hatching or around 6 months of age). Then moved on to other ball pythons that's more aggressive feeder. Then I would feed my mbk last. From what I remember for the past year he only missed 1 or 2 at most meals. Ranging from 5 days to 9 days apart! I had about over a couple dozens of ball python and and 1 mbk.

My feeding schedule changed now that I have added more colubrids into my collection in the last two months. I try and feed every 4-5 days with these young ones.

SF turned two last month. She's a little over 600g now. Both my kings will take long/intermittent food breaks over the winter but they eat like monsters during the warmer months. I fed them 10-15% of their body weight every 5 days until they turned 1, now they eat about 10% of their body weight every 6-7 days. They usually eat 2 jumbo mice or 1 jumbo mouse and a chick per feeding.

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Oh wow. Hope I am not underfeeding them. I know males are a lot smaller. I'll find out on my next feeding. Giving the fact Miz is 16 grams then I should do about 1.6-2g of food. Mine is on mice. Yeah they are a little piggy! I'm sure they can eat more then 2-3 food items without hesitation.

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Oh wow. Hope I am not underfeeding them. I know males are a lot smaller. I'll find out on my next feeding. Giving the fact Miz is 16 grams then I should do about 1.6-2g of food. Mine is on mice. Yeah they are a little piggy! I'm sure they can eat more then 2-3 food items without hesitation.

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I probably feed my snakes a little more than the average keeper especially when they're younger but I don't power feed them at all. If I had a 16g MBK they'd get 1.6-3g of food every 5 days. That's basically just a large pinky or 2 small pinks. I also mix up my feeding amounts and frequencies. I feed sooner after smaller meals and have a longer intervals between feedings after larger meals. My kings eat mostly mice as well but they'll both eat chicks and sometimes rats. I can't give them rats consistently though or they'll shut down on me. They definitely prefer mice. :)

Thanks for sharing! Yes I have used that tactic before as well. Give them more time to digest the larger food before feeding again.


Also your cali king is awesome!

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Thanks for sharing! Yes I have used that tactic before as well. Give them more time to digest the larger food before feeding again.


Also your cali king is awesome!

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Looking forward to more pics of your critters JB.

Tonight she gets two pinkies!

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I didn't have enough time tonight to fully thawed out the pinkies and hoppers. It was kinda cold when I felt it through the zip lock bag. I left it out in room temperature for about 30 mins-45 mins. Didn't felt like it was frozen though just freezing cold. Well I fed it to my hognose and kingsnake. They all took it no problem! Why must ball python be so difficult! Can't wait til end of the month and I'll do my monthly check-in weight.

J- You may want to make sure your feeders are thawed completely. I've read that still frozen feeders can cause regurgitation or illness in snakes. Definitely not worth potentially harming your snake. Your king won't be on pinks long at all.

Yeah thanks I was a little bit concern because usually I let it sit in room temperature for way longer then last night. These guys are so easily to feed I don't even have to bask the hoppers under heat lamp like I do for my ball pythons. I will keep a close eye out for them for the next few days.
For my other snakes with larger feeder like rat pups or small rats I'm always concern not to cook the rat in extreme hot water as well. That can also get them sick.

I put them in ziploc bags, fully thaw my feeders in warm water, then super heat them with a hair dryer and serve them to the snakes at 95-100 degrees. Works like a charm!

I do similar to your method but only for ball pythons.. set it in room temp in a zip lock bag. Warm up the rodents in a zip lock bag with warm-hot water for like 5-10 secs.

With my hognoses and kingsnakes all are aggressive eaters and they don't need their food to be at a temperature of a live rodent.

I just built a 4 rack rat rack and so excited! I might add 2 more tubs. Im like 90 percent done with it! Not breeding any rats at the moment but I am breeding mice. They will have their own rack soon.

Alright it's almost end of the month. I fed her a small fuzzy yesterday on the 26th while she was in shed. Well tonight (may 27th)she finish her shed. I will feed her one more time before the month ends and weigh her!
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She's looking good and growing well too JB. ;)

Looks like we coming to the end of May!
So on May 1st she weigh in at 16grams.
Feeding time table; may 2nd, 7th, two pinkies on the 12th, 18th, two pinkies on the 22nd, 26th, 28th, also I fed her today the 31st after the weigh in
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The other male only weigh 5 grams more since may 7th I think. That's because he was on a weekly diet.,
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My bigger male
He was at 148g.
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July 1st! She put on 13 grams this month. She's at 33gram!
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Gave her first meal of the month. Feeder was 5 grams.
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