Mexican black kingsnake female: Cassiopeia

I recently acquired a 1.1 pair of MBKs, this thread will be the females picture thread!
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Beautiful girl. Here's mine.

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Still just a handful. She's growing quick though. Her name is Nefertiti. I figured that since she's a kingsnake I might as well name her after royalty.

Looking gorgeous. !!


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Thanks guys! I nabbed a few more pics before putting her away to settle in :)
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"Cassiopeia was the wife of King Cepheus of Aethiopia and mother of Princess Andromeda. Cepheus and Cassiopeia were placed next to each other among the stars, along with Andromeda. She was placed in the sky as a punishment after enraging Poseidon with the boast that her daughter Andromeda was more beautiful than the Nereids or, alternatively, that she herself was more beautiful than the sea nymphs.^[4] She was forced to wheel around the North Celestial Pole on her throne, spending half of her time clinging to it so she does not fall off, and Poseidon decreed that Andromeda should be bound to a rock as prey for the monster Cetus. Andromeda was then rescued by the hero Perseus, whom she later married.<sup>"

Careful. She is lovely but you don't want to anger Poseidon. LOL

I think she is lovely.</sup>

nice! looks like she's pretty much already full grown. welcome to the MBK club.

here's Bloody Mary, the day i picked her out and brought her home:
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and here she is a couple months back. she took her first large adult mice just the other week.
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:)

Here's my guy .... Hopefully moving into his new Viv tomorrow ...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...fafa19cd8e.jpg


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Beautiful MBKs guys!
I call this photoset, A Dragon With Her Hoard
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She looks great. Where did you get your skull?

I made it! Its a genuine coyote skull that I cleaned, dyed, and grew crystals on myself :)

Some outdoor ones for fun! Will be pairing her and the male today :)
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She had a fresh shed today and is looking gorgeous!
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Soooo stunning. She’s so black and shiny she looks wet lol

and the rainbow irradesence on the underside is nuuuty

Thank you! :)
She works perfectly with the crystal skulls that I make too ~ This photoset gives off a very Slytherin vibe, lol.
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That's some pretty cool pics,thats one hell of a shiny snake, i do love them king snakes ,looks so cool against that crystal skull

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MBKs are one of my favorite snakes, always loved them since i was a kid.

Interesting to see MBK's black sheds with a standard skin for comparison


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Cool thanks for the information on the skull. I may make one myself. Please keep us updated on the pairing. I hope you get eggs.

Thanks guys! Took her out for cleaning today, she's getting chunkier! Just waiting on a shed :)
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Stunning snake,I love how glossy they are

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Currently in pre-lay shed in her lay box! https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...mz4o1_1280.jpg

Good luck with your clutch of eggs


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Thanks! :D
She laid today, we have 8 good eggs and 1 possible slug that I am going to incubate just in case :)
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Good luck with incubating them. Always worth a try, I’ve had some pretty manky looking corn snake eggs hatch


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Thank you! :) I am hoping it does hatch. Its a much smaller clutch than I anticipated and I have a lot of people trying to get at one, haha.
Cass bounced right back from laying, for some more excellent aesthetic photos :P
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Such a pretty girl! Gotta love MBK's they are quite the special snake. I love the Dragon Horde kind of vibe with the crystal skull pics as well, you were right when you said how great they paired!

Great looking MBK pair! Grats. Consider brumating the both of them for a couple of months b4 pairing them next time. Brumation gives the sex cells a chance to mature and may increase your egg production. In case you didn't cool them both previously.

Thanks guys!
And don't worry, the guy I got them from brumated them :)
Here we have one of her lovely healthy eggs!
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Tell you what, she looks fantastic for having just laid a clutch!
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My ball python laid the other day, and had a few duds. I fed one to Cass and she coiled around it, and then it popped out of her coils :P probably the funniest thing I've seen in a while!
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Your MBK is stunning, so healthy & gorgeous! I had pair many years ago, I think they're my favorite king snake, & place pretty high in my "overall" list of :snake:.
Thanks for sharing your photos, together with the crystals, wow! :eyepoppin

Thank you! :D I love showing her off honestly, she just such a good look to her. Even though she thinks my fingers are food, LOL.
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She is just stunning,I can see why you like showing her off

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I do love showing her off, haha!
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And of course, she decides after this photoshoot to test and see if I'm food :P
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Not surprised you like showing her off she's stunning,
shame she likes your fingers as an appetizer slightly more, lol

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We've got a pipper on Cassiopeias clutch! (Before anyone asks, the full clutch is already spoken for)
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Congratulations on the clutch! MBKs are absolutely beautiful critters.

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We've got a pipper on Cassiopeias clutch! (Before anyone asks, the full clutch is already spoken for)
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Amazing !!

I don't think I've ever seen a baby MKB let alone one in an egg !!


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Cool pics can't wait to see there pics once out

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I think my king snake is always hungry also. Just lucky she has not bit me yet.

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And of course, she decides after this photoshoot to test and see if I'm food :P
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Thanks guys! The first pipper is out of the egg!
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What a little stunner


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Cute little guy.

Thanks y'all!
Got some pics of Cass in a flower crown, I name the photoset "When you're a creature of darkness, but you still wanna look cute" Lol
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Very cute

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Here is my pair.
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Lovely pair you have! :)
got some light box pics of Cass recently!
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Bonus pic of the first hatchling who went to her new home last week:
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You had your kingsnake for around 7 months and they bred for you? How old were they when you got them?

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They were proven breeders already when I got them, she is 7 years old now :)