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Kingsnake with rattles?

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  • 03-09-2009, 12:58 PM
    Ranegyr
    Kingsnake with rattles?
    Okay, let me start by saying that i know absolutely nothing about kingsnakes. I love balls! <- i am gonna get it for that.

    anyway, we bought my gf's sister a baby kingsnake at the Tampa show yesterday and i was reading some threads about them on Kingsnake and here. I found a couple of threads where people were talking about baby kingsnakes making a rattling sound but aparently it goes away when they get bigger. What? we looked this little girl up and down and didn't find a rattler. so, i am just wondering which ones have a rattler?

    we got an Albino Cali King
  • 03-09-2009, 01:11 PM
    Beardedragon
    Re: Kingsnake with rattles?
    Its not that they have rattles, its that they shake their tail like a rattler.
  • 03-09-2009, 01:25 PM
    wilomn
    Re: Kingsnake with rattles?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Beardedragon View Post
    Its not that they have rattles, its that they shake their tail like a rattler.

    And when they do that in dry grass or leaves or up against the side of your tank, it sounds amazingly like a rattlesnake.

    It's kind of funny if you get one who's really into it.
  • 03-09-2009, 01:26 PM
    Ranegyr
    Re: Kingsnake with rattles?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Beardedragon View Post
    Its not that they have rattles, its that they shake their tail like a rattler.

    so when the threads said that they "heard" them rattle they meant they looked like they rattled. i'll see if i can locate the thread. but they said "heard."

    i am not worried about anything i am just curious.
  • 03-09-2009, 01:26 PM
    Ranegyr
    Re: Kingsnake with rattles?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by wilomn View Post
    And when they do that in dry grass or leaves or up against the side of your tank, it sounds amazingly like a rattlesnake.

    It's kind of funny if you get one who's really into it.

    oh, that answered my ? while i was typing the sewcond one.



    thanks ya'll
  • 03-09-2009, 01:30 PM
    fergie
    Re: Kingsnake with rattles?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Ranegyr View Post
    so when the threads said that they "heard" them rattle they meant they looked like they rattled. i'll see if i can locate the thread. but they said "heard."

    i am not worried about anything i am just curious.

    My Albino Cali still vibrates her tail, especially when feeding or when spooked. You are bound to hear it at some stage but it's merely a defence mechanism. All my Colubrids do this and yes it does sound remarkably like a rattler!
  • 03-09-2009, 01:32 PM
    stormwulf133
    Re: Kingsnake with rattles?
    Not just kings, my corns do that when startled too.
  • 03-09-2009, 01:58 PM
    Beardedragon
    Re: Kingsnake with rattles?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by wilomn View Post
    And when they do that in dry grass or leaves or up against the side of your tank, it sounds amazingly like a rattlesnake.

    It's kind of funny if you get one who's really into it.

    Yeah my little boy thumbs his tail agaist the glass every once and a while when I get to close and makes the noise. Mean little devil he is though...
  • 03-09-2009, 02:05 PM
    wolfy-hound
    Re: Kingsnake with rattles?
    My cornsnake does that on occasion too.
  • 03-09-2009, 03:51 PM
    West Coast Jungle
    Re: Kingsnake with rattles?
    I just fed my kingsnake in a deli cup and she was rattling, very cool. They definately try inpersonating venomous snakes.
  • 03-09-2009, 04:31 PM
    littleindiangirl
    Re: Kingsnake with rattles?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by stormwulf133 View Post
    Not just kings, my corns do that when startled too.

    I've had my corns and kingsnake do it. Funny as heck, usually at feeding time.
  • 03-09-2009, 04:34 PM
    Stewart_Reptiles
    Re: Kingsnake with rattles?
  • 03-09-2009, 04:37 PM
    littleindiangirl
    Re: Kingsnake with rattles?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Deborah View Post

    Thats adorable! :rofl:
  • 03-09-2009, 04:38 PM
    Stewart_Reptiles
    Re: Kingsnake with rattles?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by littleindiangirl View Post
    Thats adorable! :rofl:

    I know she thinks she is a scary beast :rolleyes:
  • 03-09-2009, 04:41 PM
    Brandon Osborne
    Re: Kingsnake with rattles?
    Kings, corns, ratsnakes, pits, even copperheads will rattle their tails.
  • 03-10-2009, 02:30 PM
    Ranegyr
    Re: Kingsnake with rattles?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Deborah View Post

    Oh My Goodness Deb, that was awesome. I had no idea it would be like that. so now when i hear a rattler inside i wont be shocked. unless i am in walmart.

    thank everyone!
  • 03-11-2009, 04:39 PM
    Bruce Whitehead
    Re: Kingsnake with rattles?
    Heh, too funny Deb. Esp with a name like Juliet. :rofl:

    First time Demonika rattled at me I almost dropped her as I jumped and started looking around my feet to hear where the noise was coming from.

    Bruce
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