i love balls but...

Have you ever seen a kingsnake eat? I have owned many species of snakes, but I would have to say that kingsnakes are definately the best when it comes to a dinner show..

This picture does no justice. I need a video next week. They literally play with their prey before killing it....

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...a/DSC01334.jpg

Such a gorgeous snake... check out the red eye patches....

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I would have to say that kingsnakes are definately the best when it comes to a dinner show..

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Agreed kings and milks are garbage disposal they will eat anything you offer (rat, mice, Asf, live , F/T) they don't care.

Nice King BTW :gj:

Mine doesn't play with her food.. She snags and wraps. Quickly and deadly!!
but she eats everything.
I have two normal kings, one desert phase, one coastal.
A miniature albino cal king, and a thayari king, a mexican black king as well...
Think I like em??
LOL
Carol

Mike, I'd love to see a video of that! ;)

Nice snake man!

the red spots behind the eyes make this snake look amazing. gorgeous snake man!

nice king!! i love the eye spots!
ill have to agree with the play with food thing. my albino female will swing the mouse around for a little bit then glup it down. she has learned that constriction is no longer needed so she has fun with it.

the garbage disposal comment.....well not all of them. i have a male that refuses food often. he'll eat one week and not the next. sometimes takes f/t from tongs, sometimes he has to be put in a cup, and then there are the times when he will only take live.

i would love to see the video of this guy!!

The best thing about Kings is that they are so intent and focused on the prey item that you can hand-feed them, without them even flinching :D

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He is gorgeous Mike, very nice snake. Love the markings on that boy.

Bruce

That is awesome, that you can hand feed them, I will have to try that with my Anaconda. I'm sure she will be fine with it, as I sometimes have to help her find the head of the mouse when she trys to swallow it legs first.

Mike,

I'm not very familiar with colubrids but is that an arizona mountain king snake?

wicked looking btw.

Mike, they are both stunners, but I love that Mexican Black King!! Absolutely Gorgeous!! :gj:

mr fergie because of you i finally made up my mind. im gonna get a mexican black king asap. LOL.
those milks are very beautiful, though i heard some rumors here that their milks are fasting for 1 month?

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mr fergie because of you i finally made up my mind. im gonna get a mexican black king asap. LOL.
those milks are very beautiful, though i heard some rumors here that their milks are fasting for 1 month?

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His pics are the same reason I've been looking into getting one.:gj:

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mr fergie because of you i finally made up my mind. im gonna get a mexican black king asap. LOL.
those milks are very beautiful, though i heard some rumors here that their milks are fasting for 1 month?

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Glad I could help persuade you get a Mexi Black :D You won't be disappointed :gj:

As for the Milks, I don't think there are any on this thread. The two tri-colours are Mountain Kings ;)

oh my bad. your black baby looks like a plastic toy snake.LOL so shiny and black, i love black, black looks good. LOL

Awesome pics everyone! Here is a few quick shots of Zipper eating an adult mouse. He doesn't waste anytime either ...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...4/SDC10342.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...4/SDC10347.jpg

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oh my bad. your black baby looks like a plastic toy snake.LOL so shiny and black, i love black, black looks good. LOL

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At four and a half feet now, she certainly doesn't fel like a toy snake anymore :D Think I'll have to get another photoshoot done soon. Just to tease you folk that little bit more!

post some more sir. keep me drooling.LOL

mr puddintain what morph is that again? so gorgeous. like my baby corn that eats so much.thats why i named him gluttony :banana:

a zigzag creamsicle sorry mr pudditain.

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mr puddintain what morph is that again? so gorgeous. like my baby corn that eats so much.thats why i named him gluttony :banana:

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Miss*;-) Zipper is a creamsicle but one of the lighter in coloration. I was told creamsicles are a cross rat snake and corn (think I got that right). He is a piggy for sure

oops sorry my bad again. so cross breeding between diff species are really true? kings to milks for example? i like it how your snake can handle that prey. how often do you feed him?

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oops sorry my bad again. so cross breeding between diff species are really true? kings to milks for example? i like it how your snake can handle that prey. how often do you feed him?

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Kings and Mlilks are the same species. Just sub-species of Lampropeltis.

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oops sorry my bad again. so cross breeding between diff species are really true? kings to milks for example? i like it how your snake can handle that prey. how often do you feed him?

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He eats every Saturday, and I think he must have snuck in and read my post saying he ALWAYS eats, because yesterday he refused. He is going blue though so that is probably why. Still it's the first time he's ever refused prey.