Growth rate of brooks kingsnake

[dylanjwicklund]

Hi I have a male brooks kingsnake that's almost a year old and is about 33 to 36 inches long and 368 grams and I was wondering if that's common or not I bought him from a pets tore at a month old and what's a good size I should breed him if I do

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[dylanjwicklund]

I managed to get this but he doesn't like to sit still for long

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[scalrtn]

Not sure, but 368g seems to be pretty large for a kingsnake snake that's not even a year old yet? I don't think pet stores are terribly reliable in telling you what a snake's actual age is. Hatchlings are 9-13 inches in length, and I can't quite get my head around one growing to to 3 feet in just 1 year.

[EL-Ziggy]

I'm not sure about when he'll be ready to breed. He's larger than my kings were at 1. My kings were 250g and 220g when they turned 1. They're a little over two now and they're 725g & 645g each. How much and how often are you feeding him?

[dylanjwicklund]

I have been feeding him a small rat every 5 or so days I wait until he poops but when I got him the pet store was feeding him 5 pinkies a week but I switched him to adult mice then about a month or two later rat weanlings and he just sorta rapidly growing but now takes small rats down no problem he almost looks like he would take 2 but I know that would be way to much for him

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[dylanjwicklund]

He wasn't too big when I got him maybe a foot and I saw some lavender albino kings at the last show I went to and they were like 6 inches long super small and skinny is that bad? Because I had almost bought one but if their supposed to be 9 to 13

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[dylanjwicklund]

I had fed him yesterday his small rat so he weighed in at 410 grams but once he digests it he will be back down

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[scalrtn]

I'm curious about the apparently disparate growth rates of these Kings, if the reported ages are accurate...

In looking at Firemaniv's growth record of his Brooks King "Pyro," I'm seeing a pattern that more closely approximates my Speckled King, who is supposed to be turning 1 year as of this month.

Pyro was a hatchling in 2013 (exact birthdate unknown ?)...his first reported weight was 59g on 8-12-14 (that includes the weight of a plastic tub that contains him on the scale (as do the subsequent photos - but maybe firemaniv zeroed the scale weight before putting the snake in the tub?)

9-21-14 : 82g

10-30-14 : 106g

1-12-15: 203g (obviously over a year old at this point?)

3-9-15: 236g

5-11-15: 290g

5-25-15: 339g

This lines up pretty closely with what I'm seeing. The last weight I took showed my Speckled King to be at 70g (excluding the container weight).

I'll be keeping a record as well of my Speckled in the "Then there were two" thread

[dylanjwicklund]

Yea I went and read his thread but he is feeding rat fuzzies last time I read he fed his and I never fed fuzzies I went from adult mice to rat weanlings to small rats

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[dylanjwicklund]

I also zero the scale after I put the bucket on so I can have the most accurate weight

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