Picking up a female albino brooks/breeding question

[dylanjwicklund]

So I have finally made up my mind and am purchasing a nice female albino brooks Kingsnake to go with my male hypo brooks Kingsnake next year to get some double hets and slowly work towards albino hypos but I was wondering about breeding I know they can be cannibalistic and eat the other has anyone ever had this and how can I avoid it from happening

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[Albert Clark]

Well, imo, and I used to keep kings previously. As long as you keep them well fed and they remain the same or close to the same size you wont have anything to worry about. I did keep mine in different enclosures and only had them together at breeding time. I brumated them in a large thirty gallon but the females were in their own tubs and the males likewise. Nice project you are getting into. Good luck. The different enclosures I spoke about were males separate in their own space and females likewise until of course breeding time.

[dylanjwicklund]

Thanks and that's what I was going to try well fed and same size because it would be hard to eat something your own size and yea I'm excited I'm also looking for an axanthic or anery to mix in after long long project lol

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[Stewart_Reptiles]

Can it happen absolutely is it common? No.

It happened to me a few years back, animals were close in size and well fed, but soon the male was introduced the female bit him and started coiling around him, obviously since it was upon introduction I untangled them and separated them, the female only did this once.

Bottom line monitor your animals when you first introduce them regardless of the species.

[dylanjwicklund]

Here's a breeders picture of her she's 2013 albino brooks Kingsnake I'm super excited to get her and will get pictures and weight as soon as she arrives

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[dylanjwicklund]

I'm getting her from a smaller breeder her in canada but beautiful non the less

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[dylanjwicklund]

Omg omg omg she's here I'll get some more pics of her once she settles in she was pretty cold when I took her out and wildy lol she kept trying to escape hissed a few times and rattled her tail but didn't try to nip at all and what kind of albino do you think this is

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[dylanjwicklund]

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[EL-Ziggy]

She looks great! Congratulations Dylan!

[John1982]

Nice pickup! Colubrids don't usually waste much time. If they're properly primed and cycled, they will pretty much go at it as soon as you introduce the pair. If in doubt, wait until you have time to monitor before introductions - don't just toss them together as you're heading out the door - so you can observe their behavior and intervene if necessary.