This is the oldest one I currently have, she is supposedly about 9 years old, an Arizona Mountain King snake. However, I believe she is much older than that, maybe somewhere in the 15-20 year range, near her maximum life span. Her health is declining, she seems to have arthritis in her back and often times will get all tangled up with herself and has a hard time untangling. Even if I straighten her out she seems to still have problems getting around and will bend up off of the floor at times. Increasing the heat and humidity seems to have helped a bit. She is also a very picky eater and will only eat live pinky mice fairly infrequently even though I offer them twice a week or so. I actually bought her to breed since I have two males but soon realized that she was past her prime. I've had her for just over a year. An old snake is a bummer, you can't breed them or sell them, just have to enjoy them for the last little while. She is sure a pretty thing!!
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