Getting a Kingsnake Eating

[Werewolves]

Are you housing this Calif. king the same way the breeder did? (cage size etc) Have you asked? Was this snake handled much by the breeder? (it doesn't sound like it)

It's unusual for a breeder to sell a 4.5 year old snake...what reason was given? Was she ever bred? Call me a skeptic, but I'm wondering if she was sold because the seller
had undisclosed health issues with this snake.

Did the breeder brumate this snake for breeding in the past? ***Is it possible she got chilled before or after you got her, so now she expects to be brumated?***

I'm not sure what caging she was kept in before - I bought her at an expo and he had given me his business card, so I looked for it a couple weeks ago in order to ask that exact question. But unfortunately I seem to have lost it. I had assumed she was breeding stock that he decided not to use any more, but I definitely should have asked for more details to confirm that and figure out the reason why - I only asked whether she was eating consistently and what she was being fed on. I knew to interrogate a seller more in theory, just failed in practice (social anxiety issues around crowds, I'm trying to work on that by going to expos and holding more conversations with vendors).

Over these past couple of weeks, I’ve definitely seen this as a learning experience - gotta force myself to talk more, and DON’T lose business cards.

She sounds like she was rarely handled...have you tried fresh-killed?

I haven't, though I could try it with the currently-live mouse I have running around in a spare tub.

Too bad you didn't have her stool checked, just in case something's going on that treatment would fix.

Yep, I've kicked myself for not doing that. I guess it's another part of the learning experience.

Any abnormal swellings on her body (even slight ones)?

I examined her whole length at the expo and again when I weighed her upon coming home, and didn't notice anything. I haven't done another physical check like that since I didn't want to stress her out more with handling, but I can do that and see if anything has changed.