Arizona has three very specific laws about keeping kingsnakes...

1. Keep it out of daylight
2. Never get it wet
3. And never, EVER feed it after midnight.



I, too, live in AZ. The Tuscon Reptile Expo was a hotbed of king and milksnakes, and since the people who routinely seize illegal animals are in attendance each year (they're the ones who bring the cobras and rattlers and the darling pettable alligator), I think it's safe to say kings are cool in AZ.