ChristianC
10-12-2008, 06:07 AM
thinks he is gonna eat my finger. :eek:
http://www.redwoodreptiles.com/images/8-26-07/ElDiablo_3449.jpg
http://www.redwoodreptiles.com/images/8-26-07/ElDiablo_3449.jpg
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View Full Version : Crazy Black Mexican Kingsnake ChristianC 10-12-2008, 06:07 AM thinks he is gonna eat my finger. :eek: http://www.redwoodreptiles.com/images/8-26-07/ElDiablo_3449.jpg stwomey 10-12-2008, 06:09 AM Nice lookin black you got there, doesn't appear to be a problem feeder though... BT 10-12-2008, 06:10 AM Priceless pic right there...LOL ChristianC 10-12-2008, 06:24 AM Nice lookin black you got there, doesn't appear to be a problem feeder though... LOL.. nope.. never been a problem. EVER bottomless pit for a stomach. Varanus99 10-12-2008, 02:09 PM I had a few of those many years. Bred them for two years. I remember even the hatchlings being voracious eaters. Right after that first shed WHAM and it was nonstop from then on. Most kings are pretty good eaters. A couple can be a bit finicky but most are chow hounds. These guys, however, at least in my experience are in a class by themselves. Mine would eat, poop a day or two later and be ready to eat again. They would launch themselves out of the cage at the first sign of food. And yes Ive worn one on my finger more than once :). Funny thing about these guys when they grab a finger they will actually try to eat you. Kinda like "Im a chicken hawk and you're my chicken. Now you gonna come along quietly or do I have to muss ya up?". Great snakes. Sharp looking and so easy to keep its ridiculous. You have to shoot them to kill them. Id call them a good beginner snake with just a couple of caveats. First, the whole feeding response might freak out a new keeper and sometimes they are a bit flighty even for a kingsnake. Ophiuchus 10-13-2008, 10:56 AM He looks hungry! Great pic! 147BOAS 10-13-2008, 05:09 PM Thet finger must taste good Eric Burke 10-15-2008, 09:53 PM I have a couple of kingsnakes they are great eaters but good for me they dont go after my fingers! norsmis 11-08-2008, 06:03 AM You have to give the little guy some credit for ambition!!!! I love the MBKs and wish I still had mine.... I might have to get me another pair or 2..... (wanders off to classifieds) JChandler 11-08-2008, 07:17 AM Glad to see mine aren't the only insane ones! ChristianC 11-08-2008, 07:53 AM they are crazy! How do they live in the wild? seems like they would try and eat a coyote or something! ;) JChandler 11-08-2008, 10:54 AM I picked up a trio awhile back that were maintenance fed and supposed to be yearlings, well after a bit of a battle I finally got them to eat almost every week (I can't stand it when people do that crap) and then I got a pair from Scott this october and wow night and day difference...I really think if I offered them a small rat they would give it there best go even if they are under 24".... Tosha 11-08-2008, 11:22 AM OK I gotta ask -- who took the picture -- it is stunningly clear and just altogether a beautiful picture -- I'm not sure I could pull that off even with the smallest of snakes attached to a digit. :rockon::rockon: MarkS 11-08-2008, 12:15 PM That really is a nice clear pic of a Mexican black doing what comes natural. I like the way you can pick out every scale. ChristianC 11-08-2008, 07:34 PM OK I gotta ask -- who took the picture -- I took the photo. one handed. :) thank you very much Mike Greathouse 11-09-2008, 10:38 PM Nigritas are incredible animals. If you haven't experienced them, check them out. You won't be sorry. Mrs. Sputnik 11-09-2008, 10:48 PM Stop playing and feed the poor thing Nice looking king Sputnik 11-10-2008, 12:01 AM Great shot of the "Chow hound" doing business.... LOL ChristianC 11-10-2008, 05:31 AM lol, thanks everyone grunt_11b2007 11-10-2008, 07:55 PM That pic is cool as hell!! Nice work.. Alan ChristianC 11-10-2008, 08:07 PM :) thanks Alan Steven_Kelley 11-11-2008, 04:10 PM Priceless pic right there...LOL I agree, that pic is hilarious! |