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Originally Posted by craigafrechette
Kings outgrow their bitey behavior very quickly. And as long as a potential new keeper does PROPER research and understands that BPs can go on food strikes there's nothing difficult. 90% of new keeper questions are food strike related. So, if you're PREPARED, there's nothing to worry about.
I've kept corns, Kings, BPs, hognose and Borneo STP. I wouldn't recommend a hognose or a Borneo as a first snake, but Kings, corns and balls all make great first snakes.
I no longer keep corns (they honestly bore me) but ill always have Kings and BPs.
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Not to say that you're wrong, but I still have a contrasting opinion.
- I've kept a few common kings (over 30 individuals total between the californian, eastern, speckled, mbk, florida subspecies) and almost every single one of them that I had were very food driven and would bite and chew randomly. A few breeders here even have trouble pairing their animals no matter what they do because of this drive. Food response bites have nothing to do with age of an animal and in fact this response can strengthen with age and size, not dissipate. I am not talking about defensive behaviour. A heck of a lot of them musk as babies though, which is worse to me than a bite, but yes that usually doesn't last.
- Even if a new keeper is prepared to have a snake that fasts, it's still going to be more stressful in comparison to something that eats regularly. We all know newbie keepers can/do freak out and fuss when everything is normal no matter how much research they have done.
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