Kings of the forum! - Page 57

Dcuccio742 · 02-12-15, 10:03 PM

Thanks guys

D Grade · 02-13-15, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Lefitte

Update on Eir! We're making some progress! On 1-22 she was 19g so I bumped up her feedings. I've been having some issues with finding the right size food for her because she's afraid of fuzzies, insists that her food moves [she's getting better about that], and the only pinkies I could find were the smallest little things. I've been feeding her 3 every 4-5 days and recently I found that the pinkies Petco sells are a little bigger so I've been feeding 3 every 5-6 days. Today, she shed. Clean and whole, about 20" long. This is only her 4th shed with me. I've had her since September. Today she was the same as last week at 23g. Once my LPS gets in their stock [they just moved, part of my size issue], I'll try her on large pinkies to small fuzzies and see how she takes it. I'll be feeding her tonight after she has a break from handling/weighing. She's growing pretty consistently though!

She looks about as big as my King about 3-4 weeks ago. I havent weighed or measured his body but his last months shed was over 22". Up until last weekend, I have fed him 2 pinkies every feed for the past three feeds and last week he took his first fuzzy. I'd try that routine until she gets a bit bigger.

As far as not liking dead prey, I feed mine youthinized after he was fed nothing but live at the shop I got him at and he's been opportunistic with them. Ill dangle the feeder using feeding tongs and trigger his feed response. Once I have his attention Ill lure him to an open area in his terrarium and let him have at it, holding onto the mouse with the tongs until he gets a good coil around it. This way his response is triggered and he gets to stalk it. Might try giving that a shot as opposed to just tossing a lifeless feeder in and hoping she accepts it.

Lefitte · 02-15-15, 02:33 AM

Yeah I'm doing 3 pinkies every feed. They're medium sized pinkies, not the super tiny ones I was forced to give her before or the large ones she prefers. She takes F/T just fine but prefers it to be moving a little. I either dangle it with tongs or set it down and wiggle it. She's been taking them after I wiggle it a little then leave it alone. She's been weird about the tongs lately. She actually grabbed hold of them last feed and scared me. She's done it before and it was fine, this time I jerked and felt bad. Hope it didn't hurt, but I was having issues with.. well.. disintegrating pinkies.. and glanced away then suddenly TUG. Note to self; don't ever put mice in the fridge then soak them in hot water before feeding. Bad idea. Try dunking instead ;-; (they defrosted on the way home)

D Grade · 02-15-15, 02:49 AM

Yeah, never thaw directly in water or attempt to microwave, thats just asking for a mess. What I do with my youthinized fuzzies is put them in a GladLock baggie when I get home and dunk them in a bowl of hot water for a few minutes to get their temp back up right before a feed. If I bought F/T, Id do the same thing. Just like thawing out a frozen steak or hamburger patty (great comparison).

. Give that a try next time, shouldnt be messy at all.

Dcuccio742 · 02-15-15, 05:59 PM

Enjoyed his excercise today

Lefitte · 02-16-15, 02:25 AM

Yeah they come in bags usually so I thaw them out in the bag in warm water then put them in hot water to warm them back up right before feeding. This was an unusual case. I think I'll start bringing an insulated bag with me because they won't make it home when its 120 outside in the summer.

Obsidian_Dragon · 02-16-15, 01:31 PM

This is the face of a cranky pissbaby who wanted NOTHING to do with a post-shed once over. I had the towel out because...well, pissbaby. And we ended up on the floor because he continues to disdain gravity and tried to shoot out of my hands. Colubrids, man.

He's not been remotely keen on handling lately, to my dismay. I think perhaps it's just a winter thing? Nobody knows. Snakes.

**EL Ziggy** · 02-16-15, 05:37 PM

Nothing like a freshly shed MBK. Noodle is lookin good OD.

hondo-dan · 02-16-15, 10:15 PM

Here's my 6 yr old holding Bo. She's always so excited to hold him.

It's kind of a bad cell phone pic and not sure why it's sideways but there you have it.

hondo-dan · 02-16-15, 10:17 PM

Here's my three year old helping hold him as well.

sharthun · 02-16-15, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by hondo-dan

Here's my three year old helping hold him as well.

Great shots!

Jim Smith · 02-16-15, 11:50 PM

I love the shots of the kids hold the snakes. Fear of snakes is definitely a learned behavior and while I did not keep snakes when my kids were small, I taught them about snakes that I found around the property we lived on and have a number of photos with them holding 4-6 foot long kings snakes and black racers that we released back into the wild as soon as they were done. Nice job raising the next generation of herpers!

D Grade · 02-17-15, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Lefitte

Yeah they come in bags usually so I thaw them out in the bag in warm water then put them in hot water to warm them back up right before feeding. This was an unusual case. I think I'll start bringing an insulated bag with me because they won't make it home when its 120 outside in the summer.

Ill have the same issue to deal with in a few months here in Tucson.

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Originally Posted by Obsidian_Dragon

This is the face of a cranky pissbaby who wanted NOTHING to do with a post-shed once over. I had the towel out because...well, pissbaby. And we ended up on the floor because he continues to disdain gravity and tried to shoot out of my hands. Colubrids, man.

He's not been remotely keen on handling lately, to my dismay. I think perhaps it's just a winter thing? Nobody knows. Snakes.

What a gorgeous MBK, cant wait to add one of those lil guys to the collection.

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Originally Posted by hondo-dan

Here's my 6 yr old holding Bo. She's always so excited to hold him.

It's kind of a bad cell phone pic and not sure why it's sideways but there you have it.

I love this pic. Ill have to get a pic of my 3y/o daughter holding our King.

Obsidian_Dragon · 02-18-15, 01:26 PM

D_Grade, they're great! I'm super glad the MBK Fanclub here talked me out of a cornsnake.

I'd always wanted a king, but got scared away by talks about how feisty they can be. Turns out mine is pretty chill, rattlesnake tail displays or no. All bluff and no bite, that one.

Also, that fresh shed shine didn't last long.

SOMEONE has been enjoying the fact that I gave him enough substrate to borrow in again.

**Minkness** · 02-18-15, 02:43 PM

Lol! I have thought of giving mine a box of exoearth for burrowing in, but I figure I'll wait till I up her tank size again.