Kingsnake keepers-- a little help please???

[tikichick]

Yall crack me up! Ok, I shall record the now infamous mouse dance next time he eats. He had 2 mice last week, so it'll probably be the end of this week sometime. It's gonna be hard not to laugh through the song, though, lol!

LMAO, "pics of our balls" He's beautiful, Loren! About how old is 40"?

I love the name "Squiggles"! That's hilarious! Awesome pic! I'd love to see the whole tank sometime.

I wonder why they like food from above? Maybe they lurk in holes and grab what passes over the entrance?

P.S. I'm rapidly falling in love with all of you. Yall are nuts!

[Lori P]

My husband named her Squiggles. Our other ball is Fluffy. :-) And after that, he gets to name no more snakes. LOL

Fluffy eats with no enticement needed; she just darts out and grabs as soon as I put her food in her cage. She eats mice and chicks but I can't get her to touch a rat. I wonder about quail... since she likes chicks. Anyone have experience with quail??

I'll post a pic when I get home of the whole tank.

This is a WONDERFUL group isn't it?!!!!

[adamanteus]

Anyone have experience with quail??

Well, there was this one time..... but I don't want to talk about it.

[tikichick]

They like gerbils since that's their native "mouse"... but, I've heard to use that only as a last resort for picky eaters. Once they've had gerbil, it's supposed to be difficult to get them back on mice.

[adamanteus]

Once they've had gerbil, it's supposed to be difficult to get them back on mice.

Yeah, I heard that too, but every one I've had were happy with mice, so they never got a gerbil! So I don't know.

[Lori P]

Well, there was this one time..... but I don't want to talk about it.

ROFL!!!! You are a sick, sick puppy!!!!

[Loren]

LMAO, "pics of our balls" He's beautiful, Loren! About how old is 40"?

Hi tikichick,
40" is 40 inches, not an age measurement
According to my records, he was given to me 11-20-03, and was 22 inches long then, and supposedly 16 months old. I have not fed him very heavily for the most part (started out 1 meal every 2 weeks, now more often weekly), so he grows slow, although I recently upped his meals from 1 xl mouse ( 45 grams) to 1 small/medium rat (65- 100 grams, usually), so he has started to grow faster.

[tikichick]

Lol, I guess I didn't ask my question very well, but you answered it The better question would have been, how old is he? Lol.

I started out with iguanas, and snout to vent and snout to tail lengths are often the only way to guess the critter's age.

[Lori P]

Hey... what happened to us getting to see the mouse song & dance???

Good news on Desdemona, the kingsnake... she ate two pinkies yesterday morning!! Bad news for me, one of them SQUEAKED when she nailed it and sent me fleeing the house in guilt and shame... ugh... next week we try one live and one f/t!!!!!! She's killing me here!!!!!

Also, Squiggles (ball) ate one small rat, and then a regular mouse!!!! Fluffy still won't touch the rats. It doesn't really matter, I was just thinking in the future it may be more economical to feed a rat or 2 as opposed to 4 mice.

And Miriam (puget) ate a pinky part for the first time in 3 weeks... she was starting to worry me... hopefully her little fast is over!!

[drache]

that sounds like things are going well for your little snake tribe
congrats