brown and yellow king?

[marylyn101]

:confused: i just got this cute female kingsnake (so snugly) and i don't know what *kind* of kingsnake she is. she is 2 1/2 years old and is a banded/zippered yellow and brown.

[J_Riley]

A photo is about the only way someone can give you an educated guess...

[marylyn101]

oh, i'll get one soon then. probably today. just gotta get my mom's jam cam

[Xetox]

Why is that poll at the top? that has nothing to do with this post...and yea we could tell alot more with a photo!

[marylyn101]

just like to ay the poll is something i like and this is one of my first threads. plus i like to see what people think. there is a world beyond snakes in my opion.

[crimsonking]

"sounds" like a banana Cal. king. But pic is needed for positive I.D.

[marylyn101]

I was wondering what she is.:confused:

[Herp guy]

I'll say mutation of cali king but i have no clue

[marylyn101]

She is my baby! plus, how do i sex her.
i think the pet store guy wasn't sure.
plus i would like to know for further
snakes.

[Herp guy]

um....... get a sexing probe set thats how.

[Tim_Cranwill]

She is a banded (meaning the horizontal bands on her) coastal phase or chocolate (brown and yellow) California Kingsnake. The only way to sex her is to probe her which requires a set of probes and a lot of knowledge and experience.

So there you have it. It's a Banded Coastal Phase California King. :)

[marylyn101]

Thank you all so much. as a beginner this has
been heaven, except herp guy
seems to be sarcastic and rude. i do not
have all the knolege or experiance you have.
I'm only 15 and just got my first snake

[Tim_Cranwill]

No probelm ;). Don't be afraid to ask...

I wish people wouldn't reply with "I don't know" so often. If you don't know, don't reply. Not to sound rude, but it bugs me. :)

[marylyn101]

So right

[Herpkingdom]

at least she didn't choose to get a burmese python....:-)

A nice first choise if I do say so.

Good Luck with her/him.

[boa]

congrats on your new snake it looks great.

[Zoe]

Nice snake! Great first choice, he looks very healthy!

Yes I agree, some people here are rude :( Oh well, for the most part people are nice and will help you any way they can!

Zoe

[Andy_G]

I love that snake! Very nice. You can sex by using a sex probe, but you need to know how to do it correctly or you will injure the snake. What I would do is, the next time a herp show rolls near your area, take her there because in some herp shows people probe for money, usually real cheap, or you can go to a vet and they'll do it for more, but they have to be an exotic vet so don't let just any vet do it if that's your plan. Hope I have helped!

P.S. I also hate rude people, especially when it is a beginner asking a question and trying to learn as much as they can.

[Ace]

Kings are always a good choice for a first snake, so much so, I'm still "beginning" my collection :cool: Oh, by the way, just a warning.....once you have one, you HAVE to have MORE!!!! LOL
Nice Cal-King :D

[marylyn101]

thank you all so much! You have been so much help to me!:grab: >( o> :w :confused: :eek: :cool: :rolleyes: :mad: :p ;) :D :o
damn these are fun:grab: :grab:

[Stalabros]

I would just like to say hello to a fellow CalKing herper, although I have a female desert phase King, and you have a coastal king. Nevertheless, you'll have a great time with it.

I found it very easy to sex mature CalKings, you will find that the tail of a female Calking tapers very quickly after their cloaca (vent), whereas the males have a more smoother taper till the tip of the tail (so to hide their hemipenis).

Have look and compare it to males and females on the internet.

[vanderkm]

Very nice Cal King! Our oldest snake is a cal king very similar to yours and they are great snakes. He is a rescue snake that came in through our local herp club and despite having had a hard start in life (he was skin and bones when we got him) he is the greatest personality of all time. He is so tolerant of everything. I am sure you will love your new little guy (or gal).

As Stalabros says, Cal Kings are pretty easy to sex once they are mature by looking at the tail from underneath. If it tapers smoothly from the vent to tip, and is quite short, it is likely a female. If it seems to be thick (some will actually have a bit of a bulge) after the vent and is quite long, it is a male.

If you look at the tail from the side - holding the tip straight out to the back - in a female it will curve up quite quickly after the vent, and in a male it will tend to extend back straight for up to an inch before curving up to the point.

Best of luck with your new snake, you will likely want another one before long.

mary v.