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MouseKilla
01-02-04, 12:11 PM
This is our resident psycho, an Eastern King our daughter named Nightstalker. I call him Manson though because this is the thanks I get for changing the water for him (which oddly enough he's nice enough to use as a toilet almost everytime). He doesn't like anyone but he especially hates me. This guy has erased any doubt in my mind that snakes can distinguish individual people. I shouldn't call this snake "he" or "she" because I can't get a probe in to find out one way or the other, he's just too nuts to work with so far.
vanderkm
01-02-04, 01:03 PM
Easterns are such incredible kings - especially when they get to full size. Too bad this guy is such a handful - really pretty,

mary v.
MouseKilla
01-02-04, 01:36 PM
Actually I find this guy really entertaining.lol! I like having at least one snake that acts like a vicious monster... even if he's only about 4 feet long. Up until recently I've made no effort to tame him, but now I want to find him a mate so I've employed the use of a pair of leather winter gloves and I'm handling him every few days. I don't want to turn him into a total suck like some ball python but I need to get a probe in there one way or the other. The last attempt was smelly and unsuccessful, even with two men and a pillow case. Of course I would thrash and bite and stink too if you tried to ram a metal rod into my naughty bits.
Invictus
01-02-04, 01:55 PM
ROFL!

Sounds like my albino CalKing. NOT a fan of humanity. Likes to spray us like a fricken fire hose if we startle him. :)
TheRedDragon
01-03-04, 01:33 AM
*LOL* Don't I know it Invictus, he sprayed while being held my ME! *LOL*!
ruthupton
01-03-04, 08:00 PM
Do they spray throughout their lives or do they, as I have been promised, grow out of it as they get older?
marisa
01-03-04, 09:03 PM
Most grow out of it. Most. Some retain the temper they had as hatchlings, but really rest assured that with lots of handling you will most likely have a very "trustworthy" cal king for the most part. They get more calm as they age for sure in most cases.

Marisa
ruthupton
01-04-04, 03:09 PM
Marisa, that is very reassuring. Thank-you.