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Originally Posted by StudentoReptile
I dunno...the crapping thing, I can pretty much attribute to almost any colubrid: western hogs, corns, kings, milks, garters, etc. Although in my experience, its mostly been with hatchlings or WC specimens. Subadult and adult kings that have been handled a little seem to grow out of it. But thats just me, I suppose.
I don't know about the "startled thing" but the strong feeding/aggression is really something I've only seen with CA kings. All the desert kings, speckled and easterns I've had were some of the calmest colubrids I've owned, although ironically, they get larger than the CA kings.
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I got "my" king as a subadult. (My wife bought it, got scared, and it became mine my default.) None of my three corns crap on me. I guess it also has to do with the fact that king is very active. (It's a Yuma King, by the way.) Anything that will move into his enclosure will get struck, may it be hand, mouse, thermometer or cardboard box. Fortunately he tries to escape, so I simply grab him on his way out when I need to handle him.
I've handled the snake a lot, it was a whole lot of fun, simply because the snake was so active. At the stores the kings seemed rather active, also. I personally like that, but I'm not sure if everbody does.
I might try speckled and eastern, and see what they are like.
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