Milk vs. Corn vs. King

[Jlassiter]

Originally Posted by MoreliAddict

In my experience, Kings are one of the snakes that you could be handling without a problem, and next they'll latch onto your finger without warning. I've seen a corn get cage defensive, but not bite without warning like that...

If fed correctly (not once a week) on the kingsnake's schedule they will not bite and latch on.....That is a feeding response, not a defensive response.

Feeding on a once a week schedule is the keeper's schedule not the king's.
A growing king will want to eat 2 to 3 times a week.
An adult king will want to eat every 5 to 10 days depending on the keeper's husbandry techniques/set up.

Oh...and you haven't had enough corns if you haven't been bitten by one.....lol

[MoreliAddict]

Originally Posted by Jlassiter

If fed correctly (not once a week) on the kingsnake's schedule they will not bite and latch on.....That is a feeding response, not a defensive response.

Feeding on a once a week schedule is the keeper's schedule not the king's.
A growing king will want to eat 2 to 3 times a week.
An adult king will want to eat every 5 to 10 days depending on the keeper's husbandry techniques/set up.

Oh...and you haven't had enough corns if you haven't been bitten by one.....lol

Just to clarify: I've had 2 corns, and 0 kings. The king I was bitten by was a friend's. One the Corns would become cage-defensive if I wasn't handling it enough, and if it wasn't used to me.

[Rogue628]

Originally Posted by Jlassiter

If fed correctly (not once a week) on the kingsnake's schedule they will not bite and latch on.....That is a feeding response, not a defensive response.

Feeding on a once a week schedule is the keeper's schedule not the king's.
A growing king will want to eat 2 to 3 times a week.
An adult king will want to eat every 5 to 10 days depending on the keeper's husbandry techniques/set up.

Oh...and you haven't had enough corns if you haven't been bitten by one.....lol

Ahhh....so maybe that's why my king likes to bite. She's not quite an adult yet, so maybe I should feed more frequently. However, she only bites the boyfriend....