Kings of the forum! - Page 76

albertagirl · 05-31-16, 09:12 AM

I love the colors on your girl Lefitte. That's a nice suprise! I think it's really pretty the way the black has turned like a chocolate milk color.

Lefitte · 05-31-16, 07:15 PM

Yeah, me too! I was hoping for a black and white snake but I really quite like her change. That's the perfect way to describe it, chocolate milk. It has this milky wash over it. She was no where near shed when I took these pictures and the milky wash over her chocolate color makes photos really weird. I should take her out in the sun again sometime and see what I can get.

toddnbecka · 05-31-16, 11:24 PM

The attitude you describe is the main reason I've never been too tempted by a Cali king. I know some are less "difficult" than others, but with my luck I'd get a hardcore-for-life finger biter, lol. My female thayeri is bad enough, she seems to think fingers are food if I handle her when she's hungry. Since I moved the male into his own tub I don't have to separate them for feeding any longer. Should probably start tap-training her before she gets big enough to actually notice the bites.

Lefitte · 06-01-16, 12:38 AM

Luckily enough, she's never actually bitten me yet. It seems to be headed in that direction though and she's started making me a bit nervous. She wasn't so bad before winter but when winter comes she semi-brumates. She takes food but slows way, way down even with heat on. I live in California so it makes sense. Ever since she warmed up, she's been a giant brat. I'm determined to start holding her a couple times a week and see if it helps.

Obsidian_Dragon · 06-01-16, 07:57 AM

My MBK can be an opinionated critter, but not bitey in the least. Just inclined to angrily pee on you if you foil his plans to wander off somewhere he shouldn't. Sometimes he's content to just quietly chill in your hands, though.

albertagirl · 06-01-16, 09:04 AM

Here's a couple pics of mine. He's a year old and so far has only latched onto my finger once. The cutest part was when he then tried to pull me into his cage to eat me in peace.
So far he's keeping his really stark black and white coloration, which I'm happy about. And I love that his banding is slightly whacky in a few places. I named him Cipher because I thought the dots and dashes were slightly reminiscent of morse code. And he has a happy face on the top of his head! I'm not sure why my pictures are being resized to be so small... but you can still kinda see it.

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Rattlehead · 06-01-16, 09:46 AM

Hahaha! Loved the smiley and the cool color contrast!

D Grade · 06-08-16, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by albertagirl

Here's a couple pics of mine. He's a year old and so far has only latched onto my finger once. The cutest part was when he then tried to pull me into his cage to eat me in peace.
So far he's keeping his really stark black and white coloration, which I'm happy about. And I love that his banding is slightly whacky in a few places. I named him Cipher because I thought the dots and dashes were slightly reminiscent of morse code. And he has a happy face on the top of his head! I'm not sure why my pictures are being resized to be so small... but you can still kinda see it.

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That is a gorgeous King!

Lefitte · 06-15-16, 01:04 AM

Albertagirl, LOOOVE that contrast! Mine has faded to cream and chocolate milk just this past year, starting with her nearly white turning to a light cream. Now some scales have bright yellow dots that are hard to see without looking super close. It's been interesting.

So, I've decided to try a snake hook when handling Eir. I've decided that I might have scared her pretty bad when she was younger since I used to do the bird catching technique of be quick so it stresses them less and there's less chance of them getting hurt. Not exactly the best way to deal with a baby snake, but she was my first. I've used the hook twice and both times were very positive. Not much, if any, pee and much less rattle tail. I also think she's afraid of the cats. She has been attacked once when she jumped out of her cage as I was spot cleaning so that's understandable. The only time she flailed when I held her last was when my cat jumped on the counter [oblivious to and ignoring her]. I'm going to try to keep them from her sight instead of just out of reach. I lock up the worst offender, the other cats don't care at all about the snakes and will typically listen to my commands and I never put her down when they're out so I can easily turn away from a cat or walk two steps to get away from them. But if the mere sight of a cat is making her nervous then I'll remove that factor when I handle her. The cats don't bother her in her cage at all [can't get to it].

Here's a new pic of her and a comparison. She'll be 2 years around the beginning of July.