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05-21-04, 07:23 AM
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Join Date: May-2004
Location: Holland!
Age: 43
Posts: 16
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First snake, Mexican Black King!
Hey all,
My first post here, looks like a very nice forum!
I'm a tarantula enthusiast, but due to a stroke of good luck I now am the proud owner of a 16" Lampropeltis getulus nigrita (Mexican Black Kingsnake), don't know if I spelled the scientific name right, I've seen it written in many ways. This little snake crawled up from under a desk of a friend of a friend, and he certainly has no snakes. He gave the snake to my friend, and he passed it on to me. He has shed twice now in the three weeks I've had him. When I got him he had some damage on his nose, which was completely gone after the shed. When he is in his enclosure he's quite agressive, rattling its tail and striking at everything that moves, but when I take him out he just hangs around calmly on my hand. Some photo's to go with the story:
This is the snake as I got it, pre-shed, and a little damaged at the nose:
After the shed, he was jet black, and the damage gone  :
First pinkie in my care, I already got the advise to feed larger prey items, which I'm doing now:
And finally a nice head shot after its second shed:
Greetz,
Joost!
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Proud owner of a whole lot of tarantula's and a Mexican Black Kingsnake! 
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05-21-04, 07:44 AM
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Join Date: Jan-2004
Location: London, England
Age: 37
Posts: 368
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welcome to the site and congrats on the mexican black, their awesome snakes
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05-21-04, 07:51 AM
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Join Date: Jul-2003
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Age: 46
Posts: 466
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welcome to your new addiction
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1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa, 1.0 Mexican Black King Snake
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05-21-04, 08:06 AM
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Member
Join Date: Oct-2003
Location: Evansville,In
Age: 59
Posts: 419
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Sweeeet looking King! Congratulations, and welcome to sSnakesS. If he is anything like our two you won't have any problems with him eating, ours are little pigs
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1.4 Ball Pythons,1.1 Greybanded Kings,1.1 Cal Kings,1.1 Brooksi, 0.1 Goini,2.1 Striped Motley Corns, 1.1 Normal Corns, 1.0 Ghost Motley Corn,0.2 Anery Corns, 0.1 Emoryi x Corn, 2.1 Western Hognose,1.1 Leucistic Texas Rats, 1.1 Mexican Black Kings
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05-21-04, 08:42 AM
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Join Date: Jun-2002
Age: 43
Posts: 3,162
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I love that black~~
great looking snake~~
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05-21-04, 12:06 PM
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Member
Join Date: Apr-2004
Location: Eersel,Netherlands
Age: 47
Posts: 154
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Very Nice!!!! How did it end up crawling out from under a desk? Anyway it was good fortune for you.
Kelly
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05-21-04, 07:45 PM
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Member
Join Date: Sep-2003
Location: Southern Ontario
Posts: 318
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Welcome!
You couldn't ask for a better snake to start with. MBK's are great animals.
I wish Black Kings would crawl out from underneath my furniture unexpectedly, LOL!
Cheers!
Simon R. Sansom
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05-21-04, 09:49 PM
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Member
Join Date: Dec-2002
Posts: 716
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Congrats on your new addition. You are gonna love the black mexis.
Like Syco mentioned they are great eaters. Heck my big female even decided to chow down on my finger this evening... for 1/2 an hour... before letting go.. 
Enjoy
Jim
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05-21-04, 11:03 PM
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Join Date: Apr-2004
Posts: 32
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WOW very nice!
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05-22-04, 01:30 PM
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Member
Join Date: Dec-2003
Posts: 832
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don't be turned off by his aggressiveness, I've noticed my baby kings to be quite the big tough bluffers
that snake is beautiful and I too, wich they would just show up under my furniture
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