Alternative feedings for King

BigBadBlade · 10-19-04, 08:51 PM

Hey i'm in a bind i can tell my cal king is getting real hungry and i had a problem with an order for pinkies so it got pushed back another week...what i'm wondering is are there any other alternatives that i can try and feed him and someone told me crikets but he won't eat them and he is about a foot and a half to 2 ft long.

vanderkm · 10-19-04, 11:12 PM

A week delay will not do him any harm - just watch your fingers if he is getting really hungry!! They can go for weeks without feeding - but they will be more likely to consider anything warm that moves as something to eat.

I have never heard of anyone getting cal kings to eat insects. The only viable alternative to rodents is chicks, but they are usually harder to locate. Cal kings will usually readily feed on other snakes, but not likely something you want to consider. Really there is just not that much of a problem to let him go hungry for a week or so.

You also might want to consider going with larger prey than pinkies if he is approaching 2 feet - I expect he could be taking large fuzzies or hoppers by that size (if you were referring to mice - I just realized you might have meant pinky rats).

mary v.

BigBadBlade · 10-20-04, 10:51 AM

Thanks Mary and yeah he is getting very nippy actually he bit me the other day and hey readily strikes at anything that moves fast in front of his tank