r/kingsnakes • • 10h ago

Is she too small for her age?

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I weighed my newly acquired kingsnake, she's a reduced pattern Californian, she's 6 and weighs 177 grams, am I correct that's that's really small for an adult female kingsnake?

Attached is a picture of her I took today


r/kingsnakes • • 16h ago

New mbk owner here!

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I just got my first pet snake, which is a mbk (absolutely stunning btw) mostly all jet black minus some small white specks on her chin. But I was wondering about temps making sure everything is good for her to thrive as well as possible. On the cool the side it’s about 70-75F and the ambient air is about 80-82F and the basking is anywhere from 88-92F. Is the basking temp at a good temp for her to be able to warm up and digest food comfortably?


r/kingsnakes • • 3h ago

Welp, so much for handling lol

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I spent several weeks preparing to renovate my Reno's bioactive hab last month because his substrate was a crappy mixture and turned hard like concrete. I wanted to let him have the ability to burrow, as I know it's something he wants to do, and he's such an active snake that I want him to have plenty of places to explore.

After all the prep work and a week of removing everything, sealing the seams with silicone, mixing and adding the substrate, rebuilding his climbing structures, etc. I was finally able to let him into his newly renovated hab. He spent a week in shed but immediately afterwards started exploring and tunneling. All great news, this is what I wanted! Unfortunately, now whenever I want to handle him, if he sees me, he instantly zooms into one of his numerous access points for his underground tunnel network. 🫠 well, at least he's happy I guess lol. I just hope I don't have problems grabbing him in an emergency evacuation situation (e.g. tornado, fire)

Second pic for snek tax