OMG SNAKE! I love snakes! My wife doesn't though. Is he cute? Cute like a gecko? She wants a greyhound, but I think a snake would be less maintenance. ;-)
He's an albino California kingsnake, and quite cute. He's about 2 years old, and he's gotten quite long (about 3 feet or so). He's also an extremely enthusiastic eater.
If you want him and all his goodies (including a tank), he's yours. I'd love him to go to a good home!
He's not in that tank anymore, to be honest. I decided to sell it a while back because I needed the money. I've got him in a 20gal fish tank right that he seems to like just fine, though.
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He's a good boy though, only needs to eat about once a week. I've been lax in socializing him lately, so he's been a bit skittish, but a couple of weeks of consistent handling (about 10-15 minutes at a time a few times a week) should get him right back to super-friendly.
Yep, he's available. I'm sure he would prefer small children and cats (he eyes my cat with his beady little eyes whenever she walks by, lol) but I feed him about 3-4 hoppers (small mice) a week. He can probably be moved up to weanlings, but I wanted to use up more of this bag of mice before buying more.
The best place I've found to get more mice is the KC Reptile Show. There's a vendor there (http://www.rodentpro.com) that sells frozen mice and other critters in bulk. They're pretty well priced considering you can get a bag with 3-4 small frozen mice for $5 at PetCo, and a bag of 100 from these guys costs like $20-30 depending on what size you get
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so you microwave frozen mice to feed to him? I always thought they liked live stuff. I've never had a snake, just babysat a snapping turtle once. well, I -did- have a snake that stayed here for a week while in transit, but it never ate anything. Turns out, it needed to shed.
I think the wife will be less impressed with a snake that is nippy, but she hasn't rescinded the offer to let me have him. ;-)
They do prefer live, but I'm squeamish, and don't like to hear the mice scream and cry as they die. The pet store gave him a last meal as I bought him and I started crying in the pet store because I wasn't expecting it. So I heat up frozen mice. I don't nuke them though, I sit them in hot hot water for 10-15 minutes until they're squishy and warm.
That sounds cool, maybe with a little butter and sauteed onions? ;-). Anything else I need to pick up? I suspect he still has a heat lamp and rock or something... I've been reading up so that we won't have to do multiple Petsmart dashes during the holidays. ;-). Looks like I can order hoppers in bulk from the dealer you mentioned which is cool... or I can even get creative and give him quail, which is neat.
I've got a heat pad on the tank I'll give you. I also have a bunch of suction-cup plants for the side wall, but there isn't much room for them in the 20-high. I have some hoppers left, as well as some smaller mice from the other snake I used to have (tasty little tidbit that he could swallow in half a second, b/c they're extra tiny pinkies). I have a critter keeper type thing you can have too, I'm not sure what else you'll need for him. You're welcome to have all of it if you like.
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If you want him and all his goodies (including a tank), he's yours. I'd love him to go to a good home!
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He's beautiful! Pink and yellow?
(I say this knowing that the reality is I can't take him myself, but can pass the info on to local scouting organizations).
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He's a good boy though, only needs to eat about once a week. I've been lax in socializing him lately, so he's been a bit skittish, but a couple of weeks of consistent handling (about 10-15 minutes at a time a few times a week) should get him right back to super-friendly.
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The best place I've found to get more mice is the KC Reptile Show. There's a vendor there (http://www.rodentpro.com) that sells frozen mice and other critters in bulk. They're pretty well priced considering you can get a bag with 3-4 small frozen mice for $5 at PetCo, and a bag of 100 from these guys costs like $20-30 depending on what size you get ( ... )
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I think the wife will be less impressed with a snake that is nippy, but she hasn't rescinded the offer to let me have him. ;-)
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He devours them right up.
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Anything else I need to pick up? I suspect he still has a heat lamp and rock or something... I've been reading up so that we won't have to do multiple Petsmart dashes during the holidays. ;-). Looks like I can order hoppers in bulk from the dealer you mentioned which is cool... or I can even get creative and give him quail, which is neat.
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When would you like to arrange a drop-off?
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