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    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

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So I have a cali Kingsnake. Roughly 6 months old. Some reason identifies my fingers as food. Full on bite down and attempt to eat my fingers. Here's where it gets weird doesn't seem to care or recognize the scent of mice pinkies. Been that way for months now. To clarify he has eaten but only live and takes up to 24hrs for him to eat. I have multiple other Kingsnakes in the same rack that are doing fine. Is this behavior common? I'm at a loss right now. While his bites don't hurt it's quite annoying to immediately be latched onto and have to run him under water to let go everytime I spot clean or get anywhere near him. Any tips or advice is welcome.

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Yes it's normal, especially in the spring.

Rub a little white vinegar on your hands before you put them in the enclosure, the sharp smell should get him to back off.
 
Thank you for the reply. Is it something he will grow out of? Also I will try the white vinegar trick next time!

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I don't keep Cali kings, but some of my rosy boas are like that. I wear thin cotton gardening gloves to handle them, at least until they're out of the tub for a minute and I can gauge their mood.

Rosies don't seem to grow out of this, but kings might be different.
 
Ushimaro said:
Thank you for the reply. Is it something he will grow out of?
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Mine go through cycles; as I said, they are worse in the spring even if I don't brumate them because they slow down on eating normally over the winter. You have to gauge their mood every time you go to handle them.
 
I've kept multiple species of kings and by far the most notorious for this type of behavior are Cali Kings. Unfortunately, in my experience this behavior becomes even more frequent as they get older because they feel that they can eat much larger prey items. This behavior will, however, vary from different individuals but I have noticed that Albinos are much more prone to this type of behavior which may be partly due to their poorer vision.
 
Actually my female MBK was particularly bad each spring. She would grab, pull, wrap your hand, etc.
 
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I've kept multiple species of kings and by far the most notorious for this type of behavior are Cali Kings. Unfortunately, in my experience this behavior becomes even more frequent as they get older because they feel that they can eat much larger prey items. This behavior will, however, vary from different individuals but I have noticed that Albinos are much more prone to this type of behavior which may be partly due to their poorer vision.
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Here's my thing though is why won't he take food? He sees a finger it's game on he sees a pinkie he could careless.

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Ushimaro said:
Here's my thing though is why won't he take food? He sees a finger it's game on he sees a pinkie he could careless.

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How do you feed? He may want to be tease fed (hold the PK or FT prey in a tweezers, and play it gently in front of him).

He may not like the smell of the mice you're offering -- I've had people buy snakes from me that couldn't get them to eat the mice they offered, but mice from a different vendor were eaten well.
 
Kingsnakes, as well as many other colubrids, are excited by movement. Their vision is rather poor in the sense that they have trouble focusing on a particular object but is excellent at detecting any movement around them. That being said they need to be enticed, as Socratic Monologue suggested, if you are offering frozen thawed food items. If you are offering live prey, feeding will not be a problem at all as I mentioned before this species are voracious eaters.
 
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