Care Sheet for King SnakesAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 3.63 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 08/10/2004 |
Main Category: | Snakes |
Sub Category: | King Snakes |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Lindze |
Years Experience: | 3 to 5 Years |
Species: | King Snake |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | KingSnake |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Sexing can be guessed by an experience herp keeper, i guess that my male was a male and i was right!! but probing can tell you for sure (which if your breeding is a definite need). probing should be done by an experience herp keeper or a herp vet, this is nothing to be taken by an inexperienced person. I may have four snakes in my collection but i still leave it to a vet |
Mostly Active During: | Both |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Water should be changed daily. You can use Aspen or paper towel, but for a more natural look you can also use reptile bark. |
Lighting and UVB: | A full spectrum light used on a 12:12 ratio, 12 hours on 12 hours off. providing as a basking light |
Temperatures and Humidity: | I keep my temperatures around 80 Fahrenheit on the hot side and 70 on the cold side, and my snakes have flourished with this. Use an under tank heater, but NEVER a heat rock a heat rock can provide burns to the snake! |
Heating and Equipment: | Provide a hide box on each side of the tank with some trees and/or vines, my snakes like to climb. also i provide enough substrate that they can dig (especially with juveniles) |
Caging Provided: | I start all of my snakes off in a 25 gallon tank, then i move them to a 33 gallon and then to 55 gallons, this may be excessive but i like to set it up as natural as i can. |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | I feed my juveniles once every 5 days and my adults every week. They get prey that is about 1.5times their thickest part. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | I use a calcium supplement. |
Maintenance: | Do spot checks of the cage daily and clean thoroughly about once a month, i take mine to the vet once a year to get weighed and looked at, just as a precaution. |
Some Words on this Species: | N/A |
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