Over the past few months I have decided to make changes to my husbandry. I now would recommend using a halogen bulb on a dimmer for your hot spot, and uvb for all snakes. Of course, you’ll want to research which halogen wattage and uvb light will work best for your specific animal, but this is what I have started to change all of my enclosures to. I no longer feel like a ceramic heat emitter and/or heat mat will provide the correct type of heat to help these animals thrive, and those types of heat should be used for supplemental use only for increasing ambient temps and helping with the heat gradient. :)

Great Video! I love California Kingsnakes with all of my heart and soul. My favorite native north american snake species.

My pet California Kingsnake is nearing her second birthday, at the moment. She has never bitten anyone until this year, and my spouse and I suspect that it might be due to mating behavior, or she never went through the biting phase during her juvenile phase. Whatever the case, we are now hook training her, and handling her with gloves in the meantime, until she gradually grows out of it.

A moist hide is actually better at hydrating these kinds of snakes compared to standing water, but of course we all should have some water in the cage at times. I keep my Pueblans without a water bowl unless the ambient humidity is low. But other than that, they get a moist hide that I spray. I see them drink droplets at times, but not often. In the wild, many of these species do not see standing water often if at all. They will drink condensation (dew), and they get water from their food as well. And they avoid dry surface conditions. But if using screen tops and dry bedding, then yeah, have a water bowl, but a moist hide will go a long way to hydrate the snake. Good luck with your snakes, I like that Pueblan!

Hey great video. Genuinely I have watched hundreds of videos on these topics the past few months leading up to getting my cali kingsnake. And this video has everything I’ve found out rolled into one. Absolutely fantastic, and your snakes!they look so healthy and happy. Beautiful animals 😊 Thank you for the time and effort put into this.

I have a baby cali king. He is so awesome. Doesn’t bite, not squirmy and a good eater.

I have mine since he was six weeks old. And he never bit ot musked on me before. And yes he's a California Kingsnake. He's such a cutie. 24 August I have him 3years. I allways handled him and still do it offcourse. He's such a curious boy. Never bites or even musked. He's like your Florida kingsnake.

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Thanks for the video!! Great information!!

I've had a cali kingsnake since the beginning of 2023 got him a couple weeks old he's only bit me twice and I can say it was 100% my fault he's very sweet and it was clearly just warning nips

I just got a CA Kingsnake as my first snake and i havent been bitten yet! 10/10 reccomend

Manly Stanley the Cali Kingsnake is a handsome fellow. 🥰

I love my Cali king

i love how all your snakes have human names

Very interesting!

I am doing research right now on California Kingsnakes my favorite. I want to own one in the near future.

Just a suggestion, use infrared above light. I leave mine on at all times and the window to the outside provides the daylight.

I've handled a few California King snakes (wild caught) and never has one ever tried to bite me...had one evacuate it's bowels all over my arm but no biters. All were returned safely to the area where I caught them within an hour or two.

I know all the baby Ca. King snakes I caught over the years seen to be biters. Once a wild CKS gets older they seem to calm down. I currently have a captive breed baby CKS and it’s a sweet heart. Very gentle and has never tried bite. Wild or captive all my CKS are great eaters.

I'd just suggest sticking the probe to the uth between the glass and the uth. A uth is such a burn risk. And since they're burrowers and tape can become unstuck, you're risking a burn as well as your snake becoming stuck to tape. You're not getting a truly accurate read from the uth either from the probe being inside the tank either. Xoxo

Nice snake but the only King snake I recognize is the King Cobra. Unless the Kingsnake can take down a King Cobra, it should not be called a King Snake in my humble opinion. Perhaps we could call it a Prince snake. ;-)

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Great video! I had a question, do milk snakes, and king snakes like small spaces?

That’s what I’m about doing reasearch

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Well, do you think a king snake eats other things? I do know there are mice around my yard but I don't know that it's enough to feed this baby king snake in my yard. Would he eat grasshoppers & other insects? I brought him in (no biting, masking or pooping on me) beautiful snake. He drank a bunch of water!! We are in serious drought in AZ, up North is severe! Can I feed a baby anything else? Thanks! Nice set ups! I've got all the light & big & small tanks.

I have a California kingsnake I just got and she's never tried to bite me. She kinda bluffs from her enclosure...if I chase her around with a mouse she bites at it. If it's my hand she doesn't try to bite. The breeder said she would eat live but she doesn't want to eat that so I'm trying frozen thawed for a bit. Giving her a chance to get hungry. That way maybe she won't leave me stuck with a pinky mouse that will slowly die😭

Anybody have any suggestions where I could buy California King Snake baby?(interested & need a push in the right direction to a reliable website... or store nearby in Cali)

JUST SUBBED. thats so funny man. my first two snakes were a pebluan and a cali king. (my cali king will take a shot at me 6 times out of ten) i have 8 other snakes and my cali king is the only snake that will bite, BUT I IMPLORE anyone reading this... dont let that steer you away from getting a cali king, when they get confident, and you have enough enrichment in their enclosures, watching them 'hunt' around is very entertaining. with that being said, alot of snakes are a little..prone to biting, for instance my carpet python for the first year of his life hated me. cali kings are underrated!

Can you please tell me if I’m doing the right thing?I’ve ordered a hatchling brooks king.the oak Viv is 41x65x40 will only use this while it’s small.heat pad 28x28 and 14 watts.was gonna use coconut husk chips but can easily get aspen.is this set up ok or what should I change.thanks.I know about water bowl and hides etc!

so should i use a heat lamp and a heat mat?

Hello! Great video! When you made that switch for feeding every 5 times to 7 times. Roughly how old are the snakes? When are they considered adults? thanks!

my cali kingsnake is 3 years old now and hes only bitten me once when he was like 1. I it was my fault he was going up my shirt so i pulled my shirt up and startled him. He gave me a baby tap on my tummy thats it. when he was younger he woul do defensiv strikes but closed mouth most the time I love him. but i was wondering do you ever soak yours? he soaks in his water a lot and from being native to cali I assume thats enough?

What’s with the penny in the water bowls ? Serves a purpose?

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