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Care concerns:corns vs Kings

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Jsandy

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Hi guys some of you may remember me from last year when I had the privilege of caring for my first reptile an amel corn. Since I rescued her(Amber)word has spread and now everyone with an unwanted reptile kiss turning to me to provide care for them. As usual I mainly rescue and relocate to forever homes. However I do still have Amber and she is doing very well and seem to have adjusted fairly well to her environment here. My question is are king snakes much different to care for, do they have special needs? I've recently rescued a 13 year old hybrid king that had some damage to her tail due to feeding live pray. That damage has now escalated to a hard lump on her spine just above where the damage was healed. Is this a major cause for concern? It don't seem to bother her and my vet didn't seem too worried. Can anyone even help me with this question about a snake other than corns
 
I don't own kings yet, but from what I've researched their needs are pretty similar to corns. Only different thing I have found is hot side should be around 1-2º hotter.

Usually if a lump doesn't prevent your snake from shedding, eating or pooping, it will do fine. Just be careful it has healed well and is not infected, or in case it could cause a clot.
 
The only issue with King Snakes for me is that they have a much stronger "Feeding Response" and because of that they view almost anything small enough as food, which includes fingers. Fortunately the bite of a King snake is like a corn snake, it doesn't hurt much or result in much concern, but it is usually recommended if Children are involved not to introduce a king snake. Go to youtube and do a search on King Snake care, and King snake bites.

When I purchased my corn snake, the seller had both corn snakes and king snakes in stock. He told me, None of his corn snakes had ever bitten him, whereas all of his king snakes had. That ought to tell you something right there.
 
A lot also depends on species and even individual line. I've noticed our Florida kings can be very defensive and easily provoked to strike, and our Brooks are much more food responsive, but I've never been so much as threatened by our adult splendidas. Goins are absolute butts, imo. The few adults we have are just plain mean. :rolleyes:
 
My Mexican Black Kings have a pretty good feeding response, and do get defensive when otherwise handled, but they mostly musk/poop on me, none have offered to bite me.

I had one MBK that used to launch himself out of his enclosure to get to the food!
You get good at sneaking the food in when you have one of those. LOL

Other than that, the general care of them is the same, compared to Corns.

If the vet isn't concerned about it, and it doesn't affect the snake, I wouldn't worry about it.
 
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