| The California King Snake is located largely in | | | | guarantee your snake is healthy and that there's no |
| California as the name implies, however it can be | | | | sign of bugs. By at first checking for stuff like eye |
| discovered as far north as Oregon and south to the | | | | discharge, mouth staining, scabs and other symptoms |
| top of Baja. It's also found in Nevada and Arizona. | | | | of shock, will give you a better knowledge of the |
| This species is understood to have 2 main color | | | | condition of your California King Snake. A trip to the |
| differences, the seaside phase and the desert phase. | | | | vet will confirm good health. |
| The seaside phase sometimes has reddish-brown | | | | Usually speaking the snake is diurnal but if the |
| bands which swap with bands of white and yellow. | | | | weather gets too hot they can become nightly. They |
| On the other hand the Desert phase has black and | | | | may generally burrow deep underground in winter |
| white swapping bands. | | | | where they can enter this hibernation-like state, |
| It's vital that you ensure the snake is captive bred | | | | known as brumation. This state is distinguished by |
| before bringing it home, solely from a personality | | | | much reduced activity and a slowing of the |
| viewpoint and also from the viewpoint of how best | | | | metabolism. |
| to feed it. Wild California king snakes eat a spread of | | | | California King Snakes are rapacious snakes, feeding |
| prey but can find it tough to adjust to being fed | | | | on just about anything they can suppress, and of |
| mice and other rodents, that will be the most | | | | current times, they have even been known to eat |
| important source of food from providers in a captive | | | | one another. They typically eat rodents, reptiles, |
| environment. | | | | birds, and restrain their prey versus using venom. An |
| It's also necessary to spend a while finalizing your | | | | engaging protection mechanism utilized by the snake |
| enclosure before bringing your snake home. Correct | | | | is to often hide and coil itself when troubled, hiss and |
| snake enclosures cost so you wish to try to avoid | | | | rattle their tail like a rattlesnake. The point that's of |
| any needless mistakes by planning correctly from the | | | | interest is if this is done in an area of dry foliage, it |
| start. The California King Snake is one of the simplest | | | | can actually sound much like a rattler. |
| snakes to look after, but like any other pet, you | | | | Considered safe to humans, they can and do bite, |
| want to keep a watch on specific things. | | | | and this is in general because they have mistaken |
| Making certain that the snake has everything he | | | | you (thru smell) for a food source. This may |
| requires including a sensible diet and good housing | | | | especially be the case in captivity when you have the |
| environment, is critical for the continuing health of | | | | scent of the proposed prey on your hands, but the |
| your pet. A visit to the vet is always counseled when | | | | bites aren't threatening, and they shouldn't hurt. As |
| you first bring your snake home, as this may | | | | fast as the snake realizes its mistake it'll withdraw. |