scarlet kingsnake

[big baldo]

Hey all, I found this little guy on my kitchen floor about a week ago! Don't ask how he got there.(I'm wondering that myself) Before I handled him I had to check real quick to see if it was a coral snake. I can never remember the saying, "black touches red your dead" or something like that. I finally got him to feed so I think he will be good to go!
Sorry for the second shot, I just wanted to show his unusual patterning.
Thanks for looking:thumbsup:

[dana m.]

You needed both shots Baldo....one for the size..and one for the mutant markings. I would have had to look it up also, cause I can never remember either. My husband would have run screaming from the room, due to extreme snake fright. We did find a gecko on our kitchen floor just last week...so I understand. Thanks for sharing him with us. dana

[dana m.]

BTW...he goes nicely with my avatar

[Dylan8i]

red touches yellow, kills a fellow, Red touches black venom lack ( or your ok jack)


very nice marking to.... you released him or kept him?

[Loupey]

Cute little fella. Thanks for putting the size reference.

Dylan - thanks for the clarification on that saying. I too was having some difficulty recalling the phrase. I kept coming back to "red touches black, your name is Jack". When venomous snakes are concerned, one should be really sure that the phrase is right

thanks for sharing.

[big baldo]

Dana- Yeah, I know what your talking about. My wife had the same reaction!

Dylan- Yeah thanks for the clearing that up for us! As far as keeping him, I will probably keep him through his first shedding. Which shouldnt be too long since he is feeding so well.

Loupey- Ya know its funny that they make a saying to help clarify species, but theres so many different ways to say it!! I seem to remember, " if the nose is black, get back!"
thanks for the comments!!:thumbsup:

[slayer7124]

nice shots. thats a small snake, must be a baby?

and as for the sayin, i just heard it on tv the other day, haha.
red on black, youre ok jack. red on yellow, youre a dead fellow.
at least thats how steve irwins wife said it, lol.

[Sushigaijin]

Of course, once you are out of the states, all bets are off - there are a whole slew of central and south american venomous snakes where the saying doesn't hold true.

Just a question, what on earth are you feeding it? I've fed tiny milksnakes the TAILS of frozen mice until they were large enough to take whole baby mice, but I can't imagine what a person without a bevy of frozen rodents would do. Also it is not common for scarlet kings to feed well in captivity, so if it does eat well, keep it. :thumbsup:

[big baldo]

Slayer- yes he's a hatchling. Probably no more than a few days old when I found him.

Sushigaijin- Ive been feeding him very small, live lizards that I catch in the yard.(they're everywhere). I was surprised that he was so easy to get feeding. I put them in a feeding cup and within 5 minutes, the lizard was "on its way down". I called a friend of mine who has tons of experience with wild caught snakes, and he told me to try lizard tails.He said that in the wild, lizards are their food of choice, even as adults.:thumbsup:

[Sushigaijin]

Slayer- yes he's a hatchling. Probably no more than a few days old when I found him.

Sushigaijin- Ive been feeding him very small, live lizards that I catch in the yard.(they're everywhere). I was surprised that he was so easy to get feeding. I put them in a feeding cup and within 5 minutes, the lizard was "on its way down". I called a friend of mine who has tons of experience with wild caught snakes, and he told me to try lizard tails.He said that in the wild, lizards are their food of choice, even as adults.:thumbsup:

That makes complete sense - which is another reason why people don't usually keep scarlet kings, they are excruciatingly frustrating to get eating mice.

[paulnj]

Very cool house guest!