Please help with my snake

[OCMotoDad]

And I just found a perfect replica picture of the morph. It is actually a California King Morph Coastal Newport-Long Beach.

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[indigoman]

No problem what so ever! I looked into my reference books and the California snake has a variable pattern and color phase which can make identification difficult for people not familiar to kingsnakes. That's why I wasn't positive on first look. The pattern is normal just not common and is desirable to the people who keep kingsnakes. The color is normally black and white banded pattern, but the book states the coastal Calif. king do have a more stripe pattern and a brown and yellow color. They eat mice, rats and other snakes to include rattlers.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

100% california king snake! Keep in mind that if it ever gets defensive it may make a rattle noise by wiggling it's tail up against something, but it is harmless and they are very docile snakes most of the time. Congrats it is a very nice looking snake!

[EKS56]

Pretty laid back to be wild caught.

[Natrix]

Looks like what I would describe as a 'Banana' Californian Kingsnake and a nice looking specimen too. Didn't realise they occured in the wild though? This colour phase has a cream background with Chocolate brown markings.

[OCMotoDad]

This was definitely found in the wild......I have thousands invested in Fish, and taking on another critter was not my first choice, until my kids walked in with him. We do back up to a wilderness area that has all sorts of snakes (mostly rattlers), deer, bobcats & Mountain Lions. Now I just have to figure out the right feeding schedule and how to keep this guy tame and calm so he doesn't bite me or my kids. And if he does bite......what do you do? I apologize if this should be kept in the other sister site, and posted questions there. Im just new, nervous, and want to treat this animal right.

[Martinz21]

Bites from kingsnakes don't pose any issue. All you should do is wash it after it happens but they are harmless. That is a really good lookin' snake... Enjoy it

[Natrix]

This was definitely found in the wild......I have thousands invested in Fish, and taking on another critter was not my first choice, until my kids walked in with him. We do back up to a wilderness area that has all sorts of snakes (mostly rattlers), deer, bobcats & Mountain Lions. Now I just have to figure out the right feeding schedule and how to keep this guy tame and calm so he doesn't bite me or my kids. And if he does bite......what do you do? I apologize if this should be kept in the other sister site, and posted questions there. Im just new, nervous, and want to treat this animal right.

. Never be afraid to ask questions.
If you don't ask you'll never know.

[gibble888]

Ive never seen those colors....nice

[Ruth]

This may be an ignorant question but is it really that easy to catch a snake in the wild. Might it be an escaped or released pet. We don't get many snakes here in the UK but when I have come across them there's no way you'd easily be able to catch one. We have had pet owners release things like terrapins in our rivers and they survive and I'm sure if we didn't have such cold winters and miserable summers we would start seeing released snakes too.