hey,
we own a Chocolate colored "Stripped" Cal. King,it was purchased at a reptile show,quite cheap,but it was 10.00 more than the common banded ones,it was 14 in. when bought,and is now close to 27 in.,also purchased at the same time was a Outer Banks King 15 in., and a Florida King 15 in.(July '06),the Outer Banks is 45 in.,and the Florida is 36in.
Our Cal.King has been a tough one to figure out,it is not a regular feeder,where the other ones will eat once/twice per week,the Cal. will go a month +,without eating,one feeding he may take thawed out mouse ,then the next time,wont even think about it,and will end up toss in a live one,and even then,won't take it.once in a while he may take a white mouse,but other times,crawls away,but will toss in a dark colored mouse and he'll grab that like lighting.Threw out my 35 yrs. of caring for snakes.I've found that Cal.Kings are not the easiest,and some what baffling to keep,at times.
you can find pics of mine ,here in my photo album,in the "other reptiles" album.

Joe