The snakes were brought back home on the evening of Thursday May 7, 2020. They had been sexed, and the first one was a female, and the second one was a male.
The people from Urban Kings released the male a block or so away from our house so he wouldn't go right after the female. They told us that males tend to have a bigger range than female and they travel to look for mates. Due to the size of the male, they speculated that he may be the dominant male of the area. They also had decided to not tag him since the female's data was more valuable.
The female was released in our yard on the outside of the bottom corner of our fence. She immediately crawled away into a hole. We were told that eastern kings don't dig their own holes, but instead use rodent holes.
We don't have a picture of her release, but enjoy this aerial image.
1 is where the female was collected. 2 is where the male was collected, and 3 is where the female was released.
We named the female Lagartha and the male Ragnar.
The people from Urban Kings released the male a block or so away from our house so he wouldn't go right after the female. They told us that males tend to have a bigger range than female and they travel to look for mates. Due to the size of the male, they speculated that he may be the dominant male of the area. They also had decided to not tag him since the female's data was more valuable.
The female was released in our yard on the outside of the bottom corner of our fence. She immediately crawled away into a hole. We were told that eastern kings don't dig their own holes, but instead use rodent holes.
We don't have a picture of her release, but enjoy this aerial image.
1 is where the female was collected. 2 is where the male was collected, and 3 is where the female was released.
We named the female Lagartha and the male Ragnar.