The numbers
Thermal gradient
Day: a real gradient, 29–32°C warm against 21–27°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 19°C.
Why
Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.
The sheet stateswarm 29-32 °C / cool 21-27 °C / night 19 °C
Humidity
The sheet states60-80 %
UVB
The sheet statesUVI de basking 1.0-2.0; T8 Zoo Med Reptisun 10.0 a 7-9", Arcadia Shade Dweller a 9-11"
Identity
Enclosure and conditions
Enclosure
Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.
Why
The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».
The sheet states48" L x 24" W x 24" H
What your climate adds
This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.
Diet
Feeding rhythm
Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window. The sheet gives several ages on one line; this is the adult figure.
Why
The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.
The sheet statesAside from the usual mice and rats, you can add variety to your snake's diet with appropriately-sized hamsters, gerbils, chicks, quail, anoles, house geckos, and Reptilinks. Hatchlings should be fed once every 5-7 days. Juveniles should be fed once every 7-10 days. Adults should be fed once every 10-14 days
Common questions
How big does this one get?
It is the largest of the milk snakes, often reaching about a metre and a half, so it needs a decent adult enclosure.
Is it good to handle?
Generally yes. Adults are usually calm and steady, and this is one of the milk snakes we recommend most often.
Can it live with another snake?
No. It is a kingsnake relative and can eat other snakes, so it lives alone.
What does it eat and how often?
Appropriately sized frozen-thawed mice, roughly once a week for an adult. Food costs are low.
What it needs
Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.
Sources
Others in this group
What this sheet states
This sheet states 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.
UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.