This evening before the sun went down I ventured out into the backyard to collect a few slugs for my Northwesterns. After collecting about 50 and a few night crawlers I headed down to the snake room.
My boy Flicker, SR-71 and a couple others have been off food, refusing earthworms and night crawlers. These snakes think they are strong but not strong enough to resist slugs.
I found Flicker under the warm hide and he apparently smelled the slugs as he came out in a hurry. I shovel a few in him and turned my attention to SR-71. Once the slug was within striking distance that's exactly what he did. The other holdouts were also helpless to resist the power of the slugs. I was fortunate to find a number of small slugs so the 4 younger snakes also enjoy the feast.
It was fun to watch the little ones dealing with their first slug slime. For a few of them, their strategy was to wash the slime down with another slug.
I love my Northwesterns.