New snake owner

[count dewclaw]

Welcome, welcome!

Congratulations on the new snakes, hope things go well with all the wee ones.

[Mommy2many]

Welcome to the forum! And good luck with the squigglies!

[reptilegirl]

Thanks for the support guys!
I tried cutting up a worm, but they didn't eat it, they had some interest in it when it was whole, but obviously it was too big.
does anywhere sell baby slugs or baby earthworms?

thanks

[mustang]

Thanks for the support guys!
I tried cutting up a worm, but they didn't eat it, they had some interest in it when it was whole, but obviously it was too big.
does anywhere sell baby slugs or baby earthworms?

thanks

petco...red wrigglers!

[reptilegirl]

someone else posted that red wigglers r poisonous to snakes, is that not true?

[Didymus20X6]

Red wigglers are NOT recommended for garter snake consumption. They are toxic, and will make the snakes sick.

See the CARE SHEET for details.

[mustang]

Red wigglers are NOT recommended for garter snake consumption. They are toxic, and will make the snakes sick.

See the CARE SHEET for details.

i know but they eat worms in wild and small ones are hard to come by...i used a minnow wrapped around a pinky since he ate minnows which aint good either...i simply ment red wrigglers as somthn to cover up somthn like half a pinky so ittl eat that!...sorry if i wasnt clear enough!

[Didymus20X6]

But that's still counter-productive. To toxicity of the red wigglers will make them not want to eat, rather than entice them to eat. If they taste the red wiggler, they will associate that with the pinky, and decide not to eat it ever again.

It's like with humans: if you eat something that makes you feel sick, you tend not to want to eat whatever it is for a long time afterward. The same with red wigglers: it might entice them to eat once, but will also make them not want to eat it ever again.

[drache]

these guys sell baby nightcrawlers - bottom of page
Night Crawlers at Knutson's Live Bait - Live Canadian Night Crawler packages for fishing bait or pet feeding

[reptilegirl]

The mother snake has been eating the red ones and so far she hasn't had a problem with them. I called a pet store and this guy said that baby brown snake won't eat in captivity and are better off if you set them free outside. That confuses me because the mother eats and she is in captivity.
Has anyone successfully raise baby dekays in captivity?

thanks

ps: sorry for the abundance of questions guys