Finally got one!

[infernalis]

HI!. I'm strapped for time at the moment.. I have been keeping Dekayi for years, as well as read all the information I could absorb and studied them on my property.

Dekayi are always first out in the spring and last out in the autumn. They hunt for food primarily in the early PM when the sun has dropped below the horizon, they spend all day in shady damp areas to stay cool.

Even if you keep your home at 60 degrees (F) all winter long, your snake will be perfectly comfortable. Heat is the enemy.

For a lamp, I use fluorescent spiral bulbs, they are cool operating and won't warm up the cage.

Your snake looks female and pregnant as well.

Raising babies is a challenge, believe me, they are super tiny and most neonates will only take slugs, little tiny slugs and maybe if you are lucky newborn night crawlers, and I can honestly say hatchling night crawlers are difficult to find.

[GaiusIuliusTabernarius]

HI!. I'm strapped for time at the moment.. I have been keeping Dekayi for years, as well as read all the information I could absorb and studied them on my property.

Dekayi are always first out in the spring and last out in the autumn. They hunt for food primarily in the early PM when the sun has dropped below the horizon, they spend all day in shady damp areas to stay cool.

Even if you keep your home at 60 degrees (F) all winter long, your snake will be perfectly comfortable. Heat is the enemy.

For a lamp, I use fluorescent spiral bulbs, they are cool operating and won't warm up the cage.

Your snake looks female and pregnant as well.

Raising babies is a challenge, believe me, they are super tiny and most neonates will only take slugs, little tiny slugs and maybe if you are lucky newborn night crawlers, and I can honestly say hatchling night crawlers are difficult to find.

Thanks for the advice... finding tiny slugs may be a challenge... I know from experience that my garden is full of snails and slugs, the snails have greenish shells with a spiral, and the slugs are I think Limax maximus. I've seen brown snakes regirgitate those when stressed so I know they eat them, whether or not they should is another story. Since they tend to be huge It might be a challenge to get the babies to eat them. Thankfully I should have a few weeks to figure it out.

Do you suppose they'd eat clams? I have a Quahogging license and I usually end up with so many that I have to freeze them for chowder, they are mollusks and are probably comparable in nutritional content.