Finally got one!

[snakehill]

Amazing! I think I have a brown snake in my yard! I thought his coloring was different from the normal easterns around here. I usually see him out at dusk although I have not seen him since I picked him up! He was the snake that musked me and when I put him down he was gone!

[d_virginiana]

Nice feeding shots, never knew they did that!

[RedSidedSPR]

I've always loved that about little snakes. Watcing them get those snails out is awesome

[GaiusIuliusTabernarius]

DO NOT CRACK THE SHELL!!!!

Dekayi suck the meat out of the shell and if you break it, the snake Will choke.

Yeah that's what I read, I didn't. I just put the two snails in whole, along with a maple leaf for them to eat. I just checked and there is no sign of them... So either they are hiding under the leaf, or Tiamat was especially hungry this morning. Either way when I was working in the yard earlier I found half a dozen more snails and about 4 earth worms. I put them in a bucket with some dirt and leaves and sealed it with a flat piece of plywood with a cinder block on-top. That way I have a stock of snake food. and possibly fish bait...

Are there any types of snails/ slugs I should avoid? I know about the red wrigglers, all my earth worms are the normal brownish gray kind.

[RedSidedSPR]

Any slugs that secrete yellow slime, can choke the snake. The slime hets stuck in the throat I guess. Stay sways from those.

Yellow crap = big no-no

[GaiusIuliusTabernarius]

I'll keep that in mind. Though I only ever see one species of snail and slug. The slugs are big leopard looking types, and the snails have a greenish brownish shell with a light spiral in the middle. I'll get a few pictures the next time I feed her.

[ConcinusMan]

As soon as I heard the description, I was thinking, "probably not a garter" and it's not.

[RedSidedSPR]

He never said it was

[ConcinusMan]

I was moving some logs on the side of my house and I happened across a thin brown garter trying to hide amongst the twigs and leaves.

[RedSidedSPR]

Oh, than he edited after I read, because it said "brown snake". And I'm 100% sure.