Worm Based Diet

[ConcinusMan]

I have the snake eating earthworms from my pesticide free garden. I can add calcium and vitamin powder as required.

That's the thing. It isn't required. Just be very careful with it. Use very little, and not very often.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I don't do the powder thing......... reptiles do not have a bunch of dust being applied to their food in the wild. The best thing you can do for you animals is to make sure that the feeders you are using are very healthy and well fed and offer as much of a varied diet as possible.

[ProXimuS]

Yes but you're going to need a lot of high quality worms, preferably living in rich, black compost. Doesn't hurt to throw some bone meal in the dirt too.

Where can you get bonemeal? I get my worms from Walmart, they are the DMF bait worms. I haven't ever added anything to them and they have so far always lasted a while. It says that they are packed in reed sedge peat humus or something like that. Do they need more than that in order to be healthy worms to feed?

[d_virginiana]

You don't need to worry at all about supplementing if you get some frozen silversides or pinky mice and just feed them occasionally. Your snake could still eat mainly worms. IMO that'd be easier than worrying about how much and how often to supplement.

I don't do the powder thing......... reptiles do not have a bunch of dust being applied to their food in the wild. The best thing you can do for you animals is to make sure that the feeders you are using are very healthy and well fed and offer as much of a varied diet as possible.

Agreed! The only one of my pets that gets supplements is my frog, because she has digestive issues that make it hard for her to eat anything other than nightcrawlers. I've never supplemented my snakes at all.