Leeches

[Foxrun402]

Right, I'm sure they are often devoured in the wild too, but who really knows how healthy it can be. I would be really concerned for my snakes health when considering other food sources. Probably why you asked about them to begin with, and I admire that. It has really gotten me curious about them as well but I don't have but a few bait shops around here that sell them and they seemed weird-ed out when I asked them where they got them from, how big they where, and if anyone else had been purchasing them for snake food? (that sparked a whole conversation with the bait shop Wolfe Tackle who then made me upset saying they've caught fish on baby snakes! ugh!)

So my attempt to learn something new today only gave me a dormant nightmare waiting to happen. He also said no one had been buying them for snake food. sorry

[guidofatherof5]

I would also be interested in the cost of these creatures.
Might be since they are used in the field of medicine they are really expensive.

[Foxrun402]

Seems they can be ordered online in mass quantity...

Leeches - HIRUDO MEDICINALIS - $8 each

Shipping rates - $25 (flat-rate) for all USA customers, for any amount of leeches.

Expensive meal there... Yikes...

[chris-uk]

Eight dollars a leech, a few cents for a nightcrawler... I'd stick with the worms if I were you Steve.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

They sell some of their leeches as carp bait. As the Leech here is a protected species they've probably been raised the same way as the medical leeches.