Got Dekayi Babies? I Do!!

[boyer45]

Thanks so much for the information about the worms.The pet shop I was going to ,before I found the bait shop, sold me red wrigglers and told me they were fine for my adult snakes! No the ones from the bait shop are nightcrawlers and Steve I have found the earthworms you are talking about in my yard too. I just wish I knew if they ate anything else besides worms and slugs. My snakes seem to be doing okay but I thought they would have to have a more varied diet to be as healthy as they can be. Thanks again!!

[guidofatherof5]

HerpNet.net - Iowa Reptiles and Amphibians - Brown Snake - Storeria dekayi

[Zdravko092368]

They have been knows to eat snails as well as rarely insect grubs/larvae, other than that I have heard of adult females eating extremely small worm scented pinky mice.

[guidofatherof5]

Witnesses a group of neonates start feeding on snails(pulling them from the shell) seconds after I released them into their home habitat.

[Rushthezeppelin]

Wouldn't the shell actually be some good calcium for them or are they probably unable to break them down?

[guidofatherof5]

Might be but they do have some sharp edges. The newborns I released knew what to do. They were all over those snails.

[Rushthezeppelin]

I'm assuming they probably eat them whole in the wild though if they are able.

[guidofatherof5]

I'm assuming they probably eat them whole in the wild though if they are able.

I've never read it or seen it, yet. My guess would be what the neonates were doing is stand for all of the ages.

[Zdravko092368]

I've never read it or seen it, yet. My guess would be what the neonates were doing is stand for all of the ages.

Yup, pretty sure dekays have special teeth specifically for pulling snails from their shells. I think i'm going to have to go on a bike ride to a nearby field and collect some snails for my dekayi scrubs after you mentioned how readily they took them upon release.

[Rushthezeppelin]

Interesting