Feeding...

[crzy_kevo]

i have yet to try them on the pollock i got for free (checked it for thiaminase on the article and its good)

[Kevin_is_a_herper12]

Ok will do...I just figured that they would need some type of movement to intice a feeding responce like my lizards and geckos used to have to have.

[crzy_kevo]

snakes go mainly on smell but sometimes movement helps

[adamanteus]

I just figured that they would need some type of movement to intice a feeding responce.

Sometimes they do, Kevin. If this is the case, there are various tricks you can use to get them started.

[Kevin_is_a_herper12]

Can you give some examples if they don't just go for it?

[adamanteus]

Yes.
Try a small, live fish in a shallow bowl, if they take this, next time put fish pieces in the bowl with the live one... they often eat the first thing they bump into once they're in feeding mode.
Try 'posting' a larger food item of your choosing, directly behind the little live fish (or worm, or whatever) as they swallow.
Once they're accepting something, the scent can be transferred onto pinkies, by rubbing the two items together.

But the first thing to do is make sure you have the environmental conditions right... follow Lulu's link in your other thread for the basic environmental requirements. They won't eat if they're not happy.

[infernalis]

I scanned down quickly, so if it has already been said please excuse me.

We had some red belly snakes (Storeria occipitomaculata ) they are not garter snakes, and VERY difficult to keep in captivity.

Please let it go where you found it.

[crzy_kevo]

already been said wayne

[adamanteus]

Yeah, Wayne. It's been said.

[Kevin_is_a_herper12]

Alright, since I have been on last I have added numerous branches for climbing and such, found several worms and nightcrawlers in for food, and added a clamp lamp with a 75 watt bulb on for heat and such. Hopefully this will make him happy and he will eat. Also I released the red belly, but in the process I found a huge milksnake...almost bite my too...but it got away....I wouldn't have kept it anyways, they are quite nasty snakes.

Thanks,
Kevin.

ps. as I am typing he is out of his hide and checking out the foliage.