A couple questions about dekayi care

[Tora]

Yes he was, my neighbor had been moving her plants from her garage back outside after our first freeze at the beginning of December and he was hiding under one of the pots. She called me over because I was outside working on something, and that's how I ended up with Little Dude. He didn't have a lump until around the 2nd week of January, and even then it looked more like he just bumped something because out how small it was. It didn't really grow until a couple weeks ago when it got more and more noticeable.

[guidofatherof5]

20cm roundworm has been removed and disposed of. Little Dude was especially calm while I worked, though he did jump when I made the small cut. He's on paper towel for a few days so that I can make sure his cut is closed up before letting him back into his tank with his eco earth/cypress substrate. I was worried he was going to be a wiggle butt while I worked, but overall, he just chilled while watching me with his big red/brown eyes. His face was the cutest afterwards sorta like he was saying 'dude, why did you just cut me and squeeze me?'

Do you think he could have gotten the roundworm from the night crawlers? Do you think I could possibly freeze and thaw night crawlers as I need them, and maybe that would kill parasites?

Awesome, removed a few of those in my time. How did or did you seal the incision?
I doubt it was night crawler related but that is just a guess at this point.

[boyer45]

I am glad the little guy is doing well.I agree with Steve I don't think it was night crawler related.I keep Storeria dekayi on a diet of cut up night crawlers(store bought) with a vitamin supplement occasionally. I have never had a problem with them. In answer to your original post, they love slugs and will eat worms out of your yard with relish. I have even gotten one to eat a small pinkie.They will not eat fish and I tend to feed them every couple days.I love these little snakes and if yours acts anything like dekayi you are in for a lot of fun.

[Tora]

As it was very small, I didn't want to leave a large incision on him, I just put some bacitracin over it and have him on paper towels for the next week or so to watch for infection.