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    New snake owner

    Hello everyone,
    I am new here and I joined this forum because I am having some snake issues.
    I caught a storeria dekayi at work last month, I take animals home from there all the time because the managers kill them.
    Anyway, everything was going good until I got home today and saw like 20 babies in the tank. I have no idea what to do, what do I feed them I feed the mother earth worms?
    can I touch them? is it ok to touch the mother or is she in pain, she looks tired?


    thanks, any help would be appreciated

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    Re: New snake owner

    Welcome,
    20 babies! Yes, she's tired. Very small(tiny) earth worms or very small slugs(large ones cut up) will get the babies started. I'm dealing with my first baby Dekayi's so it's new ground to me, also. Make sure they have access to plenty of water and something to hide under. Best of luck.
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    Re: New snake owner

    as steve sad that is alot for dekay and she is tired so gently remove the babies and put them in a small setup feed them what steve said and what i do is separate the ones that have eaten and the ones that haven't good luck with your new babies
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    Re: New snake owner

    Not red wigglers. Red wigglers are poisonous to snakes.
    People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff.

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    Re: New snake owner

    We've got a blind date with Destiny!
    And it looks like she's ordered the lobster!
    best signature ever

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    Re: New snake owner

    Quote Originally Posted by Snakers View Post
    We've got a blind date with Destiny!
    And it looks like she's ordered the lobster!
    best signature ever
    Thanks! ^_^

    I'll give you a cookie if you can tell me where I got it from.
    People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff.

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    Nolan
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    Re: New snake owner

    People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff.

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    Re: New snake owner

    mmmm warmmmm
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    Re: New snake owner

    not cookies - dekays

    good luck with them, reptilegirl
    sound like you've got your hands full right now
    the first couple of weeks are the hardest
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