Injured Baby Rat Snake Care & Food

Warrior1 · 04-08-12, 07:46 AM

I live in the country and my cats got a hold of a baby (really small) rat snake. It seems to be mending well but I think it's too small to eat pinkies. What should I feed it? My husband fed a snake a daddy long leg spider a while back and the poor snake died as a result. I don’t want to make any mistakes. Our goal is to let the snake mend then release it.

infernalis · 04-08-12, 09:34 AM

Baby rat snakes can take XS pinkies.

However can we see a picture of the snake??

It will really help a lot.

Warrior1 · 04-08-12, 03:02 PM

I'll go take a pic and upload it.

Warrior1 · 04-08-12, 03:13 PM

I really appreciate your help. The snake is only about 6 inches long and skinnier than my pinky finger. We have a couple of grasshoppers in with him now but he hasn’t shown any interest.