Is my snake dehydrated or starving?

infernalis · 08-07-12, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Wildside

Where is the most handy place to get garden slugs and small earthworms? Also, do they eat fish? ***Oooh I just thought of a good question for another thread.*** I know nothing about this species so this is for my own curiosity as well as helping the OP.

To the OP: Is this snake wild caught? If so the best chance it has is for you to release it and then purchase yourself a cbb (captive born & bred) starter. There are many many many people here with great suggestions on what to start with and a wide range of instruction on how to care for them.

My first ever captive snake was a brown snake my daughter found out in the meadow, I would not even be here right now if not for that.

I always went out into my yard in the wee hours of the morning when the dew was still wet on the grass, little slugs would always be nibbling on the grass so gathering bunches of them was easy.

For baby worms, just flip rocks or roll over logs.

During the winter I kept a broken chest freezer with about a foot of compost in the bottom, I caught a few hundred slugs in the autumn and put them in there with the compost, I fed them lettuce from the grocery store.

It's a ton of work, but it was worth it.

Wildside · 08-07-12, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by infernalis

My first ever captive snake was a brown snake my daughter found out in the meadow, I would not even be here right now if not for that.

I always went out into my yard in the wee hours of the morning when the dew was still wet on the grass, little slugs would always be nibbling on the grass so gathering bunches of them was easy.

For baby worms, just flip rocks or roll over logs.

During the winter I kept a broken chest freezer with about a foot of compost in the bottom, I caught a few hundred slugs in the autumn and put them in there with the compost, I fed them lettuce from the grocery store.

It's a ton of work, but it was worth it.

I'm glad you mentioned that. I was wondering if you'd need slugs through the winter. I wonder if I caught and released one of those in my garden if it would keep the slugs off my flowers

infernalis · 08-07-12, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Wildside

I'm glad you mentioned that. I was wondering if you'd need slugs through the winter. I wonder if I caught and released one of those in my garden if it would keep the slugs off my flowers

Yes, if there is a lot of food, some water and a secure hide, the snake would very likely stay put.