Accidental Breeding Dekay's Brown Snake - Page 2

Bandit · 06-14-19, 07:49 AM

Yeah, they are very closely related. Around here, they get around the same size, but Dekay's are far more common.

David339 · 06-21-19, 07:23 PM

2 of the babies were dead when I got home from work today. I guess they haven't been eating? They won't eat out of tank. If you drop a worm in front of them they run away. They do seem to scurry around after you take em out of tank. I spent a lot of time just getting them to crawl around the tank just to find worms. I'm getting the right size, I made sure to see them eat today. That's with earthworms only. With slugs, I never get to see em crawl on the side of the tank. Unfortunately those are not as easy for me to produce. I do have adult slugs that I'm hoping to get to breed. My red-bellied snake is also a slug hunter and the box turtles love some slugs too. I plan to go heavier on what I give them now and spend more time making sure they eat. I'm currently out of baby slugs. I should maybe split the babies up too. I was thinking multiple small spaces versus what they are in now so they can find food easier. I'm not losing the other 7. I'm not too happy I lost 2 but I don't know that I'm going to be keeping them all. Out of all my many reptiles and amphibians (40 something), I have only had one frog get hurt 2 times. He is fine and I still have him.

Veronica · 06-22-19, 05:04 AM

Have you tried pill bugs? I've heard of some worm snakes eating those, so maybe a dekay's would.

David339 · 06-22-19, 05:50 PM

Yeah, I have had those in there. I have dwarf white tropical isopods in there. I read that Red-Bellied snakes eat them and they are closely related snakes. No further deaths. I spent at least an hour yesterday just making sure they would eat. Also I have tiny snails in there, I haven't noticed them being eaten. The adults will, I find the empty snail shells. They have specialized teeth that allow them to pull snails out of their shell. Once my slugs start producing I should be good. The one slug I was able to put in there today didn't last 30 seconds. I need to setup a beer trap for these.

David339 · 06-24-19, 05:13 PM

So far so good, I have to put at least 20 baby worms in there per day. Baby slugs are definitely the way to go. They respond better and will eat those right away. Worms they search all over for and don't always go for them. I have adult slugs... would it be worth trying to scent the worms by rubbing them on a slug?