New Ringneck Snake Doesn't eat

Ringneck Mike · 09-26-16, 10:22 AM

I found this baby Ringneck two days ago, and has a small terrarium decorated with tissue as bedding, and has rocks and barks and sticks so that the snake can climb around.
I live in Connecticut, and these days its getting cold.
The snake has been caught for 3 days, and doesn't eat the earth worms i feed him.
Should I wait for him to eat? Releasing him will be impossible because the Garden I found him has been under construction since yesterday.
Should I put worms in there and leave him alone now? Maybe he will eat after settling down for a week?

**Minkness** · 09-26-16, 11:43 AM

Hello and welcome!

I would just put a worm ot two in there and leave him be. Ringnecks don't do too well in captivity so just be patient.

Good luck!

Albert Clark · 09-26-16, 12:05 PM

Ringneck snakes also feed on small salamanders, slugs and sometimes they will eat lizards and frogs or baby snakes of other species. Definitely after only 3 days in captivity he is probably somewhat stressed.

Ringneck Mike · 09-26-16, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Minkness

Hello and welcome!

I would just put a worm ot two in there and leave him be. Ringnecks don't do too well in captivity so just be patient.

Good luck!

Thanks a lot! he is a tiny baby, just about 10 centimeters long. i left an earthworm in there with him, and he is sleeping, curled in a ball now.

chairman · 09-26-16, 12:40 PM

Ringnecks are fossorial, so make sure to give it several inches of dirt to burrow in. Coco coir (eco earth) should work.

I've only kept ringnecks for a week at a time or so. I found that they'd happily eat legs from a pinky mouse and pieces of an adult mouse's tail.

sirtalis · 09-26-16, 01:50 PM

Like most wild caught reptiles he is mostly just stressed out, I'd just leave the earth worm in with him. Also ditto to what chairman said, he will be much happier if he can burrow. I'd get some soil from where you caught him fill a few inches into the enclosure. Also if you cover the entire floor space with leaves it will help add security for him/her

Ringneck Mike · 09-26-16, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by chairman

Ringnecks are fossorial, so make sure to give it several inches of dirt to burrow in. Coco coir (eco earth) should work.

I've only kept ringnecks for a week at a time or so. I found that they'd happily eat legs from a pinky mouse and pieces of an adult mouse's tail.

Thanks so much. By the way, in Connecticut it's freezing, and if i keep him in a room with heating and around 26 degrees centigrade, will he simply feed throughout winter or must he hibernate?