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[Vicious_Fish]

In the wild the main extent of their diet is made up of salamanders but it would be much easier to get them to eat earthworms if you can. Slugs, small frogs and small insects will also be eaten. You're going to have to experiment. And don't be surprised if you never see them out because they are a nocturnal species which rarely ever basks and mainly stays hidden beneath cover.

 

[city_of_evil6661]

In the wild the main extent of their diet is made up of salamanders but it would be much easier to get them to eat earthworms if you can. Slugs, small frogs and small insects will also be eaten. You're going to have to experiment. And don't be surprised if you never see them out because they are a nocturnal species which rarely ever basks and mainly stays hidden beneath cover.

yes i kow this. that is what i am planning to do is try to get them on earthworms. i also dont want to feed them something that is going to burrow and will stay hidden cuz chances are they wont find it. i put some crickets in with them but they were never eaten. we also have to keep them on the front porch cuz my fiances mom is really scared of snakes and wont let us keep them in the house.

 

[city_of_evil6661]

i will keep you guys updated.

 

[Nic]

i had luck in the past with a loose soil and leaf substrate and they did start to eat red wigglers for me in a week along with random small grubs i buried

 

[dzb912]

are they related to garter snakes?

 

[coura]

are they related to garter snakes?

Not directly, they belong in the same snake family named Colubridae, but in diferent subfamilies, Xenodontinae for ringnecks and Natricinae for garters. For example water snakes Nerodia are much closer to garters.

 

[city_of_evil6661]

i just caught 2 more of the same size. and i almost caught a rat snake of some sort. it was orange with a shiney orange belly.

 

[Ophiuchus]

Just to confirm, if you can't get these guys to eat, you're gonna let them go, right?

And like I said in another thread, I noticed you're from Georgia, where it happens to be illegal to keep native herp species. May want to watch who you tell about these snakes.

 

[coura]

Just to confirm, if you can't get these guys to eat, you're gonna let them go, right?

And like I said in another thread, I noticed you're from Georgia, where it happens to be illegal to keep native herp species. May want to watch who you tell about these snakes.

 

[lovespunaround]

If their natural diet is salamanders, it seems like they could become severely malnourished on a diet of earthworms.