I would probably feed your ringneck a bit more often than twice weekly -- younger ones tend to eat a lot, and you can back off to twice or possibly once weekly after he's gained some size. Your caging sounds fine (though I haven't kept many ringnecks, just redbellies and garters), but unless you feel like he's just hatched don't keep the humidity high all the time. Then again, I'm not sure what kind of habitat your subspecies is native to. As for feeding, salamanders will be fine when he grows but remember that ringnecks have an extremely variable diet in nature. Among other things, they have been known to eat amphibians, other snakes and lizards, small minnows, and worms and slugs. The diet should be similar to that of a garter snake, but with less fish and smaller portions, obviously. If you like using salamanders, I would stick to plethodontids. Some of the mole salamanders are poisonous, and some species have been known to attack small snakes. Just remember that colubrids that grow up with a certain prey type tend to prefer that later in life (a study with garters).



Hope this helps ...

pinstripe

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