"i caught a five-lined skink and brought it home. i put the skink in the snake's container and immediately he livened up. he started doing that jerky, twitchy searching thing like most Kingsnakes do and grabbed the skink. it struggled and got away so i caught it and put it back in front of the snake. the skink's tail broke off, so i took it and scented a couple pinkies with it. the snake ate the lizard and the pinkies! now, a few questions: should i try to get him switched over to mice? if i have to keep scenting, where can i get lizards in the fall and winter? does anybody know where to get feeder lizards at a reasonable price? i know i could probably catch my own and freeze them. there was a vendor at the last show i went to who sold frozen ground skinks, but i can't remember their name. would an Eastern Milk eat an anole? well, thanks again and i appreciate any advice!"



greg





Greg. First, I would warn you to not feed the snake too much all at once after a long fast. It might regurge something.



I would freeze one or two skinks and use them to scent the pinkies. I've been keeping a small (dor) snake in my freezer. I take out a frozen pink, scrub the scent off, thaw it out, then scent it with the snake.



My E. milk isn't taking pinks w/o scenting, yet, but I hope it will soon. And, yes, I think an Eastern would probably eat an anole, if it were a lizard feeder, imho.



Terry

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