I have recently come across a baby longnose snake. I waited a few days to try and feed it. I put a small pinkie mouse in there but all it does is strike it and pick it up. It won't eat it yet.The last longnose i had was full-grown and ate mice with no problem. Do i need to force feed it, or just give it time. I am sure after a while once it gets hungry enough it will eat mice.I know they eat lizards, but that is a lot of money to feed the snake each week.
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Longnose Snake
cobra13
Jul 24, 2006 08:16 PM
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reako45
Jul 29, 2006 04:54 PM
Check out www.herper.com/snakearticles/longnose.html
I have a friend inthe herp club I belong to (swhs.org) who keeps a trio of longnoses. Sometimes babies of WC lizard eating species can be more difficult to switch to pinkies than juveniles or sub-adults (I don't include adults because I don't like taking adults out of the breeding pool). I recently got the sub-adult Mojave Glossy that I keep to start taking fuzzies. Have you tried scenting? I caught a local Sceloporus lizard and put 2 live fuzzies in a container w/ him for a couple of hours. Also put some of his poo on their fur. First time he ate when I wasn't looking, 2nd time he looked @ me then scarfed 'em down. Good luck.
