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IM TRYING TO KEEP A PAIR OF MEXICAN BLACKHEAD SNAKES, RIGHT NOW I HAVE SEVERAL CENTIPEDES AVAILABLE.

DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF ITS GOOD IDEA FROZEN BUGS FOR FEEDING INSECTIVORE EATING SNAKES??

REGARDS.

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I used to feed f/t crickets to all my lizards. I did this for years without any issues. If he'll take them it shouldn't be a problem.

Keep us posted, I've yet to hear of anyone having any long term success with Tantilla. A friend of mine tried to keep a California species, and it would only feed on certain species of centipede and only fed irregularly on those. I don't think it lasted very long.

-Alice

Thanks Alice.

I had doubt about bugs dehydrate or something once thawed.

In fact I got 3 tantilla, one around 13” length (a giant, I haven’t seen one on this size) and other two around 4” length. I really don’t expect too much with the small. I gave one to my diadophis punctactus dugesi for feeding, and I will offer the second one (this is so painful, but I think can not do anything more than wait and see).

In my garden there are several small centipedes with a hard exoskeleton, I offered 8 and disappear 5, but I could not see which one took the bugs, additionally, I added an ant (“honey ant” I don’t know its scientist name) and disappear too.

I will keep them singly and I will wait a little bit before offering the second small to the dugesi (probably I made a big mistake offering the first small, maybe the remaining two are feeding well).

They are so beautiful, I will post pictures soon.

Saboteur.

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