There is a tank of ribbon snakes at a local pet shop that is always labeled "eats crickets and worms". These snakes always look very malnurished even though there are always crickets in the cage. In my experience with thamnophis I've never seen or heard of them taking crickets or even mealworms. The closest was one grabbing a struggling cricket out of its water dish only to spit it out in disgust. To me it seems cruel to offer ribbon snakes crickets, especially when there are plenty of feeder goldfish available at the store (like in the rough green snake water dish). Should I risk sounding like a know it all and mention this to the owners?
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Ribbon snakes eating crickets?
skronkykong
Mar 30, 2007 02:24 PM
Replies (4)
wayne13114
Mar 30, 2007 03:37 PM
I've seen many people think that snakes eat crickets, and in most cases they don't. I would be the know it all and save those lil ribbons. I'm not sure if they would eat the worms either. i know garters do and they are cloesly related so..... let us know how it goes
wayne
skronkykong
Mar 30, 2007 04:08 PM
Yeah I've never even had luck with ribbons and worms, nor green snakes and goldfish.
Stefan-A
Mar 30, 2007 09:38 PM
>>Should I risk sounding like a know it all and mention this to the owners?
Yes, you should.
goregrind
Apr 06, 2007 02:26 PM
i would tell them whats up, ribbons eat fish greens eat crickets (i think)
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