I am currently doing some research on Queen Snakes (Regina septemvittata) and was hit with the problem everyone has with this species, how to feed them. Scenting food items with this species flat out doesn’t work. They are so specialized to invertebrate tissue that to much vertebrate tissue taxes there systems so much they usually end up dying. I decided to figure out how to over come this and actually believe I have. We have a professor here at my university (Marshall) that does a lot of work with crayfish. I went and asked him if there was any way to make a crayfish molt within a designated period of time. He laughed a little and said ”Sure there is, do it all the time !”. All you have to do is remove the eye stalks from the crayfish. Yes I know this is rather brutal, but if you are dead set on keeping Regina, and keeping Regina healthy this is what you should do for septemvittata and grahmii. If you have any more questions feel free to ask.
Zac
