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I have a pet northern brown snake and i need to feed him slugs snails worms and some bugs...he likes slugs best and i was wondering how the @#$%$! do i keep slugs? i need a good supply through the winter and i haven't had much luck feeding frozen slugs, any suggestions???

The French have been raising snails since the dawn of time. I think if you can find instructions for snails, they could be adapted for slugs. I think I remember reading about raising them in 5 gal buckets with rabbit pellets as food.

Tell us all what you find out, sounds like an interesting project.

DeMak

See if you can take anything useful from this site..it has quite a bit of information to it..

www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/AFSIC_pubs/srb96-05.htm
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Lucien

1.0 Columbian Redtail Boa (BCI)
3.1 Leopard geckos (2 Blizzard and 2 het Blizzard)
0.1 Savannah Monitor
13 rats
12 Gerbils
2 Dogs
3 cats
1 Albino Corey (fish)

UM it all sounds a little too complicated, i have caught a bunch of baby snails and i think that i will just raise them up until spring and then do the same next winter. i am also freezing slugs hopeing that the lil guy will eat them even when they are dead. thanks for the site but i am only 16 and am not prepared to go into that kind of depth.
Thank you dave

This is the "predator" on screen to show size. i have had him for about a week now and he is fatter

Here is a link for pet snails, that makes it sound a little easier...

http://www.velvetdragon.com/cyberslugs/realslugs.html

Ha ha i saw that site after i started searching for it thanks.