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hi, i live in southern california and recently i found a night snake. he is pretty small about 10-11 inches and about as thick as a pencil. the question i would like someone to help me with is (what do night snakes eat? and what should i try to feed to this one???????) i was thinking of trying to feed it a pinkie but even that is way too big for it so i figure it eats insects but im not sure. im thinking it might eat small crickets or medium sized earthworms but i havnt tried because i wanted to check and see what ppl have to say about what they eat. so if someone could tell me what night snakes eat or an idea of what they might eat it would be greatly appreciated! thanks

Hello,
can you send a picture of the "night-snake" ?
Greetings

If you are positive it's a night snake, they eat lizards.

ill work on gettibng a pic posted but im positive its a night snake. i found it here by my house in temecula california and when i found it i looked up snakes of southern california and there was a pic and an exact description of the snake i found which is a night snake. i would feed it lizards but im not sure if they eat lizards because they are so small! its head is the size of a pinkie figer-nail so i cant see how it could eat lizards!!!??! im still trying to figure out what it could eat so more suggestions would be a great help! thanks again for your time

First off I have no night snake experience. But it can eat lizards no problem at that size. Find someking of skink or anole. You can probably try earthworms, I don't know a whole heck of alot about these but it might eat eerthwomrs. If it is as thick as a pencil I'm sure it could probably eat a small pinky.
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Justin

They only get to about 20 inches long, smaller night snakes eat insects, but believe it or not their are skinks and lizards out there of which it can overpower and eat. They are nocturnal, hence the name night snake, so attempt to feed it at night. Give it a natural looking set up, and put a few small lizards or skinks in with it. It is midly venomous, but it is also rearfanged, therefore you are in no danger. They also eat salamanders, snakes, frogs and small mice. But I think you would get the best feeding response from a small lizard. Let us know how it works out.
Michael
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